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Temporary import permit on a bike for Brazil, any info?
Yesterday we made border crossing from Argentina to Brazil. We were asking TIP or some paper for the bike, but they just told us to go..? Normal?
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I came over to Brasil from Paraguay at Foz de Iguazu in september last year and I certainly got a TIP. But I guess it depends where youre crossing...
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Not normal but Brazil

Are your bikes registered in a mercusor state?
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Thats sounds cool but weird. We are hitting Brazil this July and as far as we know, EU nationals get 3 months only on their passport but now one says that you dont get a TIP and the other that you get one.

Normally, these two things go together, so one headache less about this type of bureaucracy.

Which border post did you try?
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Yesterday we made border crossing from Argentina to Brazil. We were asking TIP or some paper for the bike, but they just told us to go..? Normal?
This was normal maybe 10 or 15 years ago, but now I have been told that you need a TIP ... pls keep us up to date about your next border crossing.

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You are OK without TIP ...but if you are to export your motorcycle from Brazil
then it becomes a big problem as with out TIP papele it impossible to do that...so as long as your are not planing to do that it is fine to ride in Brazil.
Ops..forgot to ad.....if you insist for TIP at a border custom people will issue one for you ...haw to ask for it and state reason,...shipping bike out of country.
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What the OP describes is NOT normal. I presume he crossed at Foz do Iguazu where many people just cross for the day for shopping/tourism. It was also briefly OK for the football world cup and the Olympics when lots of people drove to Brazil to spectate.

I strongly suggest he returns to the border and insists they issue him a vehicle TIP.
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What the OP describes is NOT normal. I presume he crossed at Foz do Iguazu where many people just cross for the day for shopping/tourism. It was also briefly OK for the football world cup and the Olympics when lots of people drove to Brazil to spectate.

I strongly suggest he returns to the border and insists they issue him a vehicle TIP.
I did cross same border..Iguazu but I demanded TIP as I knew that my S.American tour is finishing in Rio d. J. and I needed paper work.. TIP.. in order to export my bike to Europe....so no reason to go back.

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What the OP describes IS NORMAL.
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I strongly suggest fact checking before opinionated claims that would result in OP returning to border post that may be days away.
How is it normal when others have been getting issued with TVIP since nearly 2 years ago when the world cup system reverted to normal. Do you have any reference for this. Are motobikes exempt from a TVIP. Are there special circumstances or exemptions applying to the OP that wouldn't apply to normal tourists. Could you share your reasoning for declaring it condition normal.

Could it be that they thought the OP was just doing the day trip sightseeing run to the falls and back to Argentina rather than entering Brazil for an extended visit.
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good and informative thread on TIPs for Brazil. Maybe a Mod can make it sticky.

Yes, Brazil is a big country and not every border has the same procedure.

Thank you: Cholo, Tony LEE, pickypalla and the others.

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