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Steps to follow to collect the vehicle in Montevideo

First payment. Several days after the vessel departs Seabridge email you the invoice to pay. This invoice is called B/L (Bill of Lading). You can choose to receive such invoice in the offices of KMA in Montevideo or in your home. It is advisable to get it in Montevideo since they have to stamp it once the ship arrives. Without this document WE CANNOT REMOVE the vehicle from the port.

When we arrived in Montevideo we must go to the immigration office in order to get the “certificado de llegada”. The office is located in Missions Street 1513.

a. Get a number when entering the building and wait for your turn.
b. When you are called you have to show the passport with the stamp of entry into the country.
c. Later, we have to make a payment of 198 Uruguayan pesos and they give us the “certificado de llegada”. Essential to collect the van.

Second payment. If it is possible, before the vessel arrive to port we will go to the KMA office, which is located on the 9th floor of building “Imperium Building”, 25 Mayo Street number 713. Here we make a payment of 666 US dollars. Fix payment.

The day after the vessel arrives to port we have to go back to the KMA office to collect our B/L already stamped. The Office opens at 9 in the morning. IT is essential TO REQUEST THE STOCK NUMBER. They have to give it to you.

Afterwards we must head to Aduanas (Customs). It is the big buidiing located on the left hand side right at the entrance of the port. Here we will be given a form to fill out, to with we should attach:

• Original and photocopy of passport
• Original and photocopy of the vehicle documents
•  Original and photocopy of B/L (ask in KMA to give you a copy)
•  Original and photocopy of MERCOSUR insurance (car insurance)
•  Original and photocopy of the “certificado de llegada”
•  Original and photocopy of the international driving license.
•  Stock number

Third payment. Given all of the above we must wait about 20 minutes to get our record (case file) . With our record we go to the ADP building. It is a white big building located on the other side of the road. Enter the building and go to the last office on the right hand side, here they ask us for the value of the vehicle, which will determine the amount to pay.

For example:
Value of 4000 € – payment of 280 €
Value of 1500 € – payment of 48 € 😂

Once you have make this payment you have to go back to the Aduanas (customs building). This time we have to go to the office number 005 where we must show our record.

Later on we must go to Buquebus building. We find this building within the port, it is brown and you can spot is far at the end on the left hand side. Once there we ask were the custom office is.

Again, we return to the office 005 to pick up a paper.

This is the last document we need to collect our van.

With this, we go to the Rilcomar office, it is inside the port, very easy to see, right in front of the main door of the port. There is a visible sign with the name on it. Rilcomar is the warehouse where our vehicle is kept. We hand them our record and finally we get out campervan.

Finally, with our van we go back to the customs office in the brown building Buquebus, where they check the inside and give us the car import permit.

TOTAL COST OF SHIPPING 2000 €

Time to enjoy!

It seems a complex process, but it is not. Buildings and offices are easy to locate.

Tips:

• Try to separate the rear area from the driver area, and if it is possible to unable any possible access to it. Like that our personal belongings will be safer.
• Do not forget to bring copies of all documents.
• Have in mind that the ship is can be delayed. Delays goes from 3 days to 3 weeks. For us it was 2 weeks.

There is a possibility of traveling in the boat with the van. The price is around 1700€ per person and meals are included. We find 2 main advantages when travelling on board;

• We do not have to pay the 666 Dollars (at least it is what we were told in KMA office)
• A Grimaldi agent will be waiting for you on the arrival, she will be responsible for the formalities and you will be able to remove the vehicle immediately.

The inconvenience;

• The time that you spent in the boat.
• The high price of passage.

In the glovebox of our campervan we left some CDs and a bag with the ugliest scarf ever seen, to see if they took the trouble to steal it. They broke the bag where the scarf was, took it out of the bag and left. They didn’t like as we expected.

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