Importing a vehicle

[Morganhannah]

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone has any ideas or a similar situation to ours.

My husband is leasing his truck and has about 5-6 months left in payments. Can he still bring his truck into Canada and land but not import it until it's finished or does he have to leave it at an American address?

Thanks

 

[saria1]

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone has any ideas or a similar situation to ours.

My husband is leasing his truck and has about 5-6 months left in payments. Can he still bring his truck into Canada and land but not import it until it's finished or does he have to leave it at an American address?

Thanks

He can land without needing to import his vehicle. Your husband needs to assure insurance will cover him in Canada, past 30 days.

 

[Morganhannah]

He can land without needing to import his vehicle. Your husband needs to assure insurance will cover him in Canada, past 30 days.

Thank you

 

[saria1]

Thank you

My pleasure! Congrats on your DM!

 

[Morganhannah]

My pleasure! Congrats on your DM!

Thank you so much!

 

[Alurra71]

Hey guys, just wondering if anyone has any ideas or a similar situation to ours.

My husband is leasing his truck and has about 5-6 months left in payments. Can he still bring his truck into Canada and land but not import it until it's finished or does he have to leave it at an American address?

Thanks

If your husband does not list his truck on his B4, Goods to Follow list, he will need to pay taxes when he is finally ready to import his truck. If he does list it, the agents will likely give him Form 1 for RIV, which states that you must import the vehicle inside, I think it's 90 days. If they do that, then your husband will need to call RIV and have them extend his time on form 1. They will ask for the reasons and may or may not accept them. I had mine extended since my car was still 'hibernating' for the winter.

Just make sure that he does in fact list the truck and if they do give him Form 1 that he calls RIV and has his import time extended as necessary.

Good luck.

 

[Morganhannah]

If your husband does not list his truck on his B4, Goods to Follow list, he will need to pay taxes when he is finally ready to import his truck. If he does list it, the agents will likely give him Form 1 for RIV, which states that you must import the vehicle inside, I think it's 90 days. If they do that, then your husband will need to call RIV and have them extend his time on form 1. They will ask for the reasons and may or may not accept them. I had mine extended since my car was still 'hibernating' for the winter.

Just make sure that he does in fact list the truck and if they do give him Form 1 that he calls RIV and has his import time extended as necessary.

Good luck.

Perfect! Thank you, that was super helpful!

 

[bethanycupcakes]

I have a similar questions as well. I am going to be brining my car to Canada with me when I land, but I'm not plaining on keeping it long. I'd like to bring it back to the states and sell it within a few months of landing. Am I able to do this? Would this mean I don't have to "import" my car?

Thanks

 

[OhCanadiana]

I have a similar questions as well. I am going to be brining my car to Canada with me when I land, but I'm not plaining on keeping it long. I'd like to bring it back to the states and sell it within a few months of landing. Am I able to do this? Would this mean I don't have to "import" my car?

Thanks

This is a challenging situation.

As a Canadian resident (as in person who lives in Canada, not as in PR for immigration purposes), you may not legally drive a foreign plated vehicle unless it is a commercial rental car (and you have permission from the commercial rental company as they commit that the vehicle will stay in Canada max 30 days) or you are driving it in a direct route from the border to your home to drop off belongings and then again directly back out of Canada.

So, if after you land for PR purposes, you will be a settler for customs purposes (someone who is intending to live in Canada at least 12 months*) then you would need to export the car from the US, import it into Canada, and register it in your new-home-province (unless you are just using it to transport belongings directly into Canada and then driving straight back out). If you then want to bring it back to the US to sell, you'd have to import the vehicle into the US. If you instead decide to sell it in Canada, note that you'd need to wait a year (one of the commitments you make to be able to import goods duty and tax free is that you will keep them for at least a year).

* See http://cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/dm-md/d2/d2-2-1-eng.html for additional info on settler's qualifications for custom's purposes (vs. immigration purposes).