Peter, I think the story in the ezine is specific to that incident:

"...my carnet extension (done in NZ) isn't accepted by Australian customs '...your carnet is expired. You have to get a new one very soon'. What I learned hours later is the bank guarantee which covers my carnet is more or less 'gone'."

Clearly something WRONG with the way it was done.

IMPORTANT NOTE: You NEVER actually "extend" a carnet. You DO get a NEW one.

You send the old one back and it is REPLACED with a NEW carnet. Whatever Jan and Kathrin did to "extend" it wasn't right.

Getting the new carnet is no big deal, so long as the original bank guarantee or whatever is still effective, it's easy. Courier the old one to your Carnet issuer, and the new one will be couriered back to you. DO tell them in advance you will be doing this and make sure that you AND they are prepared for whatever is required.

Note that you ONLY want to do this in a country that does NOT require a carnet, as you may well have difficulties with exiting - since you don't have an entry stamp. It MAY be possible to get your entry page inserted into the new carnet, I don't know. If you think you may run into this issue, check with YOUR carnet issuer.


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