Hello
I came to Canada in 2018 on Work Permit. At that time I brought my car with me from the US. I exported the car from the US, and then made a temporary import at the border. I.e. I did not pay anything to bring my car over with me. I was given some papers, which, I vaguely remember, have a note that I did not pay any duties/fees (not the $325 car import fee, not the GST/HST) and my car was not added onto the Registrar of Imported Vehicles. I've been told that I can't sell my car in Canada.
I have registered the car in BC, bought insurance and have been happily driving it here since then.
I have applied for a PR via Express Entry in 2019.
I have finally received my golden email from IRCC ("Congratulations, you are now a permanent resident!") about 2 weeks ago.
I understand I now can do a "permanent" import of the car into Canada and this will allow me to sell it here (not planning it right now, but maybe in a year or two).
From what I've read on this wonderful forum, before there was CoPR with the "virtual" landing, I could just go to an IRCC office for an interview, or to the border crossing and get all the paperwork I need for my car from there (I would still have to pay the $325 fee, but not GST/HST).
Does anyone know how do I handle this now, since IRCC is not conducting any interviews and the border is closed?
I came to Canada in 2018 on Work Permit. At that time I brought my car with me from the US. I exported the car from the US, and then made a temporary import at the border. I.e. I did not pay anything to bring my car over with me. I was given some papers, which, I vaguely remember, have a note that I did not pay any duties/fees (not the $325 car import fee, not the GST/HST) and my car was not added onto the Registrar of Imported Vehicles. I've been told that I can't sell my car in Canada.
I have registered the car in BC, bought insurance and have been happily driving it here since then.
I have applied for a PR via Express Entry in 2019.
I have finally received my golden email from IRCC ("Congratulations, you are now a permanent resident!") about 2 weeks ago.
I understand I now can do a "permanent" import of the car into Canada and this will allow me to sell it here (not planning it right now, but maybe in a year or two).
From what I've read on this wonderful forum, before there was CoPR with the "virtual" landing, I could just go to an IRCC office for an interview, or to the border crossing and get all the paperwork I need for my car from there (I would still have to pay the $325 fee, but not GST/HST).
Does anyone know how do I handle this now, since IRCC is not conducting any interviews and the border is closed?