Here Are Some Frequently Asked Questions About Importing A Car To Pakistan Yourself
Navigating through the car import guide, you must have gained useful knowledge about importing a car to Pakistan followed by various other topics related to car import. Before we move on with FAQs, the pre-requisite for this article is you need to go through following couple of articles.
1- Import A Japanese Car Yourself In Pakistan By Following This Step-by-Step Guide
2- Merits And Demerits Of Importing A Car Yourself In Pakistan
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Now let us start with few of the question that we have been receiving lately.
Q. What is gift scheme? How is a car imported through gift scheme?
Ans. Gift scheme was introduced to allow overseas Pakistani’s to export the vehicle to their family. Under gift scheme, passenger cars excluding 4×4 vehicles and pickups/trucks/buses can be imported to Pakistan. The car should not be older than three years from the date of manufacture (36 months). Moreover, a person willing to import his/her car to Pakistan must have stayed a minimum of 700 days outside Pakistan during the immediately preceding three years from the date of application. Through gift scheme, Car can be gifted to a family member (who is a permanent resident of Pakistan) i.e.
- By Parents to Children (adult)
- By Children (adult) to Parents
- By or to a spouse
- By sister to sister
- By brother to brother
- By brother to sister or vice versa
Q. I am shifting back to Pakistan. Can I bring my car from abroad?
Ans. Yes, it is possible for an overseas Pakistani to bring his/her car to Pakistan through ‘Transfer of Resident Scheme’. The vehicle being imported through a transfer of resident scheme should be a passenger car excluding 4×4 vehicles, buses, vans and trucks. The car should not be more than three years old from the date of manufacture. Moreover, the importer should have stayed a minimum of 700 days outside Pakistan preceding three years from the date of application.
Q. Is it possible to import a car older than three years?
Ans. Legally, it is not allowed to import a car that is older than 3-years, calculated from the date of manufacture. However, the age limit for buses, trucks and other HTV’s is 5-years.
Q. I went abroad one year ago for studies, and now I am returning after completion of the study. Can I bring my car along?
Ans. A student who was receiving finance from Pakistan during his/her stay abroad is not eligible to import a car in terms of condition-2 of Appendix-G of Import Trade and Procedure Order. If you were not receiving any financial aid from Pakistan, you are eligible to import your car to Pakistan. The clause states, “A student receiving remittance from Pakistan during his stay abroad is not eligible to import a car.”
Q. What do I check before buying a Japanese car?
Ans. The first thing to look at is the Auction Sheet. It holds the inside out information of the car. If you are unable to interpret the presented auction sheet I recommend you to read out our articles Japanese Car Auction Sheet Explained and Here Is What Your Japan Import Car’s Auction Sheet Grades Mean In Pakistan.
Q. What is the auction sheet presented by the dealer is fake? Can it be verified?
Ans. Yes, in my observation and experiences, 90% of the time the auction sheet presented by car dealers was manipulated. In order to verify the auction sheet refer to our article Read And Find Out How To Online Verify Auction Sheet Of Your Imported Japanese Car.
Q. Is it possible to import a car without an engine?
Ans. Yes, it is possible to import a car without the engine. However, the same policies and import duties would be applicable.
Q. What if I do not pay the import duty of my car at Karachi port?
Ans. There is a time duration of 3 months from the unloading date to clear out your outstanding import dues. On completion of 3-months, the car is put up for auction. And if the car is sold after the it has been put up for auction, the importer can get it cleared after paying port fines.
Q. What if the car gets damaged during shipment from Japan to Karachi?
Ans. If you are importing a car yourself, you can hire an insurance company to claim any kind of damages during shipment to Karachi Port. The damaged part can be claimed at Karachi Port after the arrival of the car. Apart from the car auction, some Japanese car export companies also provide insurance facility.
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Some improvements:
“I went abroad one year ago for studies, and now I am returning after completion of the study. Can he bring my car along?”
If “I” went abroad, who is “he” whose bringing “my” car along? For how long must the car have been in “my” ownership to allow “him” to bring “my” car?
Is it copied from somewhere?
Quotation: “in 90% of the cases, the auction sheet presented by car dealers is replicated”
1. What is the source of this figure = 90%? Is it authentic? How authentic it is?
2. Replicated? Do you think it is the correct word to use here? Or do you want to say altered, manipulated, fabricated or some other word to the effect that the auction sheet is meant to cheat?
Quotation: “I went abroad one year ago for studies, and now I am returning after completion of the study. Can he bring my car along?
Ans. A student who was receiving remittance from Pakistan during his stay abroad is not eligible to import a car in terms of condition-2 of Appendix-G of Import Trade and Procedure Order. If you were not receiving any remittance from Pakistan, you are eligible to import your car to Pakistan.”
What about the 700 days’ requirement in this case, as visa for one year study is technically only 10 months = 300 days?
The quotation mentions “his”. What if the student is female? Same rules apply or different?
What does remittance include? Scholarship from home country? Or even pocket money sent by family members? Monthly expense sent by sponsor?
Quotation: “There is a time duration of 3 months to clear out your outstanding import dues. On completion of 3-months, the car is auctioned to a third party.”
This wording does not make thing clear. When does the time duration start? From docking of ship? From unloading date? Again, the better wording could be that on lapse of 3 months without clearing, the car is auctioned. What if the car has been written for auction but has not yet been auctioned?
Quotation: “Legally, it is not possible to import a car which is older than 3-years from the date of manufacture. However, the age limit for buses, trucks and other HTV’s is 5-years.”
Please reconsider your choice of words and add some necessary detail. “Legally it is not ALLOWED”. What does “older than 3 years from date of manufacture” mean? Does it sound completely absurd and meaningless to you or am I a dunce at grammar? Maybe you wanted to “3 years calculated from date of manufacture to date of _____”. What date should be filled in the blank? Date of arrival of ship? Docking of ship? Date of purchase of car? Date of sailing of ship from port of origin? Date at which car was registered with custom as “arrived” which could be a few dates ahead of unloading?
How will 3 years be calculated? What for a car whose date of manufacture is mentioned in months’ format like Jul 2013?
Editorial team should see how to make it easier to discuss. Now the questioner do not have question numbers, it is difficult to quote from which question the commentor wants to ask.
This is a topic which would get ten thousand plus views and will keep getting views through searches far in the future. Why not put extra effort to improve it before publishing?
Cheers for raising them points. I have made changes that were due.
I hope this would help:
1. Ans. A student who was receiving remittance from Pakistan during his stay abroad is not eligible to import a car in terms of condition-2 of Appendix-G of Import Trade and Procedure Order. If you were not receiving any remittance from Pakistan, you are eligible to import your car to Pakistan.”
What about the 700 days’ requirement in this case, as visa for one year study is technically only 10 months = 300 days?
The quotation mentions “his”. What if the student is female? Same rules apply or different?
What does remittance include? Scholarship from home country? Or even pocket money sent by family members? Monthly expense sent by sponsor?
Clarification:
The import trade and procedure order as well as the import policy order by Federal board of revenue does not clarify this question either. The clause just states that “A student receiving remittance from Pakistan during his stay abroad is not eligible to import a car”. However, this query can be clarified from the FBR officials.
2. Quotation: “There is a time duration of 3 months to clear out your outstanding import dues. On completion of 3-months, the car is auctioned to a third party.”
This wording does not make thing clear. When does the time duration start? From docking of ship? From unloading date? Again, the better wording could be that on lapse of 3 months without clearing, the car is auctioned. What if the car has been written for auction but has not yet been auctioned?
Clarification: From the date of unloading . Once the car has been written for auction but not auctioned, the owner can still clear out his/her outstanding dues with heavy fine and port rent charges levied.
3. How will 3 years be calculated? What for a car whose date of manufacture is mentioned in months’ format like Jul 2013?
Clarification: 3 years means exactly 36 months. In case of Jul 2013, 3 years would be 1st July 2016.
Hahaha.
Pakwheels: Please start sending all articles to him for proof reading
No one provides links to the websites who conduct these auctions. If I want to buy a car from here, what should I do?
Hi, thank you for the response.
From what I understand, the “date of unloading” is the most important term. The age of car, the 3 months time to pay the import duty, etc. everything is calculated back or forward from this date? Am I right?
A list of important terms can be made. This could become another evergreen article.
@shafyounus:disqus still you have not posted links for the websites of auction houses, where we can directly bid for cars. All your other articles clear up a lot of things, but its only applicable once we know from where we can buy the cars themselves.
dear i am living in Qatar and i want to bring my 2001 Toyota Land Cruiser can you kindly tell me the procedure to bring it to Pakistan
I wanted to import a chevrolet camaro and i wanted to know if i could import it under the gift condition and not pay the custom duty is it possible?
Thanking in advance
Asadullah jamal
My father want send me a Honda vezel lx 2wd 2015 under the gift scheme.
What will be the duties and charges.
Dear Younus How a Pakistani national can import a car if he is not entitled under gift scheme , personal baggage (mean must have a foreign visit . right ?) and transfer of residence schemes.
What are the rules / duties for importing old / new model damaged vehicles.