Moving to a foreign country goes along with a huge amount of administrative steps and a precise preparation in order to avoid last minute problems. POTIEZ-DEMAN offers you a memo in order to remind you to take certain steps in order to have a successful move and avoid unnecessary stress.

• Choose a moving firm specialized in international removals
• Make an appointment for the technical meeting (estimation of volume) on site
• Plan the exact removal day with POTIEZ-DEMAN
• Take the necessary steps in order to obtain the following documents: passport, visa, work permit, international drivers license
• Notify the children's school, ask them for the necessary documents for enrolment in the new school
• Contact your banker to check whether it is better to transfer your accounts
• Contact your doctor to take care of possible vaccinations, or to get multiple subscriptions for your long term medication  
• Contact your veterinary in order to get the necessary vaccines and documents for the transportation of your pets.
• Call POTIEZ-DEMAN to take care of the transportation of your pets if necessary.
• Think about discontinuing subscriptions which require a termination period of 3 months

• Think about selling or giving away goods you don't want to take with you
• Our services can inform you regarding customs formalities for export. Under specific conditions, for goods bought during the last 6 months, VAT can be claimed back.
• Our services can inform you regarding products that are forbidden or regarding products to which restrictions of import are applicable. (alcohol, wine, books, videos, pets, medications, weapons, ivory,...)
• Order your transportation tickets and keep them, customs services in the new country can ask to see them.
• Consider arranging for a temporary place to stay after your move
• Think about informing POTIEZ-DEMAN about your new address and phone number if you leave the country before the actual move takes place.
• Think about checking these services at your new address: water, gas, electricity, mail, phone, bank, insurance, social security, schools, taxes, cable tv, satellite tv, associations, sports clubs, lease contracts.

Take your time to collect travel guides, brochures, etc... of the new country you're going to be living in.

• Sort out the goods which will be shipped by air freight or sea freight on the removal day
• Check the voltage level in your new country of destination. Think about buying enough adapters if necessary.
• Think about subscribing to papers or cultural magazines of the country you're leaving, in order to better prepare for a possible comeback.
• Notify community services
• Our wrappers are unauthorized to unplug electrical devices. Therefore please contact us so we can send a professional to unplug the stove, washing machine, or to disassemble a built-in kitchen.  

• Using our form: make a detailed list of the goods to be moved and an estimated value
• Empty any machines that run on gas
• Confirm the day of moving to your mover
• Take care of a babysitter for your kids and/or pets on the moving day
• Clean all kitchen devices and leave them to dry in order to avoid fungus during transportation.
• Clean your gardening tools, garden table and chairs and let them dry

• Keep with you all things you don't want to be moved: your passport, documents, transportation tickets, personal belongings and clothes.