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Old 2 Mar 2017
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.... all I can say: Forget the carnet and all this bureaucracy around it.

There is a travellers life without carnet - and if you ever should really need it, you can get it in the country before - like in Khartoum / Sudan for Egypt ...

Just be a little bit adventurous - like travellers ought to be ...


Norbert - actual in Goa / India
Do you how I can get a vehicle into Iran for more than 14 days and into Pakistan without a carnet?
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Carnet de Passage U.K.

I found it difficult to find out a link for obtaining a Carnet de Passage and was advised to go to ADAC in Germany. I filled in all the forms and sent them the 3303.50 euros only to be told that as my bike was U.K registered they could not give me a carnet.
ADAC sent me a link for carseurope.net which is where I have now obtained a Carnet at a cost of £872.
Hope this info is useful to someone.
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nepal to uk

Hi guys,

Im slightly confused about the carnets. If I buy a bike in Nepal and ride it back to the UK, can I keep it here in the UK, or am I expected to ship it back, or pay duty on it? Will it be roadworthy?

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You will certainly have to pay UK import duty on it - VAT + 5%? - if you want to register it after various UK roadworthy tests which I doubt it will comply with.
Certificate of Compliance from the manufacturer is one thing I needed last year to bring a bike in from NL - it was quite a faff but much easier being EU.
Can't see an Indian CoC meeting UK requirements.

Then, with it reg'd in the UK I assume you can discharge your carnet as the bike will have been permanently exported from Nepal and duty paid in new country (not that UK does CdPs afaik).
If your Nepalese CdP refund is not much, maybe just write it off.

Fun idea that has been done before regs got tighter, but all in all I think not worth the bother.

https://www.gov.uk/importing-vehicles-into-the-uk
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I looked at this from Africa last year. 20% vat and 6% duty.

If you ship/fly it back it is worse; i was advised this is charged on the value of the bike PLUS shipping costs.


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Carnet for UK bikes

Cars pricing is exorbitant, as others have commented above. I walked away!

There are alternatives for UK registered bikes to get a carnet which are far cheaper, quicker, and more secure. I used this for my Iran trip last year when ADAC turned me down. Send me a PM if interested as I don't want to broadcast this unnecessarily.

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Send me a PM if interested as I don't want to broadcast this unnecessarily.

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Hi Simon,

Apologies i'm doing research for a big trip this year and i haven't used HU before. As i'm not able to send you a pm would you be able to send me one?
(Currently looking at Carnet and it's making me ****ing miserable.)

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Ignorant US traveler who wants to ship his bike to Europe this summer for an 8 week exploration of Europe. I have been under the impression that as long as I have green card insurance and an international driving permit there is NOTHING more I need to legally ride Europe.

Am I in the clear with what I have done or am I about to get hosed?

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Nope, you're good!


Do be sure to have all registration documents, your drivers license and an International Drivers License available from the AA. Almost certainly not needed, but depending on where you go and who you get pulling you over, it's nice to have, eliminating hassle.

To be clear for all, a Carnet is absolutely NOT needed in Europe, North, Central or South America. Not needed in much of Africa either. You CAN do a big trip without one, you just have to pick your route.

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