Temporary vehicle import to South Africa
A visa and a vehicle are different law: the person and the car are given their terms by different authorities, and those terms need not match.
- Maximum term
- 183
- How the term is counted
- per entry
- Carnet de Passages
- Not required
- Extension
- Possible
No separate weight-based limit was stated on the SARS traveller page for a tourist’s foreign-registered private car/campervan.
Travellers temporarily entering South Africa in a foreign-registered vehicle will receive a Temporary Import Permit valid for six months.
Source: www.sars.gov.za
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Reference data, not legal advice. Rules change without notice — check with the consulate or at the border.
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