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Originally Posted by motomon
I offered to pay the taxes and any necesary fees, but it is illegal for immigrants to bring in vehicles. My moto was not "brought in" because it was already here legally, but became illegal by me becoming a resident.
Fine, just let me leave and take my stored-for-2+ years motorcycle and you can have back your visa.
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The way that the Ecuadorian authorities see it as that someone that has the right to live in Ecuador brought in a motorcycle and has not due the import duties required of anyone living there whether they are an immigrant or someone born there - so it is not an immigrant thing - locals buying a bike would have had to pay the same duties for the same bike. The only way to have avoided the issue was for you to pay the duty when you got the residency permit.
Can you sell the bike to a non-resident at a knock down price to take account of the fines due and they pick up the fines / storage costs and leave the country? You can then buy the bike off them again once it is outside the country. If they can't then I suggest that you write off the bike. Make sure that it is financially worth it - is the bike worth more than the fines / storage and talk to your lawyer to make sure it will work.
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