
As long as all procedures are complete, the vehicle can be registered on the same day, and the vehicle license can be issued, allowing you to drive the car away immediately. Here are the specific details: Required documents: You need to submit a copy of your ID card, the car purchase invoice, the vehicle qualification certificate, and the tax application to the local vehicle management office. After paying the purchase tax, you can proceed with the registration. Specific details: Nowadays, most vehicle management offices operate very efficiently. In some large cities, there are even self-service machines for handling procedures, which can significantly reduce the registration time. Most people can complete the registration process within 3 hours. However, the prerequisite is that the owner must prepare all the necessary documents in advance. Otherwise, if any procedures are missing and require multiple trips, it might not be possible to complete everything in one day.

I just bought a new car last year, and on the day of registration, I specifically asked the staff at the vehicle management office. They said if all the procedures are completed in the morning and the system is functioning normally, the filing can be done on the same day. However, if it's done in the afternoon or if the system is slow, it might be delayed until the next day. I remember I queued up at 8 in the morning, and by 11 AM, I had finished the vehicle inspection, submitted the materials, and chosen the license plate number. By 3 PM, I checked on the Traffic Management 12123 app, and it already showed that the filing was completed. But the lady at the vehicle management office also said it depends on luck; in some places with outdated equipment, waiting for two days is also possible. She suggested getting a receipt after completing the procedures, which has a reference number to check the progress anytime.

I've helped friends with license plate registration at the DMV several times before. Whether the filing can be completed on the same day depends on the situation. Most city-level DMV systems are networked, so if all the documents are complete, the staff can archive the files with just a click in the system. However, at county-level DMVs, materials sometimes need to be faxed to the city, which slows down the process. Once, I completed the procedures on a Friday afternoon, but the filing wasn't processed until the following Monday. If you encounter issues like a DMV computer crash or shift changes in the archives room, don't worry if it's not done the same day—it usually takes up to three days to check. Preparing the purchase tax and insurance documents in advance can save a lot of time.

In theory, archiving is just a matter of the system clicking confirm, and it can be done on the same day. But in practice, it depends on how busy the DMV is. Last month when I was registering my new car, there were over 40 cars ahead of me, and it took from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. The staff said the electronic files were uploaded to the provincial system on the spot, but the paper files had to be manually entered by the archiving office. As long as they got them into the system before their 5:30 p.m. closing time, it counted as completed that day. So getting there early to queue up is crucial, and avoiding the end-of-month car-buying rush is the safest bet.


