Not any more David! You must now get export clearance from US Customs. I imported my first van the easy way and my second the hard way! =) On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 9:54 AM, David Marshall <mailinglist@fastforward.ca>wrote: > US Market vehicles (with a FMVSS sticker ) to Canada: > > If we are > talking strictly about Vanagons it is a non-issue as all Vanagons are now > 15+ years old and they do not fall under the Resistrar of Imported > Vehicles people. Simply show up at the border with title and bill of > sale and tell them you bought said van. They will direct you inside > and collect 5% GST, 6.1% import duty, $100 excise tax if there is AC, fill > out a Form 1 for you and off you go - 15 minutes tops. Then it as > simple as registering an out of province vehicle when you go to the > province for registration, for most it is a safety inspection, VIN > inspection and collecting the provincial sales tax. > > David > Marshall > > http://www.hasenwerk.ca > Box 4153, Quesnel BC, > Canada V2J 3J > > On Wed, October 1, 2008 09:33, Karl Houlihan > wrote: > > > > Afternoon Volks, > > > > I've > been looking online trying to find any information (besides > > > Government sites) on the process of importing a Vanagon from the USA > > into Canada. I can find lots of information on importing from > Canada > > to the US, but not much for the other way around... I've > tried > > searching the list archives, however it always seems to > time out or > > return an error message rather than useful > results. > > > > Has anyone had any experience in this > regard? Are there any common > > pitfalls that I need to be aware > of? > > > > Any and all tips are greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Karl. >
-- Jake 1984 Vanagon GL 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" Crescent Beach, BC www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 |
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