Posted on: 07-07-10 10:07:01
Quote:You can do that for a short period of time.
Originally posted by shyboy
You have to have a US driving license to get US insurance. I did had US insurance on my Canadian license plate for 6/7 month in 2005.
I had that for 6 months as well.
But the insurance company will demand you to switch soon.
You cannot have Canadian plate and US license.
Once you convert to Canadian license and Canadian plate, you'd have to convert to Canadian insurance soon as well.
Since this person is planning to be here for several years and get PR as well, this will have to be done anyway.
What's the point in delaying the inevitable.
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Originally posted by pratickm
Quote:You can do that for a short period of time.
Originally posted by shyboy
You have to have a US driving license to get US insurance. I did had US insurance on my Canadian license plate for 6/7 month in 2005.
I had that for 6 months as well.
But the insurance company will demand you to switch soon.
You cannot have Canadian plate and US license.
Once you convert to Canadian license and Canadian plate, you'd have to convert to Canadian insurance soon as well.
Since this person is planning to be here for several years and get PR as well, this will have to be done anyway.
What's the point in delaying the inevitable.
Federal law in the US requires the vehicle to be formally imported if you are immigrating, if you're a visitor you can take it in for "up to a year". However that's not usually the problem, State law requires residents to get the car registered there relatively quickly, usually a month or two. You can't get a State title unless you own it, and you can't register it without a title.
This is the relevant website: http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/trade/basic_trade/importing_car.xml
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Regards,
Quote:And the rules are reciprocal here in Canada as well.
Originally posted by shyboy
Federal law in the US requires the vehicle to be formally imported if you are immigrating, if you're a visitor you can take it in for "up to a year". However that's not usually the problem, State law requires residents to get the car registered there relatively quickly, usually a month or two. You can't get a State title unless you own it, and you can't register it without a title.
Vehicles have to be imported via RIV and registered in the province of residence.
You cannot register without converting your license as well.
And once you do both, you have to switch your insurance as well.
Further, as an immigrant (PR), you cannot drive a non Canadian plated car in Canada.
It's best to do all these at one shot.
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"Mah deah, there is much more money to be made in the destruction of civilization than in building it up."
-- Rhett Butler in "Gone with the Wind"
