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fly home from Iran for a week? Motorbike stays? possible?

Hi,
I plan to travel from Austria via Turkey to Iran.

In September I want to fly home for a week, because I have an important meeting.

Can I leave the motorbike in Iran for a week?
Is that an offense of the carnet?
The officers at the border will see, that I leave the country without the motorbike. they might think, that I have sold it.

German carnet-institut ADAC told me it is not possible to leave the country without bike. I must park it at a custom-garage and pay a lot of money every day.

Do I really get a stamp in my passport, that says, that I entered with a motorbike or are all stamps only in the carnet?

every advice welcome!

thanks!
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The ADAC is absolutely correct of course; you are technically not allowed to leave a carnet-requirement country without your vehicle having temporarily parked it in an undesignated/unapproved place. BUT plenty of travellers do and get away with it.

My question to you, however, concerns visa conditions: Does your Iranian visa permit multiple entries? If it permits one entry only, then it will be 'spent' after your first entry into Iran.

With this in mind, can you get a second Iranian visa in quick succession for your second visit following the week back home?

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To answer the other part of your question: so far we haven't had stamps in our passports for the vehicle, though the Kazakh visa did have the registration plate number included on issue, but nothing ever stamped as such.
But we haven't been to Iran yet, so they might be different.
If you have return flight tickets for your trip home that might appease the officials in some way as they will see you are only away for a short time.


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Lois Pryce left her bike in Iran after her first trip there, returning recently to continue her travels. I assume she'll have a blog or somesuch which might enlighten you...
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Hi,
thanks to you all.

To Keith 1954: ADAC is only right regarding IRAN.
For South Africa for example, you get a one-year-carnet for the bike. What you do in that year does not matter at all. You can go to South AFrica for some days, go back to europe for 11months, and go back again to S.A.

To post Nr. 2:
I can´t see the name of the second post:
I would like to apply for a double-entry-visa.
I checked my passport from last year. In general there are different stamps. if you enter as a person, you get a person-stamp. If you enter with a vehicle, no matter wich one, you get a vehicle-stamp. There is a small car in the circle of the stamp. once I went to russia from Riga by bus. so I got a stamp with a bus-sign.

To post Nr.3:
do you have a link to that blog? I will search for it anyway.

thanks a lot!

achim

PS: anyone knows about the carnet-rules in turkey? is it easier to fly home from turkey and leave the bike in turkey?
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PS: anyone knows about the carnet-rules in turkey? is it easier to fly home from turkey and leave the bike in turkey?
Consult with: Mehmet Zeki Avar - a respected member of this forum.

Mehmet is the leading authority on all overland matters in/around Turkey.

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Thanks, Keith!

...I am not so familiar with that forum here. I hope, i will find his name.
I find it already difficult to post a question in the right category. It will improve. smile!
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