Portal

Welcome to the VCA Portal

Type Approval enquiries and applications for all schemes must now be made through our self-service portal. 

Essential maintenance and upgrades – Please note that the portal will be unavailable from 4:00pm Friday 11 April to 11:59pm BST on Sunday 13 April.

Portal Update

The portal was updated on 11 April, we now have:

Document section on Orders Items – The document tab and associated documents are now available at order item level as well as at application level.

Mandatory fields on Template Upload – Please ensure you download the latest version of the spreadsheet template as there are four new fields that need to be completed.

Multistage Portal – Users can now select a multistage option in type approval digital form application. Three stages can be included from a drop down list.

Order Routing – VCA & VCA Europe – AES/BES and Other requests now have the option of creating a VCA or VCAE order.

Watch our latest release video to understand these changes in greater detail.

On this page you can:

Register your organisation for a portal account for the first time
Login to the portal to review the status of an existing application
Login to the portal to submit a new application for:
– GB, UKNI, or UNECE Type Approval(s) and/or Provisional Type Approval(s)
– AES/BES Assessments.
Use portal sign-in to:
Submit a new application for:
– GB, UKNI, or UNECE Type Approval(s) and/or Provisional Type Approval(s)
– AES/BES Assessments.
Review the status of your organisation’s existing Type Approval and Provisional Type Approval application(s)
For further information:
VCA Portal – Demonstration video
Use portal registration to:
Apply for a VCA portal account for your organisation for the first time (registration is required for each invoicing account)
If your supplied details are confirmed and accepted, you will receive an email notification to the supplied email address which applied for the account. This will provide an invite code for you to continue with your registration.
For further information:
Requesting and Creating a Portal Sign In – Demonstration video
Using the VCA Portal – A quick guide (Last updated April 2025)
Registering for a VCA Portal Account – A quick guide (Last updated 8 July 2024)
VCA Portal Webinar FAQs (Last updated 27 February 2024)
For further information:
VCA Portal – Demonstration video
Requesting and Creating a Portal Sign In – Demonstration video
VCA Portal Latest Development – Demonstration video (April 2025)
Type Approval Information
GB Type Approval Information
Do you have a question?

For questions concerning GB Type Approval and Provisional GB Type Approval please get in touch

Do you need support?

Using the VCA Portal – A quick guide

Registering for a VCA Portal Account – A quick guide

VCA Portal Webinar FAQs

Join a VCA Portal Webinar

Video Guides:
VCA Portal – Demonstration video
Requesting and Creating a Portal Sign In – Demonstration video

If you require support registering for an account or signing into the portal please contact us