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jbtoki said:
I towed my car behind a Uhaul and crossed the border in 2005.
You have to obtain recall clearance document for your vehicle. Ask customer service of your vehicle make. They will fax or mail it to you at no charge.
If your US vehicle is commercially available in Canadia, yours should meet the Canadian standards.
I had to register my vehicles at the local DMV (PEI) before US TAG expiration. Clearance from customs was a must.
1. Yes, but you probably weren't coming on a work permit, which was the question the OP asked.
RIV program exemptions http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/pub/bsf5048-eng.html
You can import a vehicle from the United States without registering it in the RIV program if the following applies:
The vehicle is fifteen years old or older (excludes buses). You determine the age of a vehicle by the month and year it was manufactured. Do not use the model year. You may find the age on the manufacturer's compliance label located in the doorframe area of the vehicle. If no compliance label is attached, you should contact the manufacturer to find out the exact date that the vehicle was manufactured and obtain a letter from the manufacturer as proof of age of the vehicle.
The vehicle is a bus manufactured before January 1, 1971.
The vehicle was originally manufactured and certified to meet Canadian safety standards. These vehicles are imported by importers authorized by Transport Canada or by former residents of Canada who are bringing back the same vehicle they exported.
The vehicle is entering Canada temporarily for a specific purpose. The allowable types of temporary imports are:
vehicles imported by visitors for a period not exceeding 12 months, temporary residents such as students studying at an institution of learning for the duration of their studies in Canada, or individuals with valid work permits/ authorizations for employment for a period not exceeding 36 months;
vehicles imported by diplomats, if authorization in writing has been granted from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, for the duration of the person's posting in Canada;
vehicles imported by visiting forces personnel for the duration of their assignment in Canada;
vehicles imported by United States preclearance personnel and their dependents for the duration of the United States officer's posting in Canada;
vehicles imported for exhibition, demonstration, evaluation, testing or other special purposes. The importer must submit written authorization from Transport Canada, in the form of a Transport Canada endorsed Schedule VII, for temporary importations of this nature;
vehicles travelling in-transit through Canada; and
vehicles designed primarily for the performance of work in the construction of works of civil engineering and in maintenance and that are not constructed on a truck chassis or truck-type chassis.
