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US Temporary vehicle import to United States

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.

Any weight Any plates medium
Maximum term
— Same as the driver’s permitted stay
How the term is counted
together with the driver’s stay
Carnet de Passages
Not required
Extension
Not available

For a tourist, the vehicle generally must be exported when the driver's permitted stay ends; the one-year allowance is the maximum for this temporary import category, not a restartable yearly allowance.

Nonresidents of the U.S. ... may temporarily import nonconforming motor vehicles into the U.S. for personal use, for a period not to exceed one year.

Source: www.nhtsa.gov

Vehicle import to other countries

AL Albania 180 days DZ Algeria 180 days AG Antigua and Barbuda 90 days AR Argentina 180 days AM Armenia 365 days AU Australia 365 days AT Austria 180 days AZ Azerbaijan 365 days BH Bahrain 180 days BD Bangladesh 180 days BY Belarus 365 days BJ Benin — BT Bhutan 30 days BA Bih 365 days BO Bolivia 180 days BW Botswana 14 days BR Brazil 730 days BN Brunei 90 days BF Burkina Faso 365 days KH Cambodia 365 days CA Canada — CL Chile — CN China — CO Colombia 90 days CR Costa Rica 90 days HR Croatia 180 days CU Cuba 30 days CY Cyprus 183 days CZ Czech Republic 365 days DM Dominica 90 days EC Ecuador 90 days EG Egypt 180 days SV El Salvador 180 days SZ Eswatini 30 days ET Ethiopia 180 days GM Gambia 365 days GE Georgia 90 days DE Germany 183 days GH Ghana 90 days GT Guatemala 90 days GY Guyana 90 days HN Honduras 90 days IS Iceland 365 days IN India 180 days ID Indonesia 60 days IR Iran 90 days IE Ireland 365 days IL Israel 90 days CI Ivory Coast 180 days JM Jamaica 90 days JP Japan 365 days JO Jordan 90 days KZ Kazakhstan 365 days KE Kenya 365 days XK Kosovo 90 days KG Kyrgyzstan 180 days LA Laos 30 days LB Lebanon 90 days LS Lesotho — MW Malawi — MY Malaysia 90 days ML Mali 180 days MX Mexico 180 days MD Moldova 180 days MN Mongolia 30 days ME Montenegro 180 days MA Morocco 180 days MZ Mozambique 30 days NA Namibia — NP Nepal 30 days NL Netherlands 180 days NZ New Zealand 365 days NI Nicaragua 30 days NG Nigeria 90 days MK North Macedonia — NCY Northern Cyprus — OM Oman 180 days PK Pakistan 90 days PA Panama 30 days PG Papua New Guinea 180 days PY Paraguay 90 days PE Peru — PT Portugal 183 days QA Qatar 90 days RU Russia 365 days RW Rwanda 15 days SA Saudi Arabia 180 days EU Schengen Area 180 days SN Senegal 10 days RS Serbia 180 days SC Seychelles 12 days SG Singapore 365 days SB Solomon Islands 120 days ZA South Africa 183 days KR South Korea 365 days SS South Sudan 30 days ES Spain 180 days SD Sudan 30 days SE Sweden 7 days SY Syria 120 days TJ Tajikistan 60 days TZ Tanzania 365 days TH Thailand — TG Togo 365 days TO Tonga 120 days TN Tunisia 90 days TR Turkey — AE UAE 90 days UG Uganda 90 days UA Ukraine 365 days GB United Kingdom 183 days UY Uruguay 365 days UZ Uzbekistan 90 days VN Vietnam 45 days YE Yemen 90 days ZM Zambia 365 days ZW Zimbabwe 90 days

Reference data, not legal advice. Rules change without notice — check with the consulate or at the border.

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