Need help collecting an imported bike in Vancouver
 

HELP!

HU riders. I'm looking for a favor. A mate of mine is shipping a motorcycle into Vancouver. It's due to arrive in May, and she won't be in country yet to collect it as she will be waiting in Australia to travel to Canada.

As many of you are overland travelers, you know the difficulty in getting to a new country. Can you, or do you know of someone, that would be willing to collect it until she arrives? She needs a name on the invoice and is shipping out of Capetown soon.

Any help will be appreciated. And, she will pay for assistance.

Cheers!

Hi,

I don't know if it's too late for this, but I remember one big hurdle. The person picking up the bike needs a Power of Attorney.

My boyfriend picked mine up for me while I was in Germany awaiting my Visa. I had to write a power of attorney and had to have it notarized. Then it had to be translator from German into English by a certified translator. And then the Canadian Embassy in Germany had to issue a document to say that this German POA was valid in Canada. Wasn't too crazy prices, just a lot of running from A to B.

With the POA it was super easy for my boyfriend to pick up the bike registered in my name. Without it, it would have been very complicated, if possible at all...