Moving things with a shipping company

[Nywoek 77]

What are your experiences using a moving company to move household items from your home country to the US?

I have been in touch with one and since i will not be bringing any furniture we settled on 5 cubic meters, which should be ok. I think. It is really expensive, but I can't just tell my kids to replace everything they own, and we can make it work with the cost.

 

But you have to make an itemized list and then later on customs will inspect it, but since I am moving countries you don't have to pay for it if it falls within the right categories, right? I read something about documenting that you are moving, just not sure with which papers..

 

Have not decided yet if we should send our stuff off a month early, or wait until we move, we will be packing suitcases anyway so we will be fine for a while. Plus I already have a good amount of my stuff at my fiances place since the move has been in the works for the past year and I have visited several times. 

 

Any advice, knowledge, something?  😅

[Lemonslice 5,128]

If I remember correctly, you have to enter the US with, or before, your goods.  You have a set period of time to import all of it under the exemption, and the goods have to be "used" (you are supposed to bring what you were using already, not buy brand new furniture to export).   You should find all of the rules on the cbp.gov website.  

 

This is a good start: https://www.help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-1392?language=en_US ; then, the shipping company will also have their own forms.  Just make it clear that it is your personal effects and refer them to the cbp website if needed.