Build date proof › Japan
JEVIC / JAAI / QISJ pre-export inspection certificate
Proves nothing about age. Not accepted as age evidence by the United States, Canada or Australia.
- covers
- Any Japanese vehicle
- issuer
- JEVIC and other appointed inspection bodies
- cost
- Varies by destination
- time
- Days
No date of manufacture
Carries no date of manufacture. Useful for other things; useless for proving a car's age.
What you have to supply
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Limits and gaps
JEVIC's appointments from NZTA, MPI, DAFF, MAFF, USDA and CFIA are for roadworthiness, odometer verification and biosecurity - not age.
Notes
Necessary for New Zealand and Australian quarantine. Irrelevant to the 25-year clock.
Checked against the issuer's own page issuer page · retrieved 25 September 2026
The Build Date Proof Pack
This page tells you which document to order. The pack gets it ordered — and tells you what to do when the answer is that no document exists.
- A ready-to-send request for every archive, in the language it wants
- Exactly which numbers to photograph, and where they are on the car
- What to ask the seller for before you pay the deposit
- The fallback ladder when the manufacturer has no records
- What US, Canadian and Australian officials each accept as proof