What do I do when I arrive at home in Canada with my new Vehicle?
Now that you’ve Crossed the border, once you get home, RIV will send you a second form (Federal Inpection Form 2) within 10 days of having submitted Form 1 at the border.
Once you recieve 2, get the modifications done that are needed for your vehicle. All of them. You have 45 days to do this, but don’t take your sweet ass time just in case for whatever reason the inspection fails.
Now that the modifications are complete, take all the necessary documentation to your nearest Canadian Tire where they will provide a free federal inspection in compliance with the RIV Program.
If your car passes, you’re Golden, just take the stamped form 2 and form 1 to your nearest Motor Vehicle Office and get the car registered. Here you will have to pay your provincial sales tax, whatever that may be, and get it plated.
If your car does not pass the inspection you have 45 days to fix anything up that it may need and then pay for a second inspection. If you can’t make it happen within 45 days, your screwed, you failed the RIV program and it literally has to be sent back to the USA without the refund of any fees or taxes you will have paid. If this happens, you probably did not read this website. You may be able to re-import it but will have to pay all the necessary fees and taxes.
