Hiya, I do have a few questions about upack if anyone has used it to move to the US.

I know I can't have my stuff cleared past the border until I'm in the country with my visa activated (booo!) so I'm curious as to how people got around that, or dealt with it, and what were your ups or downs with your decision for it?

So far, it looks I may have to sign the paperwork in advance, get on a plane. Once I'm in US, ask my family to load all my stuff (already neatly piled) into a uhaul to drag to upack and load to be shipped to me. I'm just hoping that's a possible option, else I have to load it the day I jump on the plane later that evening (or early next morning)

As much as I would LOVE to use a moving company, sadly most of the ones I called are out of my price range, or refuse to move someone less than 2000 lbs.

- Daly, she who hates moving

Hi Daly. This thread should get you started. I used a moving company so there wasn't much for me to do.... just signed their forms before I left then sent them a copy of my entry documentation so they could bring my stuff across.

Due to circumstances, I waited almost a year, and had my stuff shipped to me through a moving company. It was easy -- they told me what to have ready and filled out, I left the paperwork with my parents (where my stuff was stored), and they took care of everything. Everything got to me in one piece, they were fantastic. But it did cost a bit, but worth it for us.

Like Kritkit said, there's a few threads in here that deal with moving, hopefully they will help.

Hi there,

We used U-Pack - our stuff actually crossed the border the day before we did, however the woman at U-Pack said it shouldn't cross the border before we did - but oh well!

If you hire a relocube you can load it, say on a Monday, and just ask them not to ship it until say Wednesday (you get to keep the relocube for 3 business days - so you could even ask them not to pick it up until you were already enroute). You fill out a 3299 (available in the forms section of their website). Give them a copy of your visa and the signed bill of lading and voila!

or just google form 3299 and it comes up!!

U-pack only ships on business days, so I loaded my stuff on Friday so it wouldn't ship until Monday, and crossed the border on Sunday.

Bob's your uncle.

Thanks everyone for your responses about U-pack. Because of all the hassle they're giving me though, I'm going with a mover. It's about $300 more, but, I won't have to deal with them, I won't have to load or unpack or rent a u-haul since there is no option of them leaving a relocube at my house.

And they seem to be quite clueless about the process with border crossing since they claimed I have to sign over power of attorney to someone else to ship it on my behalf... So off I go to other moving threads to get more info on the 3299. Thanks!

Yeah, after doing my research I did the same. But don't worry about the 3299. The moving company will have you sign off on all the forms they require when you make the arrangements. There's really nothing you need to do.