CUSTOMS FAULTS PLT FOR USING TEMPORARY REGISTRATION CERTIFICATE TO FLY ACFT FROM CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES; TO ALASKA; UNITED STATES.

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FLT WAS TO BRING NEWLY PURCHASED ACFT FROM CALIFORNIA TO ALASKA. PLT WAS AWARE OF REGS REGARDING TEMPORARY REGISTRATION IN FOREIGN AIRSPACE; BUT WAS UNDER IMPRESSION THIS WAS UNITED STATES CUSTOMS REG. CONTACTED CUSTOMS IN FAIRBANKS AND CANADA; WAS TOLD; 'WE ARE NO LONGER WORRIED ABOUT TEMPORARY CERTIFICATES AND ARE NOT CHKING ANY MORE.' PROCEEDED ON THIS ASSUMPTION. CUSTOMS AGENT IN NORTHWAY NOT IN AGREEMENT; FILED RPT WITH FAA. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THE REGISTRATION WAS A TEMPORARY ISSUED IN FRESNO. THIS WAS THE SECOND ACFT HE HAD PURCHASED IN THE LOWER 48 AND FLOWN TO ALASKA. HE HAS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE FAA ESSENTIALLY INDICATING HE SHOULD NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER AIRPLANE AND BRING IT TO ALASKA. IF HE COMPLIES THEY WILL EXPUNGE HIS FILE IN 2 YRS. HE KNOWS THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE BUT IT IS A MAJOR ANNOYANCE SINCE HE COMPLIED WITH ALL ASPECTS TO GET A RULING ON THE TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE. TO BE THEN TOLD THAT INFO WAS WRONG WAS INCONCEIVABLE.