Hi there,

My understanding, FWIW (very little) is that all Volkswagen vans imported to
the US were considered as station wagons (not trucks) which avoided an
import duty placed on commercial vehicles.  Doubt this helps much, but maybe
a little.

Karl

|-----Original Message-----
|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
|Joy Hecht
|Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2010 6:15 AM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: registering Matilda in Canada
|
|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