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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:55 am
- Forum: Legal issues
- Topic: Collecting in Vietnam
- Replies: 17
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Re: Collecting in Vietnam
When your at the airport. If you have to go to customs. The person I talked to with USFW said that in most cases. They will just ask if they are dead or alive. This is a topic they deal with all the time, that's what they said to me. Which airport? Who is "they"? Anything USFWS tells you ...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:18 pm
- Forum: Legal issues
- Topic: Collecting in Vietnam
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1477
Re: Collecting in Vietnam
but most of the time there's not permits required and most will let you walk through as long as they are dead and you aren't bringing endangered or protected species Who will let you walk through, and where? Is that after or without informing in/out customs? When your at the airport. If you have to...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:35 am
- Forum: Legal issues
- Topic: Collecting in Vietnam
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1477
Re: Collecting in Vietnam
I sent an email to the Vietnam Department of Agriculture and still haven't heard back from them and that was 8 months ago, I leave the 30th of this month. I've contacted the US Department of Agriculture and even talked to someone and they said I don't need permits for importing dead insects in the ...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:53 am
- Forum: Legal issues
- Topic: Collecting in Vietnam
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1477
Re: Collecting in Vietnam
In short: AFTER obtaining export approval (paperwork) from VN, you need to: 1. Have a USFWS import/ export license 2. File a form 3-177 with the import into USA and pay for an inspection You can do #2 two ways: 1. via post 2. Schedule an inspection upon arrival at a USFWS-designated airport #2 is a...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:45 am
- Forum: Legal issues
- Topic: Collecting in Vietnam
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1477
Re: Collecting in Vietnam
It may be safe, but it's not legal to send insect material of any sort through the mail without a permit, especially from overseas. That includes sending material to other countries from the USA. I've already had that argument at the post office. I've thought that using the mail would be a good opt...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 1:44 am
- Forum: Legal issues
- Topic: Collecting in Vietnam
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1477
Re: Collecting in Vietnam
is it safe to just send the speciems I collect back to the U.S in the mail? Instead of going through the hassle of bringing them in luggage and dealing with customs Officially, the export of insects from Vietnam is banned. -edited by admin- "Be careful with what you write on a public forum&quo...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 12:55 am
- Forum: Legal issues
- Topic: Collecting in Vietnam
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1477
Collecting in Vietnam
Hi, I'm going to Vietnam in May and I was just curious, is it safe to just send the speciems I collect back to the U.S in the mail? Instead of going through the hassle of bringing them in luggage and dealing with customs