Travel advisory: carnet problems in Chile
Hi all,
Just to advise the community that I am currently working in Chile and that I applied for my carnet in March and was issued the R.U.T number, which is needed to buy a motorcycle.
However, as I bought new I also need to register and plate it. You have 5 days to legally drive on public roads before you must do this. Registering the moto, I am told, cannot be done without the actual card itself. It's been almost two months now, and the office have nothing better to say than 'come back next week'. Luckily I am not intending to travel until August, so hopefully they will be able to issue it by then! Though I am not best pleased about having my brand new XR gathering dust in the yard :/
So to cut it short, maybe it would be prudent to wait until you have your actual card in your hand before you buy the bike, unless you are certain the delays will not affect you directly (other foreigners are reportedly encountering long delays). Doing all the paperwork in Santiago would probably quicken things, at least.
¡Suerte!
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