I have pretty much prepared all my belongins to be shipped (not immediately) when I will have received my "residencia" next year. I'll all go into a 20' container that I might even own. Anyway, among some of the things that I own and was not sure about taking over is a flat (low) trailer, you know, for transporting cars and such. Well, it just has the dimensions to fit snuggly into that 20' container and it occured to me that it would be kind of cool to load everything nicely on framed pallets onto de trailer and just roll the whole mess into de container... making unloading equally as easy. I plan to buy a new Nissan Frontier or Ssang Yong Rexton in the DR, equipped with the apropriate ball-hitch, before I'lll have my stuff sent over. All are household goods, tools and such that will be imported under tax exemption for new residents (at least that's what I hope).
QUESTION raised: Knowing how problematic the customs situation is in regards to motorized vehicles (vehiculos motorisados, as they describe it), I still can not find any mention or rule regarding non-motorized vehicles, such as a trailer.
Can I bring it into the DR without opening a too big can of worms?
Can I later on register it to bear a Dominican liscense plate and papers (it currently has German papers and I can change them to German export papers), and if so, what would the precedure be, what would I need to bring along (papers and so forth).
Finally, and I doubt that would really be possible, could it be registered and plates issued before it even fisically gets there (bringing the papers first)?
Finally, are lawyers who rutienely do "residencias" for foreigners typically set up to handle the import of household goods?
Thanks in advance for your help.
QUESTION raised: Knowing how problematic the customs situation is in regards to motorized vehicles (vehiculos motorisados, as they describe it), I still can not find any mention or rule regarding non-motorized vehicles, such as a trailer.
Can I bring it into the DR without opening a too big can of worms?
Can I later on register it to bear a Dominican liscense plate and papers (it currently has German papers and I can change them to German export papers), and if so, what would the precedure be, what would I need to bring along (papers and so forth).
Finally, and I doubt that would really be possible, could it be registered and plates issued before it even fisically gets there (bringing the papers first)?
Finally, are lawyers who rutienely do "residencias" for foreigners typically set up to handle the import of household goods?
Thanks in advance for your help.