Can I put new things in the move?

Not under this regime. New articles are excluded and pay duty separately. If you're taking something you just bought, tell us: it's handled on its own, not inside the personal-effects shipment.

How do I value what goes in the inventory?

At what it's worth used today, not what it cost new. It's literally what the form asks for, and it's the most common mistake in the inventories that reach us already written.

We settle it on WhatsApp with your inventory in front of us. We don't publish a rate for this shipment because every move weighs and fills differently, and a 'from' figure would be a number without your case inside it.

Will I pay anything on arrival?

There can be charges at destination. If there are, we break them down for you before you sign, so you decide with the number in front of you and not afterwards.

What if I'm only sending a suitcase?

Then you don't need this regime: it's an ordinary luggage shipment, and it goes through the luggage page.

PERSONAL EFFECTS · SPAIN → USA

Taking your things to the United States

You're moving to the US and your things follow: the clothes, the books, the kitchen, everything you already used here. It has its own customs regime, with its own form and its own time window, and we prepare it with you before anything leaves Barcelona.

Get a quote on WhatsApp

We settle the price on WhatsApp, with your inventory in front of us. We don't publish a rate because every move weighs and fills differently.

WHAT YOU NEED

Five documents, and no more

This is what US customs asks for to treat your shipment as personal effects. We go through it together before pickup: a badly valued inventory takes an afternoon to fix here, and can't be fixed at the port.

01
Signed CBP 3299
The declaration for personal effects. The shipment's owner signs it, and it is the piece that turns a box of belongings into an entry under that regime.
02
Passport
The shipment owner's — the same one they travel on.
03
Visa
The one that lets you enter and stay. It goes into the file alongside the passport.
04
Proof of travel
How you show the traveller has arrived. It is what opens the time window the next section is about.
05
Inventory with used values
What's inside and what it's worth today, not what it cost. A six-year-old sofa isn't declared at shop price: it's declared at what it's worth used.

WHAT GOES IN

Used, and used only

This regime is for your used personal effects: what you already owned and already used. It's the first condition, and the one that decides whether the rest applies.

New articles are excluded and pay duty separately. They don't go in the box to see if they slip through: a new item inside a personal-effects shipment is what turns a routine clearance into an inspection.

WHEN

Six months from the traveller's arrival

The shipment has to enter within six months of the traveller's arrival. It's a window, not a suggestion: outside it, the shipment stops being treated as personal effects.

You won't find a transit time on this page. We confirm it on WhatsApp along with the price, once we know your volume — we'd rather not give you a date before we can stand behind it.

CUSTOMS

What gets paid, and who pays it

A personal-effects shipment can generate charges on arrival, and if it does we break them down for you before you sign. You won't meet a charge you hadn't seen before saying yes. What you won't read here is a promise about what customs will decide: that is theirs to decide and not ours, and telling you up front is exactly what sets us apart from those who stay quiet.

HOW IT GOES

From your flat to your new home

01
You write with what you want to take
A rough list is enough to start. The final inventory comes out of it.
02
We build the file
CBP 3299, passport, visa, proof of travel and valued inventory. We check all five before anything moves.
03
We collect and clear
Pickup at your door and departure from Barcelona. You follow the shipment with your AC- reference.
04
Delivery at destination
With any charges broken down and discussed from the start.

QUESTIONS

What people always ask

Can I put new things in the move?: Not under this regime. New articles are excluded and pay duty separately. If you're taking something you just bought, tell us: it's handled on its own, not inside the personal-effects shipment.
How long do I have to send my things?: Six months from the traveller's arrival. The shipment has to enter within that window.
How do I value what goes in the inventory?: At what it's worth used today, not what it cost new. It's literally what the form asks for, and it's the most common mistake in the inventories that reach us already written.
What will it cost?: We settle it on WhatsApp with your inventory in front of us. We don't publish a rate for this shipment because every move weighs and fills differently, and a 'from' figure would be a number without your case inside it.
Will I pay anything on arrival?: There can be charges at destination. If there are, we break them down for you before you sign, so you decide with the number in front of you and not afterwards.
What if I'm only sending a suitcase?: Then you don't need this regime: it's an ordinary luggage shipment, and it goes through the luggage page.

Is it a move, or is it two suitcases?

If what you have is luggage — one suitcase, two, the ones that won't fit on the plane — none of this page applies: it ships as luggage, door to door, and it's quoted on its own.

See luggage shipping