Hi Joy,

Talk to the locals... Vehicle regulations vary by province. In the case of
an importation by a new owner the Canadian Gov't asks for duty and sales
tax but I expect that would not be required for an owner with a work
permit. But I could be wrong about that; I have no idea.

Ignore RIV; it doesn't apply to Vanagons. Westfalias and other GERMAN
Vanagons are definitely admissible under current federal regulations.
South African Vanagons however are not.

Happy Trails,

Greg Potts
www.pottsfamily.ca
WWW.BUSESOFTHECORN.CA   <--- NEW .CA DOMAIN!!!
1987 Wolfsburg Weekender hardtop Vanagon
1973 Westfakia "Bob the Tomato"

> 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
>