Export insurance extension while your car waits in Norway

1. You send your request via WhatsApp, email or the form below.
2. We check it and ask the insurer for approval.
3. We confirm the approval and the price: from €120 per 14 days, more for heavy or unusual vehicles.
4. You pay by bank transfer, and the new insurance certificate with Green Card usually arrives by email within 15 minutes, including a PDF.

If the insurer does not agree, you pay nothing. You can extend more than once, 14 days at a time, each time after the insurer agrees. Insurance taken out elsewhere can also be extended with a connecting policy. At our desk in Hengelo it works too, and you then usually take the Green Card document with you within 15 minutes.

• the registration number;
• the current Green Card or policy, as a photo or PDF;
• the end date of the current cover;
• where the vehicle is now, and its destination;
• the details of the policyholder and the driver.

The form has no upload field, so send photos and documents with the WhatsApp button next to the form, or by email. Clear photos of the Green Card or policy help us check the request.

An extension can still be possible after the cover has ended, for example if the vehicle has a valid APK or technical inspection, and again only after the insurer agrees. Between the end of the old cover and the start of the new one, the vehicle is not insured and must not be driven. That is why we advise applying on time, so the new cover follows on directly from the current one.

The extension covers the insurance only. The export plate itself is not extended: on Dutch public roads you may drive for 14 days after deregistration and never longer than the APK (the Dutch periodic roadworthiness test) is valid. Is the vehicle still in the Netherlands after those 14 days? Then it can only travel on a trailer or car transporter.

In Norway, Norwegian rules apply. After customs clearance a car may be driven for up to 30 days on valid foreign plates if it is insured and roadworthy. The rules for Dutch export plates vary by country, and whether white export plates count as valid foreign plates in Norway is unclear, so ask Tolletaten or Statens vegvesen first. Otherwise, use temporary plates (prøveskilt): NOK 340 per day according to Statens vegvesen, with third-party insurance included. The extension does not replace the Norwegian traffic insurance needed for registration either. More on Dutch export plates for Norway.

Book the inspection at Statens vegvesen as soon as the car has been cleared through customs. That avoids needless waiting, and it matters for the 13 weeks the Belastingdienst (Dutch Tax Administration) allows for registration if you want a refund of BPM, the Dutch registration tax. Background on the cover itself is on the export insurance page, and the Norwegian steps on importing a car into Norway.