Customs and the bike in Peru
 

Hi all,
am planning a trip to South America in the next few weeks.
i sent a letter to all the embasies asking aobut paper work etc, peru replie with the letter below, anyone have any experience od this 35% gurantee and also i dont plan on leaving my the same border. any thoughts?
thansk
ed

Dear Mr. McCarthy,

Thanks for your letter dated on 17th February 2008 and I do apologise for the late response. We have just confirmed the procedure for travelling with motorcycle throughout Peru .
You have to present your vehicle at Customs offices at your point of entrance to Peru , with any document as proof of property, and then you have to pay in cash 35% of the value of the motorcycle to them as guarantee for temporary importation. This money would be returned to you just if you leave the country by the same frontier as you have entered.
Regarding visa requirements, as Irish citizen you do not need any visa to enter to Peru and you can stay there up to 90 days.

If you need further assistance, do not hesitate to contact us.

Kind Regards,

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Cultural, Tourism & Press Dpt.
Embassy of Peru

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You dont have to do that in Peru !!

Just go to the customs office at the border/port & ask for temporary import.

They'll want photocopies of everything & will give you a document thats valid for 90 days, you dont have to pay anything, surrender the document to customs when you leave the country.

Hi Ed,
What smellybiker has said is totally true,
they will give you a temp import paper at the border
When do you head off ? i am back in sunny Ireland if
you want to meet up.
regards
joe

hey lads,
thanks for the replies, that what i was thinking but no harm asking.
joe, hoping to head off by 1st of may but that may get pushed by a week or 2. its dublin u are based? i am due to go visit a buddy in tallaght soon so yeah a coffee or a jar would be great. any time of week generally good for u or what suits?
ed

customs in Peru
 

Sure glad you got that straightened out as I am heading back to Santiago in 2 weeks and then heading north. You were starting to worry me with all that crazy talk. Larry

u cant bate a bit of panic :)

Hi Ed,
In Belfast at the mo as me moto makes
its slow way back to Ireland by boat.
I should be in Dublin next week as i need
to find a job :-)
will pm you my mobile number
joe