Storing a motorcycle in Peru, Chile or Bolivia
 

I'm trying to find if you can store a motorcycle in Peru, Chile or Bolivia for 6 months. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I've tried to find out from various sources and the best I've ever come up with is that since none of these countries issue TIPs for more than three months, it might be very difficult to get extensions to allow a six month storage even if you were allowed to leave without the vehicle. I know a couple who did leave a vehicle in Peru as they had to return home due to a family emergency, but Chile and Bolivia seem to prohibit leaving without the vehicle.

BTW I also know two lots of travellers who asked officially whether they could leave their vehicle behind in Argentina and they were refused - but hundreds of others who don't ask have no problems flying out.

From what I have been reading here on the HUBB, Brazil is your best bet for long term storage. I have heard of people leaving bikes in Argentina for a stretch, but I don't have details for you.

I met a Mexican in Bolivia that stored his bike in Peru too long. When confronted at the border trying to leave Peru, he said he would go back to Lima and straighten it all out. That night under moonlight he slipped into Bolivia and by total chance met someone that knew someone that worked at the border. By a miracle he got importation papers for Bolivia. Kids, don't try this at home.

I flew from La Paz, Bolivia to the US, leaving my bike with no issues leaving the country. For what its worth, Bolivia only grants a visa to US citizens with a maximum of 90 days per year. Extensions are not available to US citizens (and perhaps citizens for other countries.)

Later, assuming you fly back into Bolivia, you might have to pay a tourist fee, if it wasn't collected when you crossed the border. It all depends on your citizenship. I use this website for general visa info U.S. Passport & Travel Visa Services: Online Application, Visas Requirements. (not just for US citizens...)

Storage between borders does not have time limitations, where you can find it. Maybe someone knows of a business between the borders of Peru, Chile or Bolivia that stores bikes. If no one squeaks up here on the South American forum, try posting to the selection from the "Contact a Community" page
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Hi
I have left my bike in Argentina on two occasions and I haven't had any problem as long as the TVIP is still valid. You can get an eight month TVIP.
DerekO

I have left my bike in chile. Took a bus to Argentina and a bus back without problem.

OP wants to leave it for 6 months.

Argentina, normally OK for 8 months (although some border posts may only give you three months so need to check when you receive the TIP)
Uruguay OK for up to 12 months.
Brazil ???? Hasn't been tested yet as far as I can find out. Several hopeful theories but theories is all they are so far.

Thanks to all for the information. Sounds like I have to do a bit more research and checkout local formums.

Ernie

custom agent
 

hi ernie
all you have to do is go and find a custom agent and a secure parking in chile and you can leave your vehicle up to 270 days.
in chile you can get two extensions on you tip.
if you need i can pm you the mail adress of the guy who is doing my paperwork in valpo.
he can also find secure parking.
all the best geri

Extending TIP in Chile
 

HI Geri,

I saw your post regarding extending the TIP in Chile, is this possible? As for the secure parking, i met a nice Chilean guy who said i can store in his garage, is this considered 'secure' or do they mean an official storage company?

If you have the details of where we can extend the TIP, that would be brilliant. Hope you're riding hard and on two wheels.

Thanks in advance,

Neil
neilmcguire76@hotmail.com

I heard you can get your TVIP suspended in Peru - anyone clarify?

Yes we suspended our TIP for 8 months on basis of needing to return home for medical treatment. Mili at QuintaLala did all the work for us. Lot of running around and uncertainty though

From what I understand "custom agent and a secure parking" means "bonded warehouse" This is a facility that can be found is most any country, usually near sea ports and airports.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonded_warehouse

Storing you bike in a bonded warehouse "suspends" the TVIP, but not insurnce coverage. Local details may vary. Do your research.

Hi Ernie,

In Brazil it is (for 1000%) allowed to leave your bike for max. 24 month. If you need help in Brazil you can contact me.

For Bolivia i don't know but you can try to contact Maarten Munnik the dutch owner of Bolivia Motorcycle Adventures. (maarten (at) boliviamotorcycleadventures.com) possible he knows and maybe he can offer you a hand.

Is there an official procedure for this?

I did last month a registration for a sailingyacht that will stay here for 11 month (24 month allowed). As yachts are registered at the port of entry in combination with the captains passport you need to have the documents altered at the Capitania, Receita Federal and the Policia federal to release the passport of the captain.

For motorbikes and Cars there is no registration anymore at the border-entrance into Brasil. I presume you do not need to do anything as the bike or car is not locked onto a passport. But I advice to report it at the Receita Federal and the Policia Federal to have the overstay documented.

I contacted the Receita Federal at the port of Itaqui to inform me about the legal way but he did not know...... which documents should be made!!!! He agreed that in the past the same road as for yachts where to be followed.

As soon as I will receive the official answer I will post it here.

In Bolivia you will be given a permit for 3 months. If you will allow someone to drive your bike out and in you will have another 3 months. If interested to know more please contact. Maarten

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The name of the official giving the advice would also be nice to have.

In this attachment you will find the law regarding Temporary Import.

Link: REGULAMENTO ADUANEIRO

Interesting sections;

ADMISSÃO TEMPORÁRIA (Temporary Import, Section Starts at Art. 290.)

Art. 292. X - I veículos de turistas estrangeiros;

Art. 298 - De conformidade com o artigo 250, o regime será concedido
por até 1 (um) ano, prorrogável por período não superior a 1 (um)
ano. (1 year extendable with 1 year more)

Decisions of the Courts to be found on the subject of Foreign Temporary Imports (Last 12 month).

Link: VEÍCULO ESTRANGEIRO EM REGIME DE ADMISSÃO TEMPORÁRIA

Someone told me they got an 3 month extension online to their 3 month motorcycle stay in Chile. I guess you just need to ask the question. Don't know if they will extend it longer.

For the record this can also be done in Huànuco with Toby at AroundTheBlock Motos.

storing vehicle in Peru
 

In peru you can suspend your 90 days TIP anywhere you can find a aduana office.
procedure is clearly explained on wikioverland.com
We did it twice and both times it took us less than 24 hours.
Up to now i found no people who got their suspension refused. If it would your vehicle has to leave the country before end of TIP, and this might be a huge problem...

Yes but the uncertainty comes about because everyone leaves the country before the deal is approved. One day someone is going to have big hassles because paperwork got lost and the port of entry didn't give approval. Certainly a labour-intensive process with each stage writing up full page reports and the final permission document ran to 3 pages.

If you can't communicate in fluent Spanish you will need to find someone who can and has at least two full days to spare.

I'm now looking at storing my bike in Chile too. Specifically puerto montt since it can't be ridden anywhere due to a broken shock. Not sure where to start with that.

When I entered Chile from Peru I asked it is possible to get an extension on the 90 days because I want to leave my bike with a friend, fly home for 6 months then return to ride some more. Tthe very friendly border official said it is possible and to just go to the main Customs office in Santiago and get some paper work to authorize my friend to store the bike for me. i am in Santiago now and will let you know how it goes.

Storing a bike in Chile
 

This is what I found out about the procedure to store a bike in Chile:

Fill out the extension form T.I.T.V., which hopefully is attached here.
You also have to include passport, vehicle documents, and a document explaining why the motorbike is staying here. Take your signed documents to the aduana office in Santiago or scan and email them to Valentina Gonzales Parraguez at vgonzalesp@aduana.cl to have your request considered.

yes, but the question was, can you do it in Chile for 6 months, and that you cant.
you can leave without your bike, no problem, but you must come back and leave the country with your bike before the bikes 90 days are over.

Extension
 

Yes you can get an extension. You just fill out the form and turn it into Aduana and get the approval. I have been told you can do this on the internet as well.

My recent experience in Chile with a motorbike overstaying past the 90 days granted: I entered Chile in mid-Oct 2017 on my US registered moto through Los Andes; I was granted permission to keep the bike in the country until mid-Jan 2018 (same as my tourist visa). I flew back to the US from Concepcion for 2 weeks around Christmas time (leaving the moto behind at a friend's house - no questions were asked about my vehicle when I flew out - nor did I mention it to anyone on my way out :whistling:).

When I returned I was given a new tourist visa for 90 days ... I completely forgot about the moto needing to leave the country by mid-January :huh:

In mid February I reach the Chile Chico border. I got my passport stamped but then Aduana noticed the paperwork for the bike expired a month prior. It caused a lot of confusion and with my broken Spanish I tried to explain that I flew home for Christmas and was granted an additional 90 days - played dumb and said I thought the bike was just linked to my visa's timeline. The Aduana line started piling up behind me (which might have worked to my benefit!). After a bit of back and forth between Aduana and PDI in the end they just gave me a stern warning :nono: that I shouldn't do it again and stamped my papers and set me free. No extra paperwork required!

As a side note: they told me there were no problems to re-enter the country a few days later (as I was heading south into Puerto Natales ... which then gave me a new 90 days on the moto).

Out of curiosity does anybody know what I narrowly avoided? What are they supposed to or able to do when your vehicle overstays? Fine you, confiscate the vehicle?

I also overstayed the TIP of my bike (norwegian plated) June/July 2017 in Chile. Due to mechanical problems and endless waiting for spare parts which for the most part never arrived I overstayed the TIP. The mechanic that helped me with my bike phoned the Aduana and explained the matter and was told to write an email where we explained the situation. So an email was written and sent - and after several weeks more of waiting I was given the fine of 20 000 chilean pesos which is around 25 € I belive and the permission to leave. I was told I was lucky as the fine should have been 10 times more. The initial overstay was only 1-2 weeks.

I rode to Ushuaia from the US in 2015/16. I met the love of my life in Santiago so now I reside there 6 months of the year and spend the other 6 months in the US. When in Chile I make sure to run across the border before my 90 day motorcycle visa expires. I just spend one night in Argentina then cross back. For the past 2 summers while in the US, I was able to get extensions to my visa until I returned. You can do that online. The first time I did it I found a nice person in Aduana who was very helpful in telling me the procedure, what form to fill out etc. The second time that person had moved on to another department and the new person was not familiar with the procedure and it was more challenging. It helped greatly having a local with me to translate. You need to email the completed request form along with copies of the entry documents, passport, and motorcycle documents. Do it at least two months before the expiration date as it can take time. Apparently though, you are really supposed to visit the Aduana at the airport before flying out of the country and fill out all kinds of paperwork there. I never did. If your motorcycle exceeds the 90 day limit they can confiscate it. Now I am married and working on a temporary residency visa. Once I get that I will try to get a visa for the moto to cover it for the same time frame. I've been told it is not possible to import a used moto or car but there are loopholes which I hope to discover. If not, I will sell my baby to a gringo and buy a local bike. They are more expensive here but can be found. :scooter:

Bike storage in Chile / Argentina

Hello
I am new here and have a question regarding bike storage for some months in Chile or Argentina. In this thread I found two principal possibilities but I am not sure that I really got the point.
- TaosTraveller wrote 2016 that with the help of the extension form T.I.T.V. it is possible to leave the bike for some months while being not in Chile. Is this (still) working and can the motorbike be stored anywhere or must it be stored in a bonded warehouse (idea about price and address)? Is the help of a customs agent neccessary or recommended?
- Temporary import of vehicles in Argentina is permitted for up to eight months. This also says the website of the Argentinian embassy in Germany. But it is not really clear to me a) whether I can leave the country in between without the bike, and b) the eight months period starts again with each entrance into Argentina. Or what else is the counting.

Maybe someone can tell me whether one or both possibilities are really working and which of them might be easier to handle.

Background of my questions is my plan
a) to import my bike to Chile and travel 12 weeks southward from Nov until Feb. I would stay 6-8 weeks from it in Argentina.
Then to go back for some months and leave the bike in Chile or Argentina (best in Mendoza), coming from Chile (starts the eight months period again?)
b) to travel again from Jul until Sep (or Aug to Oct) going north in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile.
Concrete Question: Can such tour be handled within the legal customs framework? How to do it best and which paperwork is necessary?

I left my norwegian plated bike in Chile for 6-7 weeks while I myself left the country and it was not a problem at all. It is not stamped in your passport that you entered with a vehicle so nobody knows you did so. So it shouldnt be any problem. TIP in Chile is 90 says btw. This was the first half of 2017.

TIP in Argentina - I have also read/heard that you can get 8 months TIP there but I entered Argentina 5-6 times with my bike and was always given 90 days, never 8 months. Maybe you can get it if you ask and explain your situation?

Other solution is Uruguay - where you will get 12 months TIP.

You Will Not GEZ a Defizite answer on this, but here is what I did
I usually get the 8 months at the Santiago- Mendoza crossing at christo redender pass, the smaller crossings farther south and north usually only the 90 days. I parked my bike in Mendoza, took the bus to Santiago, flew back home, came back 7 months later, bus to Mendoza and with the bike back to chile the next day. No questions asked, it's still not legal and any negotiations with Argentina Adriana make no sense at all. Just my two cents

You Will Not GEZ a Defizite answer on this, but here is what I did
I usually get the 8 months at the Santiago- Mendoza crossing at christo redender pass, the smaller crossings farther south and north usually only the 90 days. I parked my bike in Mendoza, took the bus to Santiago, flew back home, came back 7 months later, bus to Mendoza and with the bike back to chile the next day. No questions asked, it's still not legal and any negotiations with Argentina Adriana make no sense at all. Just my two cents

Parking in Mendoza was my idea. Have you asked the customs for the 8 months TIP or was it given without request? And where have you parked it in Mendoza? I thought to ask one of the motorbike shops there because I dont have any contacts there. And last question: Have you re-entered Argentina later and was it a problem?

Chile and Argentina
 

My bike with New Zealand registration is currently parked in Cordoba Argentina and I am in New Zealand. I was given 8 months TIP at Paso Jama without asking. The computer spewed out the form with 8 months when I crossed. I will be leaving my bike in Chile in December where 90 days is the limit. Overstay that and you can expect to be fined when you try to leave unless you can come up with documented reason for a delay like medical, accident etc. In both counties it is the bike they are worried about not the person. I have heard longer stays are possible in Chile if you negotiate with the customs

Did anyone here store their bike in Bolivia lately, and was it ok to fly out of the country without the bike? I’m guessing 3 months is still the maximum time the bike can stay in the country?

I’m currently storing my Norwegian xr650R bike in Peru for a year and I’m returning over new year to continue the trip south. I need to fly back and forth due to job situation and I might not get further than Bolivia.

It seems like Argentina still has the option for 8 months in the country, but it could be a bit far to go there on the next stage of the trip.

Bike storage for an extended stay back home.
 

I’m currently in Bolivia and once again I need to store my Colombia plated bike and return home to the US. My current plan is to move the bike to Argentina and try to get an 8 month extension.
Last year I extended my TVIP successfully in Cusco Peru for over one year but it was a time and paper consuming process.

If you ask for it, you can get 8 months at the border for Argentina. Also Bolivia sometimes give longer tip if you ask for it (I had 6 months last time).

Important up date on leaving a foreign bike in Chile
 

Yesterday I had real problems leaving Chile for the airport at Santiago. My bike has New Zealand plates and has a Salida y Admision Temporal de Vehiculos for 90 days from 20/11/2018. This was issued by the customs at the Chilean border at Futalefu. When you enter Chile a visa is issued in the form of a printed receipt by the PDI. This is the bit of paper you must not loose as a visitor. This time on that paper was an additional stamp "Ingreso con vehiculo" and the bike plate and engine details were recorded on that visa by immigration. Not customs.

When I went to leave Chile I was sent from the immigration to the customs at the airport. There the customs told me I could not leave until I had completed a "transpase". This process assigns your bike to a person who has a Chilean RUT. It can be any person. There is no cost but the person has to appear at the customs in person to sign the new papers. The new papers are in fact exactly the same for used for the Salida y Admision Temporal de Vehiculos. All the bike details are the same but your name and ID is replaced with those of the person with the Chilean RUT. The start date of the permit and the number of the permit stays the same.

Lucky for me I went to the airport about 4 hours early and I have a Chilean friend who came to airport to assign the bike to him. When I go back to Chile in February I have to call at the airport customs and have the document returned to my name.

The customs guy told me people trying to leave without vehicles are having this problem almost daily. Some just get a taxi driver at the airport to sign for them but you have to pay quite a bit for them to take on the risk.

So if your entry visa has the bike details on it and especially if it is stamped Ingreso con vehiculo you need to get this visa stamped and signed by customs before you can leave. First you need to assign the bike to the person with the Chilean RUT and then customs will stamp the visa.

I imagine this will apply in many cases. You sell the bike to another foreigner, you leave the bike to have it shipped out of Chile, the bike is damaged or stolen. And I am not talking about after the 90 days is expired.

Stumbled on this thread looking for some info, might as well drop my two cents and experience.

I had to leave Chile without the bike and temperately put the bike on someone else's name who was a Chilean resident. This was done at customs. Just come back before the validity of the temporary import expires, or extend with a couple of weeks to spare before you go because it takes some time to process.

Long story short my extension was filed a couple of days too late while I was gone and customs demanded an imediata drop off of the bike at customs before the extension could go through. Also pay a fine for those couple of days of overstaying. This went unnoticed on my part and I came back 2.5 months later and had to pay a fine over 75 or so days. Fine is based on the value of the bike but the value can be re-evaluated. My bike already being 1/3 in pieces and in rough shape, we put her on a trailer and dropped her of at customs. There was a lot of confusion at first but she ended up being valued at around $700. Fine ended up being $100.

Btw, at the Chilean/Bolivian border crossing Hito Cajones I for the life of me could not plead for a Bolivian TIP longer than 30 days which should be possible. The customs agent even pulled out a binder with previous TIP's to prove that nobody was getting more. The visa they wanted to give me was 60 days but after some asking they gave me 90 days. Did not mange to do the same with the customs official regarding my motorcycle. It's a tiny border crossing though and not many motorcycles come through.

Updated motorcycle storage in Lima, Peru(2023)
 

Hello,
Currently in Lima Peru. Looking to store my bike but specifically pay someone to help me with suspending my SUNAT paperwork so I can return in 6 months to a year and continue on my travels. The previous companies presented years ago have seemed to dissolved or no longer provide that service. I am also open to pushing to another city if need be. Cheers!

hola
try carlos in chaclacayo,i am storing my stuff with him,very good comments on ioverlander.
whatsapp:+51956684492
all the best

Hi Manzini, I am about to enter Chile and would like to leave my moto there for up to six months in safe storage. I will be returning to Australia and then coming back in late January to continue with the moto to TdF.
Would you be able to pass on the contact details of your customs agent friend to me?
Regards
BunburyAndrew

Toby Shannon at "Round the block moto adventures" (aroundtheblock07@gmail.com) based in Huanuco will store and suspend. He is currently doing it for me.

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hi andrew
the guy who fixed my papers in valapraiso passed away about 4 years ago.
but shouldn't be too complicated to find an agent in any harbour town.
i will get in contact with a friend of mine in valpo,maybe he knows something.

good luck

Hi Andrew,

to get an additional 90 days for the bike is a pretty easy. The process is called “Prórroga de permiso de ingreso temporal de vehículos extranjeros” and can be done online. I’d be happy to help if you need any advice. A customs agent is not necessary.

Saludos
Martin