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Just belatedly filling my forms out, no hassle for my sea freight but it's probably going to challenge my air freight time scales.
So has anyone done it?
How much proof of overseas living did you have?
Did you have receipts for anything you shipped? (I have a handful but that is it)
How much detail did you go into on the packing forms?
Cheers
You coming back to Blighty Mike?
Yep, packing and sorting now, making sure there is a warm jacket in the hold bag
Is this from a Customs pov?
I used to deal with unaccompanied personal effects for a few years many many years ago. Back then we usually believed the punter re time living abroad unless there was intell to the contrary and seldom asked to see receipts unless they were really taking the p with their valuations. Manifests / bills of lading were not that detailed iirc, box of personal effects , another box of personal effects etc etc. Presumably you'll have a Uk clearing agent who will liaise with customs who can give recent advice and you can claim transfer of residence relief , Booklet on this We also always advised people to use a shipping agent if you've got unaccompanied cargo.
Presumably you'll have a Uk clearing agent who will liaise with customs who can give recent advice and you can claim transfer of residence relief
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Teach me not to read the title then 
Our experience is well out of date too then; early '90's. Crown Pacific did it all and the Company paid them.
Where are you coming back too then? Welsh meet this weekend. Chop chop 
Be in Heathrow in 2 weeks, up to the NE then back to Manchester to start work on the 5th Feb. Thats loads of time isn't it?
I'd say you've got plenty of time. We recently went to Melbourne for a long weekend, bought about half a house' worth of furniture at IKEA and got it shipped back to NZ. Had nothing planned in advance, just rang a couple of freight companies from the store and had it delivered to their yard. Much of it was itemized but there were a couple of boxes of 'personal effects'. It was all packed into a container about 36 hours after starting the process, all the paperwork was done online and we paid via transferwise. I can recommend Conroy for shipping.
Obviously we knew the value of it all as we'd just bought it, but there was no need for proof of living overseas. I guess we must have given them our address at some point, but the shipping address was just to their depot in our town, and we sorted it out locally when we got back.
Cheers, it's the new UK process I'm interested in as it's quite different.
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