U.S. Outlander: Buying a car to bring to Canada

[dc8800]

I've searched the forum and have not gotten much clarity on this. I still have the following questions that need some help with...

1. Is there a time limit for me to buy and use a car in the U.S. before I can bring it in as goods to follow without being taxed (I've heard it's 6 months, but I'm not sure if that only applies to Canadian citizens only, but not to landing immigrants).
2. Related to that, is it better to transport it (and also have the car titled) under the returning Canadian (my wife, who hasn't lived in Canada since she was 2), or under my name (the PR).
3. And in my specific case, I will enter the country first under a TWP and apply for outlander FCS PR before I enter the country (dual intent). Would that throw a wrench into the process? I haven't even submitted my PR app yet.

If someone can provide some personal experience as well as official documentation on this, that'd be very helpful. I'm quoting heatherusa here, who wrote this in another thread:

"As a returning Canadian I had a 10k exemption amount which meant that anything over 10k I had to pay duty on, but because I had been gone for more than 12 months, I could bring anything, even if I had just bought it, provided I had opened it and "used" it.

For pr I dont believe there is an exemption amount (if my car had been worth more than 10k the border agent was going to let me wait to have my husband import it) but it has to have been purchased 6 months or more... (I think that is correct)"

I assume her info is accurate as it is from her personal experience, but I'd like some documentation to be sure. At least one thing is similar with her case, which is that we are also moving to Alberta (Calgary). Please advise. Thanks in advance!

 

[wilson]

This link is useful for some guidance for importing a vehicle from USA.

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/basic_trade/export_docs/motor_vehicle.xml