Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2010 08:50:08 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: registering Matilda in Canada
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dear happy importer
1. you may be too early just because you have a work visa does not mean you
should import now ...
2. importing a vehicle into canada is very strait forward (done 3 this year
)
Prior to step one have all parts replaced and upgrades done that you can ...
30 to 40 % cheaper in usa
step one go to RIV registar of imported vehicles and see if your vehicle is
on any of the no no lists ...
2. if your vehicle is older than 15 years from date of manufacture it may be
exempt from most rules
3. contact the Homeland office from which you wish to use as a crossing into
the province you will be coming into ...
ask them for a permission to export package to be emailed to you
(i do not know if nfld is one of the choices but does not matter as that is
destination and not crossing )
The offices are in a drop down window on the riv site which i can help you
with later (at work now)
4. at least 4 days before you desire to cross file the papers that the
homeland office has emailed you .. file with the crossing you are choosing
to use
5. Only between the hours of 830 and 330 can you export so you must arrive
there between those hours ... NO EXCEPTIONS
6 go in with all your paper work and they will confirm that the vehicle you
are asking to export is the vehicle you have
7 they give you permission with a stamp on your title card
8 proceed to canadian customs
fill out an F1 at the desk in the centre of the main public area
9 pay certain taxes which are almost entirely at the discretion of the cbs
officer (air con and other items which may or may not be charged )
10 drive to province of destination ...
if applicable have province of destination do vehicle inspection prior to
insurability ...
depending on the place they may suggest certain expensive upgrades and
replacements are required but because you got all your brakes just done
...did your fuel lines ... and alignment and dont have any rusty holes in
the body or frame ... all your lights work even the lic ones ... and bumper
covers are in place ... because you did that all in usa where it is
considerably less $$ you are good to go with out any issues ....
insure at local auto association office where you will also get auto
association platinum rv auto club card ... to tow your vehicle the 200
miles between service areas in canada
11 enjoy canada eh ... ps i hear the beer is stronger ... faster ... more
gooder than usa ... eh
yours
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Joy Hecht <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I've finally got something like legal status in Canada (work permit - not
> yet landed immigrant), so it's time to register Matilda in Canada, instead
> of in the US.
>
> Does anyone out there know about bringing vanagons from the US to Canada?
>
> I'm looking at Newfoundland vehicle registration instructions on line.
> Does
> anyone know whether vanagons are considered cars, or light trucks/vans/less
> than 4500kg? I'm assuming the latter.
>
> Is a vanagon considered by Transport Canada to be a "MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER
> VEHICLES (MPV) MANUFACTURED BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 2007"?
>
> Or is it considered a "TRAVEL VAN CONVERSION (VAN CONVERSION)" In which
> case it can't be brought into Canada, since their list of authorized
> conversion companies does not include Westfalia.
>
> I see that vehicles more than 15 years old are exempt from the "Register of
> Imported Vehicles" registration process. But I don't know which parts of
> the import rules are that RIV process and which are some other process.
>
> Has anyone out there done this? My van is already in Newfoundland. I'm
> supposed to register it within 30 days (which is pretty nuts, since I have
> 90 days to get a NL drivers license, but I have to have a NL drivers
> license
> to register the van here). I have no plans to leave the country within 30
> days, or at any rate definitely not by road. So I won't be taking it
> across
> the border.
>
> Bureaucracy is SUCH a PITA!!!!!
>
>
>
> Joy
>
--
roger w
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servant who becomes king ...
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