Euro O/O's allowed to drive in US?

I DO NOT KNOW

I tried to research but couldn't find anything. I would google your countries trucking regulations and give me a link when you find it .

 

The U.S. has cabotage with Canada and Mexico. License fees are prorated between the states and provinces, fuel taxes are paid to one state and forwarded to other states and provinces according to mileage operated. When a foreign truck enters the states, its activities are highly restricted by law, but enforcement is problematical.

3. Key Principles Relating to Cabotage.
$ Drivers may be admitted to deliver or pick-up cargo traveling in the stream of
international commerce.
$ Drivers may not engage in point-to-point hauling within the U.S.
$ Drivers may not engage in any activity that qualifies as local labor for hire.
4. INS Regulations. Canadian-based drivers may transport goods or passengers to the
U.S. from Canada if all goods or passengers to be delivered were loaded in Canada.
Likewise, Canadian-based drivers may load and transport goods or passengers from the
U.S. to Canada provided no unloading occurs in the U.S. They may also load goods or
passengers at various locations in the U.S. only if all goods and passengers will be
unloaded in a foreign country.
Purely domestic service (point-to-point within the U.S.) is not permitted.
Solicitation, in competition with U.S. operators, is not permitted. This means that a
Canadian-based driver cannot solicit a return load for delivery to Canada while in the
U.S. Any return load must be pre-arranged.

Conflicts Involving U.S. Customs and INS Regulations
U.S. Customs regulations allow for Canadian-based vehicles to transport domestic shipments
(point-to-point in the U.S.) when the shipment is incidental to the immediate prior or subsequent
engagement of the vehicle in an international movement. INS regulations do not allow a
Canadian-based driver to pick up a shipment at a U.S. location for delivery to another U.S.
location. It should be noted that the U.S. Customs regulations provide that the Canadian-based
driver must be in compliance with the applicable INS regulations to operate a vehicle in this type
of move. Because the INS regulation prohibits this type of move, in effect, the U.S. Customs
regulation is moot at the present time.
U.S. Customs regulations do not consider the repositioning of any empty trailers domestic
transportation and allow Canadian-based drivers to execute such movements. INS regulations
prohibit Canadian-based drivers from repositioning empty trailers unless the driver either entered
with or departed with that trailer.

For questions on the regulations, contact the U.S Customs Service, Office
of Regulations and Rulings, 202-927-1327 or Immigration and Naturalization Service, Office
of Inspections, 202-514-3019. You may also contact them through the link to their website
below.
www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/index.htm
www.customs.treas.gov

 

Good post.. I´m also looking at this.

You need a US-CDL for starters,,, HaZMat is not bad to have either.. and the equipment.
Others fill us in here please.

 

No I don´t have but Mainly looking for a O/O position pulling cars and boats and Reefers if this all someday turns better.

On the other hand I would also like to take a Australian specced American COE over here and tune it up a bit... also as a advertising truck for my Dyno Garage

 

Importing your Euro truck only complicates the situation. Perhaps, you could follow the example of two Scandinavian men who are now driving a 2005 Freightliner for Werner Transportation. They keep a diary and photo album, but I am not sure that our monitors will allow me to post the link. I do not know whether they own the Freightliner. Their photos are like a travelogue of the continental 48 states. No cabotage is involved.

http://diesel48.com/index.html

The employment of immigrant drivers is controversial in the U.S., especially during a recession. It is done every day, but not always legally. You will need a work permit or "green card".

The most important thing to understand with the H1B visa / work permit is that only the employer can apply for the visa, and the the visa is issued for a particular employee. If you are an individual hoping to work in the USA, you cannot apply for anH1B visa by yourself. This means you Must find an 'H1B job' with a company that will sponsor (apply) for you.

To Qualify for the H1B Visa Program, you must work in a 'specialty occupation':
The core Specialty Occupations include: IT, Computing, Finance, Accounting, Banking, Marketing, Advertising, PR, Sales, Recruiting, Engineering (all types), Teaching, HealthCare/Medical, Legal, Lawyers, Networking, Telecoms, Business, Management.
http://www.h1base.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=3&info=2