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My Experience -Exporting a Car at Lewiston/Queenston Bridge Niagara.

AjitV

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Jun 6, 2019
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1. Check if the Car is admissible
https://www.riv.ca/VehicleAdmissibility.aspx
2. Get a recall clearance certificate from the manufacturer.
https://www.riv.ca/RecallClearance.aspx
(For honda its super easy just go to https://owners.honda.com/service-maintenance/recalls and get a screenshot there)
3. Get the ITN done. I used these guys:http://www.autoimportusa.com/
a. They ask all the details, Names, Addresses, Title, Bill of Sale​
b. I paid 150$ usd​
c. they setup the ITN and also email(3 day notice is required before you export or drive the car out of US) the border of crossing you choose.​
d. they will send the ITN documents, Email Notice at the end.​
e. Get the value of the Car using carfax.com. Convert it to Canadian dollars for when required to fill in the forms on the canadian side.​
4. Register in RIV website. www.riv.ca
a. I filled the form1 there and paid the fees ahead(about $350 CDN). Makes the process super easy on the canadian side.​
b. Print out the form1- Basically 4 copies.​
5. At the border
i. US Side:​
a. you have to go to the US export office and get the Car export- Basically they stamp on the title(Very Important step)​
b. Make sure to prove all your legal presence in the US. I was asked to pull all my 10 years legal presence documents(F1,OPT,H1,H1b extension).​
c. have the title, bill of sale, passport, old passports if any​
d. also carry the ITN document and the Email notice​
ii. Canadian Side:​
a. Do the landing documents first​
Next step Customs:​
b. Fill the bs186(declaration of goods) and mention the car details in the designated section. They stamp and give one copy back.​
c. Tell them that the form1(Four copies print out) is already done. Basically they keep 2copies and stamp and give the 2copies.​
d. they will direct you to cashier section. For me I didn't have to pay any taxes​

After I had reached Canadian address. I got an email asking me to get the inspection done. I am yet to do the inspection/registration/driverlicense. Basically i have 30-40 days to this.

Note: These steps worked for me when I crossed the border at Lewiston-Queenston Bridge in Niagara. Different port of entries might have different procedures. Please research more.
 
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chikoo1985

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Great Info. I am crossing border using the same bridge.

For recall, all you need is a screenshot? I own dodge, I can pull out similar details like Honda which you mentioned.