MVIS Licence Renewal For 2024

MVIS licence renewal for 2024

Ministry of Transportation

Commercial Safety and  

Compliance Branch

301 St. Paul Street, 3rd Floor

St. Catharines ON, L2R 7R4

mvis.civa@ontario.ca

 Ministère des transports

Direction de la sécurité et de la conformité

en matière de transport commercial

301, rue Saint-Paul, 3e étage

St. Catharines ON, L2R 7R4

mvis.civa@ontario.ca

 

                                                                                   Subject: Important information about your MVIS licence renewal for 2024.

 

 

Recently I wrote to you to advise of the Ministry of Transportation’s (MTO) decision to extend the current Motor Vehicle Inspection Station (MVIS) Program to allow more time for MVIS clients to transition to the new DriveON program.

 

As a result of MTO extending the current MVIS Program, the ministry has also made the decision to waive the MVIS licensing and technician fees for 2024 (January 1st to December 31st, 2024) to ease financial and administrative burden for MVIS clients as they transition to DriveON.

 

In order for the ministry to waive these fees and ensure your licence remains active in our system, your licensing and technician fees must be paid in full for the 2023 calendar year (January 1st to December 31st, 2023).

 

Additionally, should you need to add or remove technicians from your MVIS throughout the 2024 calendar year, you will still be required to submit an updated “Registered List of Technicians”, however, you will not need to include a fee payment for that transaction.

 

If you have already submitted your renewal application for your MVIS licence for the 2023 calendar year, there is no further action required on your part.

 

To ensure you are receiving the most up-to-date information regarding the MVIS and DriveON programs, it is important you have a current and valid (correct spelling) e-mail address on file with the MTO. To update or correct your e-mail address on file with us, please email mvis.civa@ontario.ca.

 

If you have any questions about the new DriveON program, please contact the Vehicle Inspection Centre Assistance Line toll free at 1-833-420-2110 or email VIC@driveonportal.com. 

 

If you have any questions about the MVIS Program, please contact MTO toll free at 1-800-387-7736 or e-mail cvor@ontario.ca.

 

Sincerely,

 

“Original Signed By”

 

Jennifer Elliott

A/Director

 

Canada Day

DEALER ALERT: ILLEGAL AUCTION IN BARRIE, ONTARIO

Dealers are at risk by participating in the illegal Coast 2 Coast vehicle auction in Barrie July 6‐9,

2023.

 

Coast 2 Coast Collector Car Auctions, legally referred to as Associated Auto Auction Ltd., has

been notified by the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council (OMVIC) that this auction is

unlawful. Any participation in this auction puts you at risk!

 

THIS IS AN ILLEGAL AUCTION!

Coast 2 Coast Collector Car Auctions, legally referred to as Associated Auto Auction Ltd., has

been put on notice by the Ontario Motor Vehicle Industry Council (OMVIC) that this auction is

unlawful. OMVIC investigators are on site to inform participants about the risks associated with

taking part in this auction.

 

As the regulator of motor vehicle sales in Ontario, OMVIC’s mandate is to maintain a fair and

informed marketplace by protecting the rights of consumers, enhancing industry

professionalism, and ensuring fair, honest and open competition for registered motor vehicle

dealers. Auctions that sell motor vehicles directly to consumers are considered motor vehicle

dealers and must be registered with OMVIC. That’s the law.

 

COAST 2 COAST COLLECTOR CAR AUCTIONS IS NOT REGISTERED TO SELL OR TRADE MOTOR

VEHICLES IN ONTARIO!

Coast 2 Coast Collector Car Auctions is operating illegally and does not meet the requirements

in the Motor Vehicle Dealers Act (MVDA) to sell vehicles in Ontario. By participating in their

auction, you are putting your dealership at risk. Don’t let yourself become a victim of their

illegal activities.

 

CONTACT OMVIC.

If you have any information about the Coast2Coast auction that you would like to provide to

OMVIC to support our investigation and efforts to protect consumers, please contact our

Curbsider Hotline: 1‐888‐NO‐CURBS (662‐8727) or at nocurbs@omvic.ca

 

You can also contact OMVIC’s dealer support team at dealers@omvic.ca or 1‐800‐943‐6002

ext. 4 if you have any questions.

 

Canada Day

Canada Day

Dealers are legally required to be closed on Canada Day, Saturday, July 1st. If that is normally a day your staff work, then that’s a paid holiday for them, if not, you would normally choose Friday or Monday as the paid day off for staff who do not work on a Saturday.

Dealers located in an area designated by their local municipality as a Tourist Area may be open on Canada Day if they wish and provide employees with another day off instead.

The UCDA search facility will be closed on Saturday, July 1st and on Monday, July 3, 2023. It will be open as usual from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, July 4th.

Members will still be able to access UCDA online services on Canada Day and Monday at www.ucdasearches.com

 

 

For Dealers Doing Business in Quebec

For Dealers Doing Business in Quebec

The Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) has advised us, just today, that the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) is modernizing their driver and vehicle systems.

During Quebec’s system updates from today Monday, January 30 to Thursday, February 16, 2023 the link between their registration system and MTO’s will be unavailable.

As a result, the MTO are pausing vehicle registrations and driver’s licence exchanges from Quebec during that time. Customers are being advised to return to Service Ontario centres to complete transactions when the system is back online on February 17.

Residents of Quebec may drive vehicles registered in their home jurisdiction on Ontario roads for a period of up to six months. People who have moved to Ontario from Quebec have a period of 30 days to register vehicles in Ontario. Quebec customers can contact the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec at 1-800-361-7620 for assistance.

The problem, of course, for members who have bought vehicles in Quebec is that they will not only be unable to register them to their name in Ontario until Feb. 17, but you will be unable to get those vehicles on the road for your customer in that time period. Temporary permits and the like will not solve that difficulty.

The MTO have no work-around for dealers apparently, the best recommendation MTO has for dealers is to book appointments to transfer vehicles for February 17th, and that can be done online at https://www.ontario.ca/page/book-serviceontario-appointment