Crocodilebill

I have a car that i want to bring with me from the UK do you get special
allowances to do this when you bring your goods with you?

The car is left hand drive and i have had the car for quite a while so i
really want to bring it with me.

Do i have to pay any import duties or taxes ETC. The value of the car is
around £50000 so i would'nt want to pay too much tax on that!

Pmm

Hi Crocodilebill

"CROCODILEBILL" <member10860@british_expats.com> wrote in message
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    > I have a car that i want to bring with me from the UK do you get special
    > allowances to do this when you bring your goods with you?
    > The car is left hand drive and i have had the car for quite a while so i
    > really want to bring it with me.
    > Do i have to pay any import duties or taxes ETC. The value of the car is
    > around £50000 so i would'nt want to pay too much tax on that!
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Your car is probably not importable to Canada. You should take a look at
http://www.riv.ca/ which is for US vehicles. Contact them about your car.

PMM

Rich Wales

"CROCODILEBILL" wrote:

> I have a car that I want to bring with me from the UK.
> . . . The car is left hand drive and I have had the car
> for quite a while so I really want to bring it with me.

Unless the car is at least 15 years old, I believe you're out of luck.

Canadian federal motor vehicle regulations prohibit the importation,
for permanent use in Canada, of any motor vehicle that was originally
manufactured for sale in a country other than Canada or the United
States. The only exception is if a car is at least 15 years old; such
cars can be imported for permanent use in Canada without restrictions.

In many cases, a car built to US specifications can be modified for
use in Canada -- and indeed, a special agency has been established
(http://www.riv.ca) to oversee modifications and certifications of
used cars being imported to Canada from the States.

However, Canadian rules do NOT permit the aftermarket modification of
a vehicle that was originally built to European or other non-North
American specifications. There is simply nothing you can do, or have
anyone else do, to such a vehicle that would make it legal to bring
to Canada with you. (Note, for what it may be worth, that this is
different from the corresponding regulations in the US, which do
allow "grey-market conversion" of non-US-spec vehicles for importa-
tion into that country. The US allows this, but Canada does not.)

Reference: http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety/importation/impxus_e.htm

> Do you get special allowances to do this when you bring
> your goods with you? Do I have to pay any import duties
> or taxes, etc.? The value of the car is around £50000
> so I wouldn't want to pay too much tax on that!

Irrelevant, since the car can't legally be imported anyway.

Normally, a vehicle which you have already owned and used prior to
immigrating to Canada can be imported as "settlers' effects" without
having to pay customs duties or taxes.

However, the exemption for settlers' effects won't help you in this
case. Unless the vehicle is at least 15 years old (and thus exempt
from Canadian motor vehicle standards altogether), you can't legally
import it, period, regardless of whether it is exempt from duties/
taxes, or even if you were prepared to pay applicable duties/taxes.

It sounds to me like you'll probably have no choice but to sell your
car in the UK before moving to Canada. Sorry.

Rich Wales http://www.richw.org
*NOTE: I've lived in both Canada and the US and have dual citizenship.
*DISCLAIMER: I am not a lawyer, professional immigration consultant,
or consular officer. My comments are for discussion purposes only and
are not intended to be relied upon as legal or professional advice.