Vehicle documents and border crossings - your experience
Hi all
We are currently in Greece at the start of our 1 year trip to South Africa. In a couple of weeks time we are planning to take the ferry from Mersin in Turkey to Port Said in Egypt.
We recently rechecked all our documents and have realised that our V5 and international V5 state that we have 4 seats while our Carnet states that we have 2. Our vehicle has 2 seats (and had 2 seats when we bought it). We are concerned that the discrepancy between documents may be a problem and/or the fact that our V5 says we have 4 seats when we only have 2 may cause problems at borders.
We would really like to hear from people with experience of arriving into Egypt by ferry and crossing borders between African countries - what paperwork do officials want to see? How closely are the documents checked and cross-referenced? Do you think our situation will give rise to problems?
On a separate note, our engine number is not visible on our vehicle. Is this likely to cause a problem based on others' experience?
Many thanks in advance for your feedback.
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