So im getting first MOT done 3 years after passing IVA. The local MOT garage can't find my car on thier system. I'm going to go home and dig out my V5 and other paperwork and see if i can work it out with them but has anyone come across this before?

Double check the vin on the car matches the v5. Not unheard of for them to get a diget wrong. Also check the male on v5 is the same as the tester is putting in.

They had to add it to the database but was sorted pretty easily. I didn't see exactly what they did on the computer so hopefully they didn't make a duplicate entry or anything silly like that. That's me good for another year