Garth:
I screwed up the cut and paste in the last e-mail. Here's the text from
the CBSA site....
"Before travelling outside of Canada with valuable items, you may wish
to take advantage of a free identification service that is available at
any of our CBSA offices. This service is available for items that have
serial numbers or other unique markings. For items that do not have such
markings, the CBSA can apply a sticker to them so they can be identified
for customs purposes as goods legally in Canada.
When you show your valuables to the CBSA officer and state that you
acquired them in Canada or lawfully imported them, the officer will list
your valuables and their serial numbers on a wallet-sized card called a
Form Y38, Identification of Articles for Temporary Exportation. If you
are questioned about your goods when you return to Canada, simply show
your card to the CBSA officer. This will help identify the valuables
that were in your possession before leaving the country."
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: August 15, 2006 13:53
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] Trans-shipping personal goods including cameras
John Hudson wrote:
> Canada Customs issues 3 1/2" x 5" green or white identity cards for
> the temporary exportation of valuable articles and especially those
> with serial numbers. In close on 30 years I have never experienced any
> problems leaving Canada, entering the UK and returning to Canada with
> the carded items. The only catch is that you have to show the items to
> the customs officer in Canada at the time the card is written up. In
> 30 years we have never been asked by UK customs to "declare" what we
> are temporarily importing and evidence same with these green cards.
John:
Out of curiosity, you wouldn't happen to know what the document name or
number of those cards is/are, would you? Can't seem to find any mention
of 'em on the CBSA (formerly RevCan) website (not surprising -- their
website isn't exactly what I'd call "user-friendly"...).
Garth
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