Jerome
USA passport holders are able to use invoices for cameras, binoculars and cameras...or other expensive items you are traveling with...it was suggested to me to have a 4457 form and get a separate one for each item.
If you have a firearm they are waiting for you with your rifle, you gather your bags and they go through all of them...
when they get to an item and they are questioning you, then produce your 4457 form for that item...if you give all your 4457 forms to the agent they will make you locate every item that you have a 4457 form for as they will want to see them. (i have a notebook with envelopes indicating what item i have a individual 4457 form for)
When USA citizens are returning to USA Customs they wants to see the 4457 for your rifle(s)...
JamieD, I have heard also of hunters traveling with their original invoices, however I don't know that it replaces the CBP form# 4457 if required as proof by a certain country... One time it will go through and another it won't!
JamieD
i do believe that you are from Canada? What form does Canada use to determine gun ownership? That is the form you will need...
Now coming from Canada to the States you need to have a gun registration form, i know that i need one to travel to Canada. to show ownership...with rounds of ammunition...
Being an Canadian citizen this is the form you will need to get you rifle and ammunition through customs while driving or flying to the United States.
I have many Canadian friends who do this yearly...you need to start early on this as they do a very detailed back ground check on you to obtain the first one...renewals are a lot quicker...If you have a ny driving record or police record this will cause this process to grind to a stop and could take you years to get straightened out...
If you do not have this Canadian form currently in hand and if you are flying in the next 4 to 6 months you need to fly out of Canada...in talking to my friends you did not give your self the time required to have the form issued to you by the Canadian government.
Thanks for the time Jerome.
I don't think I stated my question very well. Our tripe will leave the States from Atlanta to Joberg, then drive to Zim via. Botswana.
Checking the CBP sight they will except proof of insurance as a replacement for the 4457 to show proof of ownership before we left.
My question is for SAPS in RSA. As you mentioned the US doesn't license guns so I need a proof of ownership that SAPS will except in replacement of the 4457. Getting the form isn't the issue. We would have to drive 200 miles to get it signed by a CBP officer, unless there is another way to validate it.