Truck campers and TIP classification
Have an F350 with BigFoot camper on the back that I will be driving up from Argentina on out next trip. When we get to Mexico, will it be eligible for a 10 year TIP or is it classed as a normal veh...
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Reason I asked is the vehicle is currently down south and we have already spent 6 months touring Argentina and Chile and then flew here to the US to tour around here a bit more before heading back.
Plan might be to spend 6 or seven months heading north into Mexico where we would like to leave the camper for a few months while we go elsewhere.
Argentina and Uruguay don't have a problem with leaving vehicles there for the duration of the TIP (8 months and 12 months respectively) - on a don't ask, don't tell basis anyway - but most of the rest of the countries further north either don't allow it at all or require you to leave the vehicle in bonded storage for a fairly hefty daily fee.
We want to spend a bit more time in Mexico rather than just blasting through to CA so it would be good if we could just store the camper in the far south of Mexico for a few months and then visit a few of the places where the airstream doesn't fit or won't go.
I assume if it was classed as a vehicle then we couldn't do that because the TIP is only for 6 months, but if it got in as an RV then presume we could just leave it there and fly out (inside our visitors visa validity) without any problems - or have I misunderstood what the RV TIP is all about.
Plan might be to spend 6 or seven months heading north into Mexico where we would like to leave the camper for a few months while we go elsewhere.
Argentina and Uruguay don't have a problem with leaving vehicles there for the duration of the TIP (8 months and 12 months respectively) - on a don't ask, don't tell basis anyway - but most of the rest of the countries further north either don't allow it at all or require you to leave the vehicle in bonded storage for a fairly hefty daily fee.
We want to spend a bit more time in Mexico rather than just blasting through to CA so it would be good if we could just store the camper in the far south of Mexico for a few months and then visit a few of the places where the airstream doesn't fit or won't go.
I assume if it was classed as a vehicle then we couldn't do that because the TIP is only for 6 months, but if it got in as an RV then presume we could just leave it there and fly out (inside our visitors visa validity) without any problems - or have I misunderstood what the RV TIP is all about.
