Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:01:58 -0700
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: [WetWesties] Canadian Importing Vanagon Westfalia to Canada:
insurance while in US?
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dear just filled out a form at edmonton office
unless your vehicle was stamped with a permission to export on the original
title by a usa border agent your vehicle may cause untold grief further
down the line
maybe not for you but if another owner in canada tries to cross the border
and on that day the agents are looking for vehicles that have been
improperly exported ... they will flag and confiscate ...
more over if there is anything untoward about your vehicle and you are
involved in a wreck that involves your insurance paying out millions ...
and the insurance co uncovers this "minor detail" they may refuse to pay
...
i mean by all means seek some legal advice ... i do not work as a lawyer
nor am i trained as such ...
but the rules are very clear ... to have a vehicle imported into canada one
must do these steps ...
and lets be clear having a vehicle imported into canada does not mean
getting insurance or plates ... those are only secondary ideas which may or
may not apply to the vehicle one is bringing into canada ... regardless of
the destined purpose of your imported vehicle into canada from the usa ...
you must have a permission to export stamp on the back of the original
title ... and that stamp will mean the country has signed off on the
vehicle to ensure it is not stolen or running from a lien ...
so i mplore anyone who is running an imported vehicle that was brought into
canada with out all the i dotting and t crossing required ... fix this
detail as soon as possible .. i do not want to be the person you crash into
and discover your insurance will not pay my 500,000.00 $$ immediate medical
expense and 5, ooo,ooo.00 life time of pain and suffering expense ... (can
i then sue you cause you have that amount handy ) ... nor do i want to be
the next owner of your van only to find out the usa customs are the
beneficiary of my good deal as i try to enter usa ... with the additional
benefit of being barred from usa entry for 10 years ... and maybe a stint
in usa jail cause as a canadian i would be an alien in usa with no rights
what ever ...
sounds far fetched and your laughing ...
well often activities thought to be of little consequence to self are
activities with the greatest consequence to others
regards
On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Poppie Jagersand <poppie.jagersand@yahoo.ca
> wrote:
> Joy Hecht Wrote:
> >Do you know anything about this? Now that I have Canadian permanent
> >residence, I guess I ought to register it here, and I would also like to
> >have it in a status where I can sell it. But I am not keen on driving it
> >back to the US - I don't know if I can do that without crossing the
> border,
> >which is a long drive from St. John's NL.
>
>
>
> I brought my Westy to Canada, crossing the border with a work permit just
> like you. I did not do anything special at the border, and kept the Westy
> registered in New York for a year or two. What prompted me to import it was
> that my US insurer didn't like to keep insuring it if I was living and
> working abroad. I just went to the customs office downtown in Edmonton and
> filled out a form. That form I had to take to an Alberta registry, then to
> a shop licensed to do out of province inspections. Only hiccup was the
> inspection. I took it to three different shops who gave three completely
> different lists of things that needed to be fixed. (One didn't like the
> rust, another though any rubber boots that looked crackled needed to be
> replaced,.. mostly just trying to make a bit of extra money in addition to
> the inspection fee. I went with the cheapest offer, replaced some of the
> supposedly needed things, but when some VW parts weren't obtainable he gave
> me the
> inspection certificate anyway. then it was just to insure and register
> locally. No restriction on selling afaik.
> I didn't know about prior arrangements at the border point. I had been
> driving in and out of Canada for vacation purposes before. When crossing
> the border I had showed the Canadian work permit but they didn't inquire
> about the vehicle then.
> Would be interested to hear what experience others have.
>
> I'm about to get my Canadian PR, and even the customs officer who signed
> my list suggested I should go back to the US and pick up another vehicle.
> (Once settled in Canada one has to pay 5% GST and any provincial taxes on
> imports, but people who move can bring their household goods including
> vehicles exempt from tax)
>
> Martin (and '82 Westy 1.9TD "Poppie")
>
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roger w
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