Shipping my personal effects and form 3299.

[Falconhoof 0]

Hi folks. I arrived in the US 3 weeks ago on my K1 Visa (from the UK) and I've been looking into shipping the rest of my household stuff over. I only have 3 boxes of stuff that I've left with my parents to ship to me, but it seems like the process to do so is a lot more complex than I originally thought.

I was under the impression that once I'd arrived I could simply have my stuff Fedex-ed to me along with the customs form 3299. However reading online the past couple of days seems to indicate that I need a lot more than that, such as a Treasury Department Supplemental Declaration form (most of which doesn't even apply to me) and a form for "Power of Attorney".

Has anyone here gone through this process and if so, what paperwork did you have to file when having your stuff posted to you?

So far, I was going to include the following with my posting;

3299 Customs form

Power of Attorney form (I'm guessing this will be for my parents since they are the ones posting?)

Treasury Department Supplemental Declaration form

A scan of my passport showing my visa.

Thank you in advance for any help.

[LeftCoastLady 441]

My then-fiancé only had two boxes of things to ship over. I have an account with FedEx, so we had the boxes shipped through them. He had to fill out the Commercial Invoice, the Customs Form 3299, and provided a scan of his passport where the K-1 visa was affixed. Just be really detailed on what is in each box, especially if you declare a dollar amount. He sent them on November 15, he arrived in the U.S. on November 18, and they were delivered to our door on November 23.

Hi folks. I arrived in the US 3 weeks ago on my K1 Visa (from the UK) and I've been looking into shipping the rest of my household stuff over. I only have 3 boxes of stuff that I've left with my parents to ship to me, but it seems like the process to do so is a lot more complex than I originally thought.

I was under the impression that once I'd arrived I could simply have my stuff Fedex-ed to me along with the customs form 3299. However reading online the past couple of days seems to indicate that I need a lot more than that, such as a Treasury Department Supplemental Declaration form (most of which doesn't even apply to me) and a form for "Power of Attorney".

Has anyone here gone through this process and if so, what paperwork did you have to file when having your stuff posted to you?

So far, I was going to include the following with my posting;

3299 Customs form

Power of Attorney form (I'm guessing this will be for my parents since they are the ones posting?)

Treasury Department Supplemental Declaration form

A scan of my passport showing my visa.

Thank you in advance for any help.

Edited January 3, 2013 by LeftCoastLady

[Falconhoof 0]

Hi there, sorry for the delay in my reply. Thanks for the info. Could I just double check, he didn't need to use a power of attorney form?

Thank you again for the reply.

[LeftCoastLady 441]

Hi there, sorry for the delay in my reply. Thanks for the info. Could I just double check, he didn't need to use a power of attorney form?

Thank you again for the reply.

Nope, that wasn't requested.

[The Mean Lady 604]

you are not requied a poa form with standard fedex shipping

provide a detailed commercial invoice and youll be fine

idk how fedex will handle taxes and duties for you though.

shipping is my day job.

hopefully your boxes are small-ish and dont house electronics.

electronics require additional forms.