Cross Border Moving and shipping forms and procedures - Cross border moves between Canada and USA or moves from USA to Canada

CROSS BORDER Movers Canada to or from USA

When you need cross border movers between Canada and USA (united States), all shipments of household goods and personal effects entering the United States, whether the effects of a Returning U.S. Resident or Non-Residents entering the United States, must be entered utilizing Treasury Department Form No. 3299 - The Declaration for Free Entry of Articles Not Accompanying a Resident or Non-Resident

In addition, this supplemental declaration Form Download provides additional information about contents of a cross border shipment is also required.

Important Notice:
For cross border moves to the USA, copies of your passport or Visa documents must show your photograph very clearly. Please make photograph quality copy or if you fax these documents to us, use photograph quality feature of your fax machine. If your picture is not clearly visible your move will not be loaded to truck due to possibility of refusal at the border crosssing.

Although, Form No. 3299 is a simple form, it is the main document, which allows you to ship personal, household possessions into the US duty free. Eventually, if the document is completed incorrectly or is incomplete. then there will definitely be problems at the border. Problems with household goods can be costly as thecross border shipment may be turned back at the border or sent on to the destination "in bond". Once a shipment is marked to be put "in bond" at destination, it may be unloaded into a bonded warehouse. Storage charges will be applied and once the paperwork is sorted out, you will also have to pay for the reloading and delivery of the shipment to your new residence. This situation can be easily avoided with a little bit of attention to the paperwork.

Form No. 3299 should be filled in well in advance of the load moving date. It is imperative that you include your Social Insurance or Social Security Number on the Form No. 3299. If you are going to move across the border into the USA on a visa such as the L1, H1 then that number should be noted on the Form No. 3299. Sometimes the visas are not issued until just before the cross border move takes place. You should make a photocopy of this visa and attach it to the Form No. 3299.

Multicity Moving Inc. requires following documents in addition to your Form 3299.

If you are a US resident	If your a Canadian Citizen	If you are moving inherited items
Copy of the American passport / Birth certificate	Copy of passport	Copy of passport
Declaration form	Copy of student or work Visa for United States	Copy of death certificate
	Declaration form	Copy of the will
	Declaration form	Declaration form

Laws are different for cross border moves from US to Canada. Multicity Moving Inc. only requires a Declaration Form.

US Customs

US Customs Forms

Canadian Customs