New Canada Customs Procedure

[rpollock]

Got this in e-mail yesterday:

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As you are now aware, the Canadian Firearms Registry for long guns is
finished except for Quebec at the moment. Please take a moment to review the
new Customs Notice 12-013 procedures below for Canadian residences returning
to Canada with your firearms. You will have to stop at Canadian Customs
southbound and get a Form BSF407 completed listing your firearms you will
have in USA now or in the future. It replaces the old Y-38 that we used
prior to the long gun registry. The firearms registration certificate is no
longer proof of ownership of a long gun firearm as they can now be freely
sold without proof of new ownership. Your PAL must be valid and accompany
you with the new form BSF407.

Customs Notice 12-013

Changes to the Import Requirements for Non-restricted Firearms

April 13, 2012

http://www.cbsa-asfc.gc.ca/publications/cn-ad/cn12-013-eng.html

Canadian Shooters who apply with the ATF Form 6NIA in the future may omit
the Registration Certificate number using N/A in question 15 but must still
list the full description of the firearms. You must also list your PAL
number in Question 12. See the following link for more details.

http://losttarget.blogspot.com/2012/04/atf-form-6nia-guidance-re-canadian.html

[hendershot]

Thanks for the heads up Rick.

[Bill Gammon]

Too late, already here.

[rpollock]

Hmnnn.... this did not go quite as planned. My local CBSA office in Calgary had not heard of the new form yet, and couldn't find it, so gave me the old Y38 "Green Card" instead. They said it is still valid. Maybe others can try their luck and post their results.

[Dennis Sorensen]

If one had an old registration certificate you would think that would be proof enough the firearm is not being imported from the US but actually existed here in Canada... no duty/taxes applicable.... but that would be too easy...