Temporary Imports to Australia

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In accordance with the provisions of certain international conventions on road traffic, Australia recognises the temporary import of vehicles for a period of less than 12 months by visiting foreign nationals of signatory countries who hold a visitor's visa.

In this category vehicles may be allowed entry in one of two ways:

1. By presenting a valid Carnet de Passage en Duane at port of entry to Australia, in which case no Vehicle Import Approval is required (Note: a vehicle must have sufficient registration cover from the person's home country to cover the period of the temporary import).
2. By submitting an application to import a vehicle accompanied by a copy of a current overseas registration document valid for the period of the visit and passport pages showing nationality, personal details and valid Australian visitor's visa.

If you are travelling on a "Temporary Resident" Visa then you are not eligible to import your vehicle under (b) above.

$50.00 application fee (for category (b) above), purchase document, current overseas registration document valid for the period of the visit, passport pages showing nationality, and Australian visitor's visa.

Light at the end of the tunnel, no local registration required.
You need to download the application form VSB10 from http://www.dotars.gov.au/transport/s...VSB10_Form.pdf
and the explanatory leaflet from http://www.dotars.gov.au/transport/s.../pdf/VSB10.pdf


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