Hog Head

I now have a retirement visa and need to move my household stuff over.

Any special paperwork or regulations I need to know other than the prohibited goods?

Any special wording on the BOL and manifest?

How to declare personal tools and a complete bike in bits?

Thanks

Robert

I just opened a joint account with my Thai GF last week. I came in on a tourist visa and it was a simple, but a bit protracted form filling excercise.

Bangkok Bank, Chiangmai.

Thanks for the visa advise and I will follow up on the OA

Back to the bike. Given that I can only bring in 1 vehicle, and I intend to use this allotment for a car, how to get the bike in?

I hear that others bring them in in parts, but how do I get it registered?

Dr Pong,

I was going to raise about this in another forum, but since you ask:

I am a Canadian and have just retired now at 49. I wish to claim Canadian non-residency for tax reasons, and need to establish a residence outside of Canada.

Got married yesterday, and plan to apply for a married visa in Jan 04 when I reurn to Vancouver for a few weeks. This (and a host of other things) will get me the desired tax status in Canada.

I turn 50 in June 04 and plan to apply for the retirement visa, as I understand that the rules will cange in July 04. Note the married visa will still be good at time of application.

My belongings could come either under the Married or retirement visa. I want to bring in a car, with my house stuff, so the bike must come in bits either as excess baggage, as seperate freight, or in the container.

So:

Bring the bike in under the married visa?

Bring it in under a retirement visa, and if so whih is preferable O or OA?

Thanks for the help.

I am entering on a retirement visa and am told that I can import only 1 vehicle. The problem is that I want to bring my bike as well, and understand one way is to bring it in iparts and assembling it here.

I am concerned about obtaining registration. Is there any way to do this, IE import the frame and engine legally, pay the duty, and then try to register?

The import document could be a bit ambigious - for example Harley Davidson engine SN XXXXX which could be interperited as either just the engine, or the entire bike with that specific engine.

Any bright ideas?