Car Shipping - Vehicle Import to Pakistan Regulations

   1. Purchase receipt of the vehicle.
   2. Bill of lading
   3. Photocopy of passport duly attested by the Embassy / Consulate of Pakistan abroad.
   4. The registration documents in case of used vehicles.

In Custom House, Karachi the clearance of vehicles is done by Group-VIII of Appraisement Collectorate located at First Floor. The passenger who imports the vehicle himself presents the aforementioned documents to import authorization cell along with original passport. The staff posted in this cell provides an import authorization form (Free of cost) and the passenger after filling the form delivers it to the concerned staff along with above mentioned documents, which after scrutiny is submitted to Deputy / Assistant Collector in charge of Group-VIII for approval /signature.

After approval / signature of the import authorization form, the original documents are handed over to the passenger and the vehicle is cleared upon filing of bill of entry through the Customs approved clearing agent after payment of duty and other taxes. Similarly, vehicle can also be cleared at other Customs Stations i.e. Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Quetta, Hyderabad, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.

Gifting of two cars is not permissible. Only one new or upto two years old car can be gifted to family member (father, mother, wife and children above 18 years age) provided you have been residing abroad for more than 23 months and not visited Pakistan for more than 30 days during the last six months from the date of gifting the car.

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