Hi folks,

I've finally got something like legal status in Canada (work permit - not
yet landed immigrant), so it's time to register Matilda in Canada, instead
of in the US.

Does anyone out there know about bringing vanagons from the US to Canada?

I'm looking at Newfoundland vehicle registration instructions on line.  Does
anyone know whether vanagons are considered cars, or light trucks/vans/less
than 4500kg?  I'm assuming the latter.

Is a vanagon considered by Transport Canada to be a "MULTIPURPOSE PASSENGER
VEHICLES (MPV) MANUFACTURED BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 2007"?

Or is it considered a "TRAVEL VAN CONVERSION (VAN CONVERSION)"  In which
case it can't be brought into Canada, since their list of authorized
conversion companies does not include Westfalia.

I see that vehicles more than 15 years old are exempt from the "Register of
Imported Vehicles" registration process.  But I don't know which parts of
the import rules are that RIV process and which are some other process.

Has anyone out there done this?  My van is already in Newfoundland.  I'm
supposed to register it within 30 days (which is pretty nuts, since I have
90 days to get a NL drivers license, but I have to have a NL drivers license
to register the van here).  I have no plans to leave the country within 30
days, or at any rate definitely not by road.  So I won't be taking it across
the border.

Bureaucracy is SUCH a PITA!!!!!

Joy