Argentina - TIP for 8 months and normally no problem with leaving the country without the vehicle.
Uruguay - TIP for 12 months and no problems leaving without the vehicle.

Brazil - no TIP (??) so presume can leave without vehicle

Bolivia - TIP for only a short time and must leave with your vehicle.

What about Chile and Peru and Paraguay?

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Paraguay TIP is three month renewable two times by the owner (or somebody in the owners name with a 100 USD bribe). You can leave the country without the vehicle.Customs officers dont always give you an importation paper. If this is the case, i assume you can leave it as much time as you wish, but you ll have to bribe every time you are asked this paper by police (very few of them know the customs rules). You can also cross the Paraguay river on a small boat, it s a funny and thrilling experience and then go to the closest border on the other side.

I never tried to leave Bolivia without my vehicle but there is no trace of a registration in the passport. I crossed the border back to Argentina in 2007 and came back to Bolivia from Brazil in 2008, and the customs officer there mentioned i left my vehicle in Bolivia the previous year. The border in Bermejo failed to register my depart. It was solved by phoning to the customs office in Aguas Blancas. So vehicles are indeed traced, but this doesnt mean you cant leave within the time authorized and come back. 2 years ago i was given 6 month for the vehicle and the usual one month renewable two times for me.

I just got confirmed by a public lawyer friend of mine here in Buenos Aires that the law didn t change, it is still up to 8 month. The guy that got 3 month just got unlucky (so did I a few years ago in Clorinda). The mistake was to generalize based on a perticular case.

Bear in mind that although Argentina is 8 months, it's up to the border crossing what they give you, and sometimes they give out 3 months. Possibly something you can ask specifically and get 8, possibly not. Suspect it might depend on the border chap's mood.

You can't leave Chile without a vehicle having entered it with a vehicle, you will be stopped at the border when they put your passport through the computer.

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If you don'twhen you're coming back to SA, leave in a garage in Brazil for as long as you need, Brazil doens't require TIP anymore so you won't have any problems entering and leaving Brazil.

If you need more info let me know

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Rod
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I left my moto in La Paz, flew back to the US for three weeks, then returned to La Paz. Nothing in my passport, no problems leaving or returning.

In full disclosure, I was traveling with an Irish passport, originally entering Bolivia at Yacuiba. It is doubtful the officials treated my Irish passport any differently. Bolivia does charge visitors from the US a hefty tourist fee when entering by plane. Brazil, Chile and Argentina also charge tourist a fee. Wish all started because the US charges their travelers.

Not sure how many frontiers have business between countries, but it is possible to store a motorcycle between Colombia and Venezuela. In the no man's land between countries your bike can stay without time limit.

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2008/09 - NJ to Costa Rica and back to NJ
2012/13 - NJ to Northern Argentina, Jamaica, Cuba and back to NJ
2023 - Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia...back to Peru.

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Just a little off topic.

We pay the reciprocity fee when going into Argentina - 12 month validity - regardless of which point of entry.

I was expecting similar when crossing into Chile, but at San Pedro de Atacama, we weren't charged.

Did we just get lucky or does it only apply at Santiago airport.

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