DCF interview approved

[Hops 0]

We had our interview in Montreal on the 30th and was approved. We are planning on making the move here in a few days and I had a few questions about landing.

Basically do I need to fill out any form and or list all the items we are moving with us (we are driving)

also is there anymore fees that will incur for this, after paying the 1100 applications fees and the 1300 visa fees and everything in between I would be very dissapointed by this but not real surprised

anything that I should know before we do this we are crossing at Coutts into Sweet Grass MT

thanks in advance

we are very excited after over a year to finally almost have this done

[tommymac 1]

Customs declarations documents will need to be filled out.

Treasury Department Form No. 3299 (Declaration for Free Entry of Articles Not Accompanying a Resident or Non-Resident.) In addition, a supplemental declaration providing additional information relative to the owner of the property is also required.

As to the definition of Used Household Goods and Personal Effects, the U.S. Government provides the following:

Household Effects and Tools of Trade or Occupation which you take out of the United States are duty free at the time you return if properly declared and entered.

All furniture, carpets, paintings, tableware, linens, and similar household furnishings acquired abroad may be imported free of duty, if:

* They are not imported for another person or for sale.

* They have been used abroad by you for not less than one year or were available for use in a household in which you were a resident member for one year. This privilege does not include articles placed in storage outside the home. The year of use need not be continuous nor does it need to be the year immediately preceding the date of importation into the United States. Shipping time may not be included in the computation of the one year in use.

Items such as wearing apparel, jewelry, photographic equipment, tape recorders, stereo components, vehicles, consumable articles, etc., cannot be passed free of duty as household effects.

Non-residents entering the United States are subject to the same basic principles as a returning resident, specifically as applies to the one year of possession of articles prior to entry.

I hope this helps.

[Hops 0]

So I would need to fill out the 3299 even if all of our items are going to be with us in the vehicle?

also is the landing process pretty painless? is this like a second interview or what I guess when I landed in Canada I didn't have to do it twice.

anyway thanks