Bribe attemt ... (Planung)

IVECO Tony , Wherever., Mittwoch, 23. April 2014, 19:14 (vor 3648 Tagen) @ IVECO Tony

Another possible cause of similar problems is when you cross an isolated border with no full-time computer hookup and they don't get around to entering the cancelled TIP into the national system.

Previous owner of my vehicle got held up at one entry into Argentina because there were three of four live TIPs still showing on the database, one of them going back 3 years. In that time he had crossed back and forth probably ten times and it was only on the last crossing that they spotted it. They did let him in provided he called in at the head office of customs and sorted it all out. They went back through passports of both passengers to determine that they had done the right thing and it was all OK in the end but it cost them a major detour and a couple of wasted days.

His suggestion was to get a copy of the TIP each time and ask the customs officer to stamp the copy on departure each time so there is some sort of paper trail apart from the computer record.

(we nearly had problems because my passport wasn't stamped at a previous crossing but luckily Betty's was so the officer accepted that the immigration officer was at fault. Guess we have to make sure that the professionals do their job)

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