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No. Those plates are valid in Canada until you get Canadian plates. You have like 90 days to get your car registered in BC.

Hi. I can totally understand what you are saying here. When we first started packing we also were very confused about how detailed the list of goods must be. But through answers from others and my experience, you don't need to worry or overthink it too much. You can definitely group things like...

Hi, I don't have Canadian car insurance yet. BC insurance without a BC license is crazy expensive. And for BC drivers license I need PR card, which is taking very long these days. So I am holding on to my US Geico insurance. Although I am not sure if that is valid or not or that I can claim it...

Hi, For rental car and U-haul I don't know if they will ask about it, but it does seem a valid questions. So better to be prepared with an answer for it. If you have friends/family you can say you are going to ask them to drop it off (ofcourse you need to be careful and maintain social distancing).

I asked the movers to store it with them for a month or so, until I was ready to receive it in my own apartment.

Yes, I had used a mover through my company. They gave me an inventory list of all my goods that they packed. Along with that list, I had filled the personal goods form for the goods I was carrying with me in my car. At the Canada border, I showed them both the lists and they stamped it. Later...

Hey, I applied for SIN by mail as online was not working at that time. You need to mail in your original passport and copr document along with a form which you can find in the canada.ca website. Address proof is not required if applying through mail. I also sent in the prepaid return envelope as...

Hi. I have moved permanently to Canada and do not intend to move back to the USA.

Here is a snippet from the receipt email from Blaine border service after I sent my documents 72 hours prior to my export. The reason the car must be inside the US for 72 hours prior to export is that they can make sure it is not stolen or something. You can verify this with the border service...

Before you moved your car to canada did you follow the car export process? Do you have export stamp on your title and import form 1 from cbsa? If not then you cannot import the car to canada without exporting it from USA, and to export the car from usa it needs to be inside USA for atleast 72...

Finally got my RIV inspection passed. Apart from the DRL wiring, I had to fix my broken taillight, which was working fine, just had cracked cover, but they failed me for it. Anyways you were right about the inspection fee which is $125 for BC inspection and $5 per tire for a federal inspection...

Hey, I have an update. I went for RIV inspection at Canadian tire today and they told me I need to have daytime running lights always on modification done for my car. In the US we don't have this requirement, but in Canada, the car needs to have daytime running lights always on such that you...

Simplified trade will only provide you with an ITN number. You will have to send the documents and ITN number to the US border and customs office via email or mail at least 72 hours prior. Yes, correct that fee is the import fee of $325 which needs to be paid within 10 days of arrival. You can...

Documents you may need at the US customs office are - ITN/AES number (which you can apply online, see above post), email to the specific port with the ITN number, title copy, etc (check that port requirement or call them) 72 hours prior and print a copy of the confirmation reply, original title...

I applied my ITN through https://simplifiedtradesolutions.com/. There are other websites as well. Just go with the one that is cheapest. For bsf186 form, No they did not check anything at all, which surprised me as well. I had expected at least a dog sniff scan, but even that didn't happen. The...

Hi lycbread, are you planning to import your car into Canada? if so, you will require a bill of sale as you have not purchased directly from a dealer. This will be required mostly for the export process on the US side. Once you have the export stamp, you just show that at the Canada borders. If...

Hello, I just wanted to share my recent experience of moving to Vancouver BC from Seattle WA through the land border on Apr 16th amidst the coronavirus situation. This was my first time coming to Canada with my COPR which was approved on Jan 2020. I had used the Pacific Highway Port of Entry...