Friends,

I landed in Canada from US by road in Nov 2004. One big mistake I made was that I took my own car with me. I was under the impression that if I include my car in the list of goods to follow, I can get the car back to the US and will have to complete the import formalities when I finally go to reside in Canada. (which is sometime next month)
However at the border I was forced to import the car. I was told that I can send RIV the importing fees by mail.
I was in Canada for a couple of days and came back to the US in the same car.

In Dec 2004, RIV sent a letter \"Notice of Late Payment\" to my Canadian address. The letter mentioned that the date of compliance for this car is end of Dec 2004 and I need to finish all the formalities including modifying the car to meet Canadian standards by end of Dec 2004.
Unfortunately my Canadian contact gave me this letter a week ago.

Questions:
1. Has anyone been in such a situation before? How did he/she tackle it?

2. Does someone know how much fine I will have to pay?

3. How much will it cost to modify a Honda Civic (2002), including inspection
etc.

4. To avoid hassles and fines, can I sell the car in the US and buy a
new/used car when I reach Canada. Is this advisable.

Thanks in advance for your help and advice.

I would advice you to check out http://www.riv.ca/ for authentic reply to your queries.

thanks

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ani