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.
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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
D-Day
- Keep with you all things you don’t want to be moved: your passport, documents, transportation tickets, personal belongings and clothes.