I have been living in Santiago, Chile for the last 18 months
My temporal residential visa ran out in March and I was planning to drive from Chile to New York in my Jeep Cherokee with my family
Anyway, to cut a long story short, mechanics in Argentina destroyed my car as they did not understand the Jeep's computer system
The car has been written off
Fortunately, the insurance company in England have paid out and after realising how expensive cars in Argentina are, we have head back to Iquique in Northern Chile
We have found a car we want to buy but when I visited the notario with the owner we were turned away because I do not have a RUT card now, only a 90 day toursit visa
A few questions

1.) I believe I have to go to the Governacion instead of the SII for a new RUT
Does anyone know how long this takes

2.) If I can require the temporary RUT, can a transferece take place

3.) After acquiring a pasavante (as all the paperwork is up-todate in the respect of technical revision, circule de permission, insurance etc)

Will I have problems because the car was bought in Iquique?

4.) Upon arriving in US, can i keep the car

Any help with this would be much appreicated as we have had 3 weeks of Hell!!!

Many thanks
Paul

Hello Paul and to HUBB, even if only the hard way... Sorry to hear about your toasted Jeep.

I cannot help much, but make a thorough research here, as there are quite a lot of threads on the issue of buying a bike in Chile, the latest one being really well structured (cannot find it now).

A quick search gave this one, where they mention the famous RUT, although it's already an old thread, look for updates.

http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...santiago-45637

I assume you may have a command in Spanish, but if you need some help, just PM me as I'm native speaker.

Wish you happy and problem free travels soon,

Esteban

Hi Paul,
Sorry to hear about your hassles, there are threads about buying a vehicle in Chile here: http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...santiago-45637 and here: http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...hile-non-63372
Maybe PM deeve007, he/she has been through all this quite recently and may well be able to give you some advice.

Best of luck, PM me if you need virtual tea and sympathy.

Dunc.

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Paul

Regarding keeping the car in the USA - it depends on many factor, are-you visiting only or living here? which status do you have? what year is the car you plan on buying?

we bought two motorbikes in Santiago in Nov 2011,

I cannot help much but what I would say is if you are rush for time, do not use a notario.

they are 2 ways to buy a motorbike in Chile:

1) Use a Notario
2) Go straight to SII building with the current owner

1) NOTARIO:
We did this and it took about 30 days for us to receive the important "padron" which is required to enter some of the countries (it is the ID card of the vehicle with your name and details on it).

Officially all you need is the A4 bit of paper that says that bike is yours. (for this paper it took about 12 days only) You are basicaly waiting for the contract to be checked and approved by the authorities and for their systems to be updated with your name on it.
This paper was enought for us to leave Chile and enter Peru.
For Peru to Bolivia, the official gave us a hard time (as we still didn;t have the "padron" then).
But problem was when we tried to enter Argentina. The chief of Police wouldn;t let us in without the Padron. So we made a fake one from the old one we had (with the name of previous owner on it) and tried the border again and managed to go through.

2) Straight to officials
I am not certain of the procedure as haven;t done it myself.
But as I understand it, you are suppose to go with the current owner to an official building that deals with the name transfer (SII?)
and the idea is that since both parties are present, the contract is aggreed by the authorities straight away and you come out of the building with the system changed and with your "padron" in your name.


I hope this helps.

regards,

Quentin