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Old 22 Jul 2012
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Venezuela - Tempory import stamp in passport
Hi lads,

thought about riding my bike to Caracas and afterwards sell it there, but i red now, that you`re not only get a piece of paper, they also stamp your passport, a remark, that you came with a bike.
Is that true, than my plans are f...destroyed?

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Anyone fancy buying a nice klr in Columbia?
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bike stamp in pasport venezuel
sorry mate, but that is correct at least it was when we entered in feb 2011 from colombia. its a full page stamp with bike details hand writen in.
take extra good care in venezuela
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My passport has a full-page stamp full of details about my bike, with import and export stamps overlapping. Seems like in the absence of information from someone who's successfully sold a bike in Venezuela, Colombia would be easier. Way more moto-tourists in Colombia anyway.

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I entered Venezuela from Maicao a couple of months back, just rode straight through the aduana, so no bike stamp in my passport.

I was stopped at customs, asked them whether I needed a temporary import, and they waved me through, so it is possible to get in without a stamp.
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thanks lads,

that 3 with stamp, one without,as far as i know, another mate got his passport stamped as well.

I will give it a try next week, gonna head towards the boarder Maicao tomorrow.
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I've flown in and out of Caracas twice now with a stamp(s) in my passport and have had no problems. You will not be able to sell the bike legally and someone that knows someone in the aduana will have to pay off somebody to get the correct false papers for it to work$$$ legally but it is possible.

The stamp doesn't mean that it is not possible to leave the country thou but imo it would be easier to sell the bike in another country.

It is possibly to leave a bike in country for longer than six months, legally it's easy for six months by getting one 3 month extension and then with a little more creatively if you need say a couple of years time

Mines been checked into Venezuela since Feb 28 this year and looks like it will be there for awhile longer.
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Blimey, I don't think I have a spare clean page in my passport and i will be there is a few weeks/month.

I hope they have some sticky paper.
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As far as i know and red the only country in Southamerica for a proper legal sale is Paraguay anyway, everywhere else it`s doggy.
Thanks a lot Throttlemeister, good to hear that, so i definitely gonna head towards the boarder, worst case scenario, i own a KLR, based in Venezuela then.
It`s very hard to get rid of your bike here in the moment, or maybe it`s only on my case, my bike looks shit, but technical it`s perfect.
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I'm another one who managed to fly out of the country with the motorbike still stamped in my passport and NO questions were asked. So you might be OK getting out, I suppose that in the future, if you decide to go back you might have problems getting in with another vehicle, as they may think you already have one there.

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Venezuela is very similar to Colombia in that they are not keeping accurate track of tourists vehicles coming in and out. I got six month import starting in late Feb this year with normal 3 month permit as I crossed into the country and got one 3 month extension at the port near the CCS airport which got my bike covered up to Aug of this year. I then exited the country and cancelled my papers went down to Manaus, Brazil to drop off some tires and get my visa validated and then returned to the same crossing I left out of a few days earlier and they gave me another 3 month temporary import for the bike that would easily put it over the normal 6 month maximum for the country.

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They don't keep track of the bike in the computer, get a little creative and you shouldn't have a problem at all.
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I also received a full page stamp when I entered through the Maicao border in april of 2011. I am now heading back up and am curious if anyone has successfully sold their bike in Venezuela?
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I went through in Sept. No stamp and no papers for the bike - despite pleading for them.
Went through the country with no problems until got near the Brazil border. 1 checkpoint asked for bike papers and after a lot of huffing and puffing waved me away.
I was a bit worried exiting but just got my passport stamped and left, no problem
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I went through in Sept.
What crossing did you enter VZ? Did you stop at the SENIAT (sp?) to import your bike?
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