Anyone Sent import approval lately??

[MerlinTheHapyPig]

the contact details is on the last page of the import approval doc u fill out.

They actually say on the answering machine thingo when you call that 'unnecessary enquirys may delay issuing your import approval' .

Not sure what to take of that, what do they do when you call them? put your approval on the bottom of the pile???

[Parag0n]

Sending my import approval off in 5 days,

I BOUGHT THIS GTR IN DECEMBER 2003, oh god it has been a long wait :'(

I can't wait till I see it on the docks

[z3n2k]

yeah just received my IA as well on monday.. faxed it thru on the afternoon of the 31st of September. so taking around 3 weeks to get here. been waiting to send that since Feb this year.. long wait coming to a end

[BZERK32]

yeah! i got my approval yesterday!

I faxed it in on the 1st of october, and i payed by credit card. so it took 25 day to arrive, which is about 17 workgin days!

steve

well i sent mine on about the 5th... hopefully get it next week then.

[MYC-R32]

Sent mine in Oct 1st, still no reply.

But yeah its a long wait about to come to an expensive end

[predator]

even though I got my import approval about a month ago.. I am still waiting for the car to be shipped even from Japan shipping is pretty slow at the moment, so don't get too excited.

[PHATR32]

so anyone yet know which ship these cars are coming on?

steve

[MerlinTheHapyPig]

has anyone had any problems booking cars on ships?

Im hoping to get mine booked on a ship leaving early december, but i have a bad feeling they are full up

[PTR33]

I got my approval, contacted J-spec and was told basically. "Fux knows when it will get on a boat. They're all full." :hellpisd:

Oh joy, gonna be like last year when I finally picked up my 33 on Xmas eve, 17 weeks after I bought it in Japan. :boohoo:

[MerlinTheHapyPig]

fudge, i was hoping to get the car before january. don't like my chances now

[Yotis]

Roughtly just over a month of waiting.. finally been told that my car will be on a ship tomorrow..

[Mr R32 M-Spec]

ok so is there only one shipping company that comes to aus?

I just faxed mine in this morning (twice to make sure) and at lunch am going down to get an express post bag so they have the originals of my doco

man I was hoping to drive the f#$^*( thing before xmas. this was my present to myself

mark

[MerlinTheHapyPig]

mark, i'm in the same boat.

Give dotars a call (the number is on your import approval paperwork) and make sure they have received it, ask them how long it should take.

Tell your supplier in japan to find out when the next ship leaves that has space on it. There is a ship leaving early December, im trying to get my car booked on that, even though i don't have the approval yet.

[Dash]

Faxing is definately quicker at the moment.

I sent my application express post on 29/9 and received it today 1/11

As for shipping apparently up to 85% of car carrying ships is allocated to new cars atm

and everyones trying to get a space.

You do have the option of putting a car in a container as they leave weekly instead of at

the end of the month,but this will add at least a k to the cost.

Btw next ship to dock in freo is the Arcadia Hwy

13th NOV

[Mr R32 M-Spec]

I'll talk to jspec today and see if they think it justifies the extra cost of the container

that would be safer wouldn't it?

[PHATR32]

well i just got an email from Geoff and he said that only 2 out of the 5 cars he had booked on the ship made it onboard.

the 3 were bumped off. he'll let us know who made it and who didnt. knowing my luck, mine will be sitting on the docks.

he also said that the next boat will be 4 weeks away.

steve

[Mr R32 M-Spec]

hope thats not the case steve

I have emailed craig this morning, I got my IA faxed through to dotars yesterday morning at 7am

then sent the originals xpress post for arrival today

I don't know how long the form takes, but I assume if they could get it on the next boat (like they were trying I beleive) then the form would be back to me before the car arrives

[PHATR32]

i think its differant for each company, so only people people importing through Geoff would be those 5. i really hope im one of the 2, but so does everyone.

i guess ill have to wait and see.

steve

[Mr R32 M-Spec]

have to call ben tomorrow and find out, public holiday down there atm

[sav1]

hey steve,

i've been waiting since end of september with prestige, hopefully mine too was one of those 2 lucky ones. If not another 4 weeks is gonna suck