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Brazilian Passport Stamp for Motorcycle when entering
Hey Everyone,
I'm wondering if anyone has entered Brazil through a land border and received any stamp or marking stating that you also brought a motorcycle in with you?
What does the stamp say?
Has anyone had a problem leaving by air after leaving a motorcycle in Brazil, without officially checking it out?
Any info would be much appreciated!
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Officially, you need a temporary import for the bike like all of South America... You have to go to customs and get this ! A know people who got theres at the border although you may need to ask for it...
Although, when I was there in 2008, I wasn't offered one so just rode through the border after getting my normal passport stamp.. (Iquazu)
I left into Venezuela without ever being asked for it but that doesn't mean won't !!
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Thanks for the info. Much appreciated!
So no special stamp in your passport saying that you brought a motorcycle in with you? You think there is much of a chance that that has changed?
Does anyone have a copy of a recent temporary import permit from Brazil that they could send to my email (stewartalsopIII@gmail.com)? I'm interested in what I am going to be dealing with.
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They don't stamp your passport with the bike.. They didn't to mine in 2008 anyway...
If you're an American/Canadian , I think you need to get your entry visa in Advance though. The Americans I was with had to get theres in Argentina at Iguazu. Only took an hour though and was pretty cheap..
Check it out before you just turn up..
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Stuart from California? Red KLR with soft baggage in Antigua? Or maybe the other Stuart who left a rain-sodden card on my KLR parked in the street in Ushuaia last year?
You need an advance visa for Brazil. It is difficult and time-consuming in the USA, easy but time-consuming in many South American capitals, and easy and quick in Iguaçu. It always costs about US$140 for American citizens, and if Ted thinks this is cheap I'd like to help him out with his financial planning.
Temporary import papers are separate from the passport. Sometimes when I exited Brazil they let me keep the old papers, saving a certain amount of trouble when I re-entered; other times they took them and cancelled my import, meaning I had to do it all over again.
I don't know how they handle leaving the country by air without the bike, but it's not a backward country and they do like their documentation and bureaucracy there. Again, at land borders they sometimes demanded it and sometimes did not. For example, I couldn't buy a ferry ticket to French Guiana without a cancelled temporary import receipt. On the other hand, mileage does vary.
Hope that helps.
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Hey Mark.
Its Stewart from California. Ended up in Colombia, working there for four months and then selling the bike and moving back to America. Great info man. Thanks!
I'm flying into Rio, Brazil for a study abroad exchange program and I already have a student visa. I wanted to buy a bike there and was thinking about temporary importation permit difficulties.
I imagine if someone sold the bike to me in Brazil and then flew out, it would be no problem because the stamp is separate from the temporary importation process and they wouldn't know he brought a bike in.
Anybody with a current Brazilian temporary importation permit that I could take a look at? Just want to see what it says. StewartalsopIII@gmail.com.
Thanks so much for the help.
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It always costs about US$140 for American citizens, and if Ted thinks this is cheap I'd like to help him out with his financial planning.
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Holey poop !!! I'm almost certain it wasn't anything like that in 2008. The guy I was with was totally broke and didn't even mention the cost. I remember $50 or less..
That was Iguazu, March 2008. Maybe I high on Amazonian air
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It´s really up to you if you obtain your import paper at the border or not. but you might have to show it later during a police check somewhere on the road.... its a seperate paper, stating rego no, your address and the bike details....
valid for 3 months, but you can extend it to another 3 months in t country. i just came into brasil last week crossing over from bolivia at Corumba. No trouble at all. they might put all info into the computer, so its possible that they know about the bike even on the airport.
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entering brazil
hi, i entered brazil from paraguay, one year ago at ciudad del este, and had to go back and ask twice, as the border agents at the brazil side INSISTED, that I did not need any documents for my moto. Nothing. Just my pasport and Visa.
had no problems at all in 6 weeks in brazil, and no problems leaving the country, go figure???
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I just entered Brazil a few days ago. Immigration knows nothing of you bringing a bike in. It is a separate process in a different building - nothing went into the passport.
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Thanks for the info guys! Totally answers my questions.
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