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Carnet de Passage in India for a Nepalese-registered bike
Hello,

My plan is to get a bike in Katmandu and the travel to Europe. I will get the motorbike in Nepal to be able to register it under my name and then apply for the Carnet de Passage. I contacted ADAC in Germany and they told me they usually take like 4-6 weeks to process it.

My question is if in the meantime I can cross into India without having the Carnet. Somewhere I read Nepalese bikes are allowed in India without Carnet, but not 100% sure about it. Although, I will visit Nepal I don´t want to spend 6 weeks there just waiting for the Carnet... Once the Carnet is processed I would ask ADAC to send it somewhere in India.

Anybody knows?

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Hello,

My plan is to get a bike in Katmandu and the travel to Europe. I will get the motorbike in Nepal to be able to register it under my name and then apply for the Carnet de Passage. I contacted ADAC in Germany and they told me they usually take like 4-6 weeks to process it.

My question is if in the meantime I can cross into India without having the Carnet. Somewhere I read Nepalese bikes are allowed in India without Carnet, but not 100% sure about it. Although, I will visit Nepal I don´t want to spend 6 weeks there just waiting for the Carnet... Once the Carnet is processed I would ask ADAC to send it somewhere in India.

Anybody knows?

Thanks!!
No personal experience, but a Google search turns up this official Indian govt/
Consulate General in Nepal online document:
Consulate General of India, Birgunj Nepal (Official Website)
Nepal registered vehicles [read the detail & follow links]
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No personal experience, but a Google search turns up this official Indian govt/
Consulate General in Nepal online document:
Consulate General of India, Birgunj Nepal (Official Website)
Nepal registered vehicles [read the detail & follow links]
wops, thanks, i didn´t find it before.

a shame, i will have to either spend 4-6 weeks in Nepal or make all this paperwork in addition to apply for two Indian visas.
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Hi again ktmtobcn,

I just found this post after asking in the other. I now know that your bike is actually from Nepal.

Again, out of curiosity (and probably a silly question). Why would you ask for the CdP of your Nepali motorcycle to the ADAC in Germany?

Thanks on advance.
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Hi Hebbo,

just partially responded it in the other thread. Basically, I am getting the bike in Nepal and then riding it back to Spain via some countries that require the CdP (India, Pakistan and Iran, although I will divert via Central Asia). In Spain we have RACE but they do not issue CdP to vehicles that have not been registered in Spain. Also, they deposit is way more expensive than the one require by ADAC. ADAC for an extra 155 euros (plus the 295 as usual) issues the CdP to vehicles registered in Nepal or overseas. In any case, I need to proof my Spanish nationality so I guess they do the same for all Europeans, but not sure.

Hope I helped to clarify it.

Thanks!
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I did this last year, bought the bike in Kat and got my CDP through the RAC in UK. You can run the bike down into India no problem without the CDP, but as the bike is Nepali you will have to get the CDP stamped out of Nepal and into India, otherwise you will have problems to leave India ( as officially the bike will not have entered India). Each page of the CDP has an entry and an exit stamp and they both need to be completed to ensure return of bond. If you only wanted to visit India on the bike and then return to Nepal you wouldn't need the CDP.
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so if i understand it correctly, i could leave nepal visit india, but at some point, once the CdP is ready I should go back to nepal and get into India with the stamp, right?
Correct, the CDP took about a week after we had paid the money.
They most certainly did ask for the CDP both leaving India ( took about 3 hrs to clear customs, with all paperwork in order) and entering Pak. I have also met overlanders at Taftan (Iran/Pak border) who didn't have CDP and were forced to buy of touts at the border (asking 1000 USD) as they were point blank refused entry without one.
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yuo most certenly not nead a cdp when the bike is registerd in india i have traveld 3 times whid indian registerd bike and car to europa whid aout cdp the dont give a f-ck in pakistan and iran
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Thanks Uselessbaba,

i will definitely get the CdP. no need to gamble for 300 euros. Nice to hear that just took about a week to be processed.

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