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CSA TRAVEL INFORMATION GUIDE
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Supply the driver with the original or a photocopy of the vehicle registration.
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Ensure the driver has a secure means of returning home (e.g. airline ticket) with him/her when
travelling southbound. Someone entering the United States, on a temporary basis, must be
able to show the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer how they plan to leave the
U.S., since the vehicle they are driving is being left behind with you.
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Ensure the driver has his/her valid passport for entering and departing the United States – a
requirement if departing by air in the fall as well as flying back in the spring to pick up your
vehicle.
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Ensure the driver has out-of-country travel medical insurance for the initial drive southbound
and for the separate spring trip northbound.
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Complete U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) form 3299 Declaration for Free Entry of
Unaccompanied Articles ensuring a complete and accurate list of all the articles in the vehicle is
provided. The form can be downloaded from the CBP website at
http://forms.cbp.gov/pdf/
CBP_Form_3299.pdf
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Complete Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) form E-15 Certificate of Destruction/
Exportation – category 4 reason “temporary export”– that is an itemized list of all goods
that will be transported southbound in your vehicle by the driver. This will help avoid possible
taxes and duty, when the items are returned in the spring. The form can be downloaded from
AUTHORIZATION LETTER
This is to confirm that I,
your name and your
passport number along with the name of
the country that issued it
am the registered
owner of a
year, colour, make, model, vehicle
identification number (vin) of your vehicle
bearing
name of the province/territory of
the licence plate and the actual licence plate
number.
I hereby authorize
relationship of driver to
you, his/her name, his/her passport num-
ber along with the name of the country that
issued it
to drive my vehicle, on my behalf from
my principal Canadian residence at
full address
of your principal home in canada
to my part-
time vacation residence at
full address of your
part-time home in the United States
with the
intent of it being returned to Canada in
date or
month and year when you are scheduled to
return at the end of that winter season.
If you require further information I can be reached
at
your Canadian telephone number, cellular
phone number (if applicable), and your U.S.
Telephone number
Signed by you
current date
AUTHORIZATION (Example)
This is to confirm that I,
John/Jane Snowbird,
Canadian passport number AB123456
am
the registered owner of a
2005 White Ford
Escort, Vehicle identification number
(VIN) 1234567890,
bearing
Ontario plate
number AAAA-0000.
I hereby authorize
my Son, Bill Snowbird,
Canadian passport number BB987654,
to
drive my vehicle, on my behalf from my principal
Canadian residence at
1234 Main Street,
Toronto Ontario M1A 1Z1
to my part-time
vacation residence at
567 Orange Boulevard,
Unit 7, Lakeland, Florida 34823
with the
intent of it being returned to Canada in
the
Spring 2012.
If you require further information I can be
reached at
Canadian telephone number
(416) 555-1234,
My cellular number (647) 555-5678
and my U.S. residence telephone number
(727) 555-0011
Signed John Snowbird
Date NOVEMBER 1, 2011