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Post by samster » June 28, 2014, 11:56 pm

Mikey3073 wrote:
samster wrote:Have you actually bought the car Mikey? Where are you importing from? Might be able to help
Apologies. should've been a bit more specific.

We looked into buying it from new in UK. We (Wifey) spoke to customs and I asked her to read through their web site to try and get in in B&W, all seemed fine but then we've heard horror stories of people being charged large amounts of money to get their vehicle freed that it became not worth it, so then it would be "auctioned off" to pay the fees.

At the time it was something like ..
Had to be Thia resident returning from other country that had to be the owner of that vehicle for 2 years.
Then the VAT was on a sliding scale according to age/value of car.

We roughly worked out that on a £34K vehicle the VAT would be towards £3400 (10%) this i think worked out as the car would've been 3 years old on the export date. plus shipping which we were quoted over the phone £1,200 (this sounds cheap reading some of the other posts now)

But we also heard that the valuation would be done on their prices which would've worked out at £8000.

I do have contacts re importing from UK (legitimately!!) but it is expensive. I can't PM yet as a newbie but if you want more details am happy to talk. I am moving to Thailand in less than a fortnight so, if you are there then I can contact you somehow?



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Post by JimboPSM » June 29, 2014, 1:19 am

Over the years there have been numerous threads which have covered importing vehicles; here are links to two of them (NB the links in the posts on them are old and may no longer be valid):
While it has been done successfully, with all the hassle plus the very large import duty charges I don’t believe that any of those who have done so would consider ever doing it again.
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Post by FrazeeDK » June 29, 2014, 8:23 am

Thai Customs website. Scroll down to the lower left PERSONAL area for info on importing vehicles and personal goods into Thailand http://www.customs.go.th/wps/wcm/connec ... omeWelCome
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Post by ianrodders » August 17, 2014, 2:18 pm

Texpat wrote:If you've got a Thai wife, and you've been outside of Thailand for a few years, put the stuff in her name -- imported under her passport -- and there are no customs charges. In '06 we shipped a container over -- just under 10,000 pounds and paid zero baht. Zilch, nada from Los Angeles to Udon. Thanks Uncle Sam. On time, nothing missing, nothing broken.

We also brought our dog. Required a visit to the vet at Don Muang and a 200 baht certificate -- but no paperwork in advance. Maybe the rules have changed.
theres my answer thankyou textpat :D

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Post by jackspratt » August 14, 2015, 8:31 pm

ianrodders wrote:
Texpat wrote: We also brought our dog. Required a visit to the vet at Don Muang and a 200 baht certificate -- but no paperwork in advance. Maybe the rules have changed.
theres my answer thankyou textpat :D
Does anyone have a more recent experience of importing a pet dog into Thailand - the above is from 2014, and Texpat (sigh :D ) is quoting his experience from 2008.

I am asking on behalf of my French brother-in-law, so the pooch is coming from France.

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Post by can123 » August 14, 2015, 10:49 pm

I have looked into this as I intend taking my dogs to Thailand. The Thai authorities require to see an Export Certificate from the UK which states that the animal has been given a clean bill of health by a vet wthin 72 hours of landing in Bangkok. The certificate must show that the dog has been vaccinated against rabies and therre are other vaccination requirements too. These are the ones that dogs ordinarily have in their home countries - parvovirus, distemper etc. It must also be shown that the dog has undergone treatment against fleas and ticks.

It is advisable to check as requirements for entry may change. The dogs have to be collected as hand luggage and then go to a specific location in the airport to be processed.

I would imagine that the procedures are very similar for the importation of pets from France.

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Post by socksy » August 15, 2015, 6:06 am

You have to laugh at what is required to bring your pet here especially when you see what wander's the streets of Thailand. Absolute joke.
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Post by Stantheman » August 15, 2015, 8:06 am

don't know if this link will help but from Thai Embassy in D.C.

http://thaiembdc.org/bringing-pets-into-thailand/

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Post by FrazeeDK » August 15, 2015, 9:34 am

albeit dated, my experience with brining a pet into Thailand was that after I picked up the pet at the large luggage pickup point nobody in authority seemed to care about looking at my paperwork.. We just wheeled the luggage and pet carrier out through customs, got in a vehicle and drove away..
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Post by jackspratt » August 15, 2015, 1:09 pm

Thanks for all the helpful feedback guys.

After I posted my request here, he sent me an email with a number of attachments (in French), showing the dog has had regular shots since it was a pup. The documents were all stamped and signed by a vet. Hopefully, this will short-circuit the process this end a little bit.

I also sent him a link to the equivalent page (as per Stan's US link) on the Thai Embassy, Paris, site.

socksy - I don't know either. :?

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