importing a car with under 1 years ownership
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importing a car with under 1 years ownership
Hi all
Would like to know if its possible to import a car with less the 12 months ownership when migrating for the first time. All I read about relates to over a year.
Many thanks
Would like to know if its possible to import a car with less the 12 months ownership when migrating for the first time. All I read about relates to over a year.
Many thanks
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Re: importing a car with under 1 years ownership
In a word....no.
You need to have owned it for at least 12 months.
You need to have owned it for at least 12 months.
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Re: importing a car with under 1 years ownership
So that would imply that the only way to import a car owned under 12 months to Australia for anyone regardless of them being a migrant is for a manufacturer to do it. That would surprise me as there must be Australian residents that have imported exotic cars for themselves as one offs but probably suffered customs tax beyond what is set down for a migrant.
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So that would imply that the only way to import a car owned under 12 months to Australia for anyone regardless of them being a migrant is for a manufacturer to do it. That would surprise me as there must be Australian residents that have imported exotic cars for themselves as one offs but probably suffered customs tax beyond what is set down for a migrant.
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Re: importing a car with under 1 years ownership
You cannot import a car if you havent owned and used the car for less than 12 months, there is no way around it I'm afraid. It is to protect local manufacturers which is crazy as very few cars are made in Australia.
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Re: importing a car with under 1 years ownership
So that would imply that the only way to import a car owned under 12 months to Australia for anyone regardless of them being a migrant is for a manufacturer to do it. That would surprise me as there must be Australian residents that have imported exotic cars for themselves as one offs but probably suffered customs tax beyond what is set down for a migrant.
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roa...evs/index.aspx
There is a list of allowed cars and you need an engineers certificate (if you can't borrow one they are about $100,000 AUD to create).
So :-
Owned and used for +12 months
Pre 1989 import.
SEVS
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Re: importing a car with under 1 years ownership
You can get cars in under the SEVS scheme as I mentioned.
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roa...evs/index.aspx
There is a list of allowed cars and you need an engineers certificate (if you can't borrow one they are about $100,000 AUD to create).
So :-
Owned and used for +12 months
Pre 1989 import.
SEVS
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roa...evs/index.aspx
There is a list of allowed cars and you need an engineers certificate (if you can't borrow one they are about $100,000 AUD to create).
So :-
Owned and used for +12 months
Pre 1989 import.
SEVS
You must prove minimum of 12 months continuous ownership, including your movements in and out of your country (every passport page) for the duration of ownership.
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Re: importing a car with under 1 years ownership
What a load of crap. Allows the exotic brands to literally choose the price they are selling them here from new!
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Re: importing a car with under 1 years ownership
YES!! You can, I imported my BMW 2008 335i after owning it only 8 months! If you search there are a number of posts regarding imports.
It was actually the dept of transport who told me just to apply and it may go through, which it did.
It was actually the dept of transport who told me just to apply and it may go through, which it did.
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Re: importing a car with under 1 years ownership
Dept of Transport in which State? As you probably know, very little here is the same from State to State.
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Re: importing a car with under 1 years ownership
Sorry it wasnt actually the Dept Of Transport, it was the Dept of Infrastructure, which deal with the whole of Australia as the call centre is in Canberra and I'm in WA.
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Re: importing a car with under 1 years ownership
The Dept of Infrastructure dealt with your vehicle import ?
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Re: importing a car with under 1 years ownership
Its a question that gets asked with monotonous regularity several times a week so any official links are useful Specially as I know didly squat about the process and just want to point people the right way