I'm in a bit of an interesting situation right now. I'm a US citizen living in Nova Scotia, and I drove my car from the US to Canada for while I study. Through reading I've been informed I never received any Import Form 1 from CBSA when I initially brought the car over, and I'm aware that, legally, I need to register my car with the province and obtain a Canadian license as I've been here for longer than 90 days. This much is fairly simple.
What complicates things is that I have a Proof of Citizenship Application in process, which I'm expecting to receive in the coming months. When I become a PR of Canada I will then have to Import my vehicle and therefore export it from the US, however my car is fairly old and I'm not sure it would even make the 7 hr drive to the nearest land border. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with US CBP and Exporting the vehicle while it is already in Canada, or if that is even possible?
My options as of now are go through the hassle of registering my car with the province and getting a license as a temporary import, potentially outright importing the car to Canada as I'm not sure I foresee any more border crossings in its future (nearly 15 year old car), or I could do nothing, keep my US plates and license and roll the dice, saving me any sort of confusion if I miraculously was able to drive the vehicle to a border crossing, most likely just to sell or junk it.
Any advice?
What complicates things is that I have a Proof of Citizenship Application in process, which I'm expecting to receive in the coming months. When I become a PR of Canada I will then have to Import my vehicle and therefore export it from the US, however my car is fairly old and I'm not sure it would even make the 7 hr drive to the nearest land border. I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with US CBP and Exporting the vehicle while it is already in Canada, or if that is even possible?
My options as of now are go through the hassle of registering my car with the province and getting a license as a temporary import, potentially outright importing the car to Canada as I'm not sure I foresee any more border crossings in its future (nearly 15 year old car), or I could do nothing, keep my US plates and license and roll the dice, saving me any sort of confusion if I miraculously was able to drive the vehicle to a border crossing, most likely just to sell or junk it.
Any advice?