NitroX,

Filling out the customs forms allowing you to avoid duty is a good idea for any expensive personal property you own. Sooner or later you'll find a nasty customs inspector out of your country of origin who will question your Swiss watch or your laptop computer or anything else that isn't cheap. Showing the form from your country of origin tends to stop that mess quickly and not having it can mean trouble. Most countries have a similar form, and if not an American citizen you can ask those people in your country who are pilots who fly international routes or sailors or other vagrant sorts and they may know which form is specific to your country.

I would like to add another separate but related question here for when any outfitters are able to respond...

After going through this mess with the customs forms and "proof of ownership"...

If you get the two month NT firearms permit and are going hunting for a week or two in NT does that permit allow you to possess your firearm anywhere in Australia?

Also are you allowed to possess the firearm or shoot or hunt on a friend's property in another state after the outfitted hunt is over but still within that 60 day period that the NT permit is valid?

Richard.