Permanent Import to Australia
I'm an Australian in London planning a trip rtw back to Oz. I am hoping to buy a bike here in London, ride it back to Oz, and then keep the bike in Oz.
I can't keep the bike permanently in Oz under a Carnet. However, it seems that the only way that I can permanently import the bike is if I have owned it for 12 months prior to applying for permanent import approval.
This seems crazy. I have written to the import authorities to ask if there is any way around the need to own it for 12 months, and they say it is. However, I have heard occasional stories that it is possible to get approval for permanent import by first entering on a carnet and then applying. This doesn't sound likely to me, but who knows.
If anyone has any information about this topic, then I'd be delighted to hear from them.
Thanks.
Mango.
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