Just giving an update on my situation: The indemnity insurer (RL Davison) approved the changes to my carnet after paying the extra free for adding Egypt. The ACF (French Auto Club) said they needed approval from the CAA on club letterhead (signed, scaned) saying that everything was OK to add Egypt to my carnet.

But the lady at the ACF (Carmen) who does the carnets said she needs approval from a bigger boss who's on vacation till Wednesday before she can proceed, since she has never done something like this but said once she gets the OK, she will 're-issue' my carnet with Egypt added and said there will be no additional fees (since I have paid everything to the CAA).


Another issue: Sudan is not listed on the CAA website as a required country for carnet (but ADAC and everyone else says it is) and I didn't explicitly state that I would be traveling to Sudan when my original carnet was issued (since I had only planned for West Africa this year). So now Sudan is also crossed off on the back cover of my carnet. Should I jump through all the hoops again to get Sudan un-crossed from the back of the carnet? There should be no additional cost, but David at the CAA said RL Davison will need to be notified again (another week lost but my oversight ).

Update: I called the CAA and they said Sudan is not listed on their website since they do not have an agreement with the affiliate there. They are telling me that instead of a carnet, Sudan requires advance permission plus a bank gaurantee. Oh bugger. What can I do about this?

Do you think the Sudanese customs wont look at the back cover and just stamp the carnet? :confused1:

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