car questions


I am moving to the US in 4 weeks. My husband will be doing a one year medical fellowship there and then we will be returning to canada. We have 2 cars- one we will drive down and one we will get trans...


car questions

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8sa5
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Joined: 27 May 2008
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 9:27 am
 

I am moving to the US in 4 weeks. My husband will be doing a one year medical fellowship there and then we will be returning to canada. We have 2 cars- one we will drive down and one we will get transported. A few questions:
1) can we keep our canadian plates there or do we have to tranfer them
2)what about our drivers licenses
3) can we get our cdn insurance company to cover us there?

Steven
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Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 10:24 am
 

Depends on where your "principal residence" is. If it remains Montreal then you don't have to do anything (other than fill in CBP Form 3299 for the unaccompanied vehicle).

If you establish your principal residence in the US then you have to transfer the title, re-register them, get DLs in the US, etc.

You'll have to check with your insurance company to see how far your coverage goes in the US.
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sparky567
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Location: Portland, Oregon


Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 6:14 pm
 

Steven wrote: Depends on where your "principal residence" is. If it remains Montreal then you don't have to do anything (other than fill in CBP Form 3299 for the unaccompanied vehicle).

If you establish your principal residence in the US then you have to transfer the title, re-register them, get DLs in the US, etc.

You'll have to check with your insurance company to see how far your coverage goes in the US.
Don't forget,before you can transfer the title and register them the vehicles have to meet DOT and EPA requierements


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8sa5
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 4:44 pm
 

do you know if canadian insurance companies will cover me for a period of 12 months in the US?

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