KTMphil
Senior member
Storing a foreign registered motorbike in Asia more than 6 months
This has come up a lot lately, especially with off-shore workers that reside in Thailand with foreign motorcycles that are here on Thai temporary import.
http://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/red-tape-border-crossing-requirements/92-temp-importing-foriegn-reg-mbike-into-thailand.html
If you have a foreign registered motorcycle in Thailand on temporary import, Thai customs will usually issue you initially with a 30 day temporary import. On the Thai customs, simplified customs declaration agreement, that they issue to you on your arrival in Thailand, bottom right on the document, there is a huge fine amount that scares most people, as they think this is due if you overstay the 30 days temporary import that has been granted to you --NOT SO.
You can go to most Thai customs offices just before the end of the 30 days of temporary import issuance & they will extend your temporary import another 30 days if you immigration visa is valid for the same period. You can continue this process up to a maximum of 6 months in total of temporary import for the bike.
More info on this in the link below:
ext-customs-temp-import-of-foreign-reg-bike-in-chiang-mai-t88.html
Then comes the problem of what do you do if you have to leave Thailand for an extended period with the bike still in Asia.
Currently the best option seems to be to take the motorcycle to Cambodia and store it there. When you enter Cambodia through Aranya Prathet/ Poi Pet border crossing, there is no need to visit Cambodian customs on your entry, just Cambodian immigration. So the clock isnt ticking for a temporary import in Cambodia.
Several people have stored their foreign registered bikes at long time, respected motorcycle repair shops in Phonm Penh, Cambodia with this problem and it seems to work well.
Cambodian Immigration police office at the Aranya Prathet/ Poi Pet border crossing
This has come up a lot lately, especially with off-shore workers that reside in Thailand with foreign motorcycles that are here on Thai temporary import.
http://www.rideasia.net/motorcycle-forum/red-tape-border-crossing-requirements/92-temp-importing-foriegn-reg-mbike-into-thailand.html
If you have a foreign registered motorcycle in Thailand on temporary import, Thai customs will usually issue you initially with a 30 day temporary import. On the Thai customs, simplified customs declaration agreement, that they issue to you on your arrival in Thailand, bottom right on the document, there is a huge fine amount that scares most people, as they think this is due if you overstay the 30 days temporary import that has been granted to you --NOT SO.
You can go to most Thai customs offices just before the end of the 30 days of temporary import issuance & they will extend your temporary import another 30 days if you immigration visa is valid for the same period. You can continue this process up to a maximum of 6 months in total of temporary import for the bike.
More info on this in the link below:
ext-customs-temp-import-of-foreign-reg-bike-in-chiang-mai-t88.html
Then comes the problem of what do you do if you have to leave Thailand for an extended period with the bike still in Asia.
Currently the best option seems to be to take the motorcycle to Cambodia and store it there. When you enter Cambodia through Aranya Prathet/ Poi Pet border crossing, there is no need to visit Cambodian customs on your entry, just Cambodian immigration. So the clock isnt ticking for a temporary import in Cambodia.
Several people have stored their foreign registered bikes at long time, respected motorcycle repair shops in Phonm Penh, Cambodia with this problem and it seems to work well.
Cambodian Immigration police office at the Aranya Prathet/ Poi Pet border crossing