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Reexport a bike from Morocco
Hi

Last year a friend of mine in the customs confusion forgot to turn in is bike reexport paper.
Where planning to go again this year, we contacted the customs who say its possible but don't tell us what is necessary and if there is a cost
Does anybody know what to do?

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Don't worry about it Pedro, just follow the usual temporary import procedures and, if questioned about it, politely explain the oversight. I've seen it happen in the past and there was no problem. Calmness, confidence and courtesy are the way. Barrie
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Thanks Barrie
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If he is riding the same bike the problems will be a lot less as it's clear the bike was actually re-exported. Otherwise it might take ages to get sorted.

I had a similar problem in the 1980s when I didn't get my papers done on the way out. The next year I was flying in/out of Marrakech and the customs picked up on this fact. My flight was due to leave in an hour and the pilot (British Airways) refused to leave without his passenger and this forced the customs to get their act together. In the end the plane was 15 minutes late in taking off and there was a big cheer as I finally boarded!
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Hi guys we returned this week from Morocco!
No problems getting the bike in as you told us
We went through Tanger-Med
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I had a similar problem in the 1980s when I didn't get my papers done on the way out. The next year I was flying in/out of Marrakech and the customs picked up on this fact. My flight was due to leave in an hour and the pilot (British Airways) refused to leave without his passenger and this forced the customs to get their act together. In the end the plane was 15 minutes late in taking off and there was a big cheer as I finally boarded!
Heck, I had the exact same problem 2 years ago (2013) trying to fly into Australia as a passenger on Air Canada.

A couple of months earlier, I had delivered an aircraft - acting as the pilot - to Australia, and the immigration guy processed my entry as 'crew'. I handed the new aircraft over to the customer, then left as a passenger on an airline back to Canada. Because my passport was not stamped on the way in, the immigration guy didn't stamp it on my way out.

Two months later, I had to fly back to Australia (as a passenger on an airline), and when boarding the aircraft in Vancouver, Air Canada advised me that the Australians would not let me in "because I was still there (in Australia)".

It would have taken some time to find my luggage and offload it, so, the Air Canada station manager called Australia and after much arguing, convinced the Australian immigration people that 1) I was actually present trying to board the plane in Canada, and; 2) if they had any doubts about that, they could speak to me when I arrived in person 14 hours later.

Eventually, I was allowed to board the plane. The whole experience was surreal.

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