Watch: Moving Back to India: Shipping Household Goods from USA, Canada, or UK

2:50 Is up to 50 lb however you can also pay for extra weightage which is up to 70 lb and that price can change from $100 to $300 so this option could work if you have let's say an extra one or two or three bags that you want to take which is more than the allowed baggage elevance by the airline the good thing is things would fly with you and I think you might have a better with the Customs there is no issue with losing the baggage because it's with the airline and it's track along the way and however the limitations are the number of backs that you can carry on you know based on the airlines restrictions the weight limitations which is 50 lb and also some size limitations the length width height restrictions that are provided by the Air Line itself so this could work for someone who has maybe few boxes or few backs that they

3:52 Need to take back home while moving back so the third option is you have few boxes that you need to take let's say about 10 boxes or 15 boxes or five boxes and you have flexibility with the time so it doesn't have to you know travel with you or come with you in that case you can ship these boxes via water and in those cases to give an idea each box up to 50 lb can cost you around approximately $100 to get your items from from your place to to the destination and as the number of boxes increases the price can get a little bit better but that's just a general range to you know get an idea about how much it would cost to ship these items the key thing here is it takes quite a bit of time because you have to ship your boxes from your home to a port facility where they would hold your boxes so that they can get these boxes

4:52 From different households and they put everything in a container and then ship the entire container to the the destination which is India and then from the port they again have to go to the Customs clear that and then transfer it to your destination so this is one of the option that takes the longest which is typically you know few months let's say you know four months five months and so on what are some of the challenges I think this would work great if you have few boxes that you need to ship and you are not in a rush to get them however you know there's a chance of losing something because you mixed with other containers and you don't have much control for the entire shipment and it takes the longest of all so that's the downside of shipping few boxes but however that could be the best option if you have more than what the Air Lines allows and you don't have enough to go to a container the fourth option is taking a full container and there are two

5:53 Options which is 20 ft container or a 40 ft container after certain threshold like you know the number of boxes that you want to ship it might make sense to go with the full container even though you might not take the entire volume but let's assume that you want to ship you know kids toys bikes some furniture some of the utensils or some of the stuff that you bought for in the kitchen right like you know the all clad some of these specific things that you might want to buy TVs and and so on in that case the full container M make sense so for example a 20 ft container again the price varies but I'm just trying to give a ball part so you have an idea it can cost you anywhere between $5,000 to $7,000 to have the item ship from your home to the destination and the one thing that doesn't include is the custom charges that you have to pay at the destination it includes all the P charges and all that stuff you

6:54 Definitely check and confirm with your shipping company but that's a price range and it takes about 4 to 6 weeks and the beauty is like I think you can put all your stuff you can lock the container and you can unlock the container at the destination so you know everything is secured and it's not mixed with something else so and you have the entire container for you and so this could be a better option if you have you know quite a few items that you want to ship and you want the peace of mind that it's not mixed with something else and you know it's locked and you are opening it at the end and so on so that's the one option that's available there is also another option which is shipping items as a Shar container where you will like you know try to find other families who are shipping from the same city where you are from and going to the same destination but I would personally avoid it because of certain liabilities you know any liability from Shipping the

7:56 Prohibited Goods or you know the transfer of residence rules and the Customs that would be applied between the different households unless you know the family very well it's better to avoid it either you can go with you know shipping The Boxes by the individual carrier or go with the full container Shar container has its own challenges so this gives a broad overview of the different shipping options that are available when you're shipping goods from abroad to India now let dive into the different companies and how you go about this process so now that you understand the

8:37 Different shipping options that you have available based on the shipping volume that you are planning to ship you can down select to one or two shipping options that you want to move forward so the next step is to reach out to multiple vendors to get codes for the shipping option that you have down selected I think it's better to start this process about two to three months before so that you have time to get the codes understand the process and start your you know actual execution and typically these vendors also have like an Excel templates that they can provide to help you with you know how much volume is required for the size of the home and they're more than happy to help with you all your questions about Port charges you know any additional services that you might need like an packing at your origination you know abroad and and so on so please have this discussions

9:37 And compare apples to apples you know when you get the quotes making sure it has all the charges that they're supposed to be paid and also understand how their process works the communication and so on so just I think to give some names so that you can reach out to them some of the common names that we hear are in at least in the US I will kind of cover from a country perspect respect to in US it's Universal relocations is one that you typically hear SFL worldwide Gandhi Logistics uni relo is another one keep in mind that's different from Universal relocations and you also have dho in Canada I think there is something called TVs cargo and U there is also called ocean fright and from Europe one another thing that I heard is called Mr move so there are several companies so depending on the country where you are moving from please ask and you can get like these referrals or the names of the companies you can reach

10:38 Out and better to reach out to them get the codes so you can evaluate and make a decision so after you got the codes from

10:48 These different vendors you made a decision and now let's talk about the execution so for the items that you are not planning to ship either you wanted to sell donate or discard so let's talk through some tips on how to do these things so first one is when you plan to sell the items you know people have had good experience selling them on Facebook Marketplace offer up cakes list yard sale and so on this is something that you might want to start three to four months advance I mean start with the items that you don't need till the last day and and you know kind of accelerating towards the end and you know while selling the items be mindful about certain things always better to meet the buyer at public places you know at the school place or near the police station or somewhere which is public for the safety purpose if

11:49 There are items that are bulky and heavy I think don't give your residential address meet them somewhere in the community and then drive home and once everything is good then you can transact please use use your good judgment when doing a transaction if it's too good to be true or scam please avoid so these are some t tips and things that you need to keep in mind when selling your items as far as donation you can donate these items at Goodwill centers or some charitable organization within your community or some friends as well as the items that you want to discard like especially the items that you use till the end and you want to discard I think things that worked out especially like if you have a mattress that you want to discard toward the end or some other items you can always Post in the cigs list and you can say hey item need to be picked up picked up by you know Day first come first serve and so on so that would definitely help in addressing

12:51 The items that you're not planning to Shi to abroad yeah now let's talk about the

12:59 Packing and shipping so always use the heavy duty boxes that you get from Home Depot or low don't use the one that you get with the shipment because those are not thick walled and they can get damaged when you're shipping across the world so use the heavy duty boxes definitely I think you know the bubble wrap cling wrap the items and make sure they are secured and place them in the boxes few tips you know please put some linen papers or some moth balls when you're are packing the boxes so that you know there's a freshness and it can avoid you know things when you're shipping across the world on the sea so that's one aspect always number these boxes 1 2 3 4 and you might start packing like you know few weeks before your actual ship date and you might forget the contents of each box so it's always a good idea to label each box across all the walls of the box

14:02 So it can be seen and make notes of what's the contents in the box so at least on a broad stroke clothes kid toys books so that you have an idea of what's there in the box and make sure you also take lot of pictures while you're packing so this could help in two ways the inventory that you maintain about each box so in case if you can't ship everything or you you can't fit everything in a container or if you decided hey you know at the end I was expecting 10 boxes now it became 15 boxes or so on so you can decide these are the boxes that I want to ship these are the boxes I don't want to ship or so on so this could help you with that this could also help like when you reached your destination if you want to keep some boxes in a storage or keeping them in a separate rooms that could also help and it also helps like from a customs insurance from a carrier that you take because they they need that kind of information to get the insurance so let's say you're shipping 60 boxes

15:04 What are the contents in each box so they have an idea and then you know the insurance for shipping these boxes in the container is charged so it's a good idea to keep track of it that would help you from the Customs you know prioritizing which boxers ship is required and and several so these are tips that you need to keep in mind when you're shipping the items from your place to the abroad so now let's talk about the items you don't want to ship or you want to ship so definitely don't ship chocolates

15:42 Gummies fish oil or anything in the containers or on the boxes that go on the sea because it it will be out for a long time with different temperatures and then they get damaged for sure Some people prefer to ship TVs some people don't my personal recommendation is if the TV size is more than like 65 in it might be worth shipping it even if you consider the voltage differences and the Customs again it's a personal choice based on some discussions with some other families you know people who have shipped dryers it might not be a good idea even it's an electric dryer it might not be a good idea and you know the robo vacuum cleaner I think we should but I think we don't get much use of it frankly and you know some people especially the kitchen appliances like the instaart the you know the juices and so on it's up to you frankly because of the

16:45 You know voltage conversion and so on it's it's at the end personal choice whether you want to ship those or not but in general depending on the volume depending on which option you're going you can ship the items according to your preference now let's talk about the customs and other aspects as we wrap up this

17:12 Topic so once the items reach your destination Port you know then you need to get you will get notified by the shipping company about the Customs process and they will help out throughout the process and the first thing is there is something called Port of transfer transfer of residence that is something that would be applicable when you're living abroad for certain years so this helps from the Customs process in terms of getting your used staff some exemption in terms of the amount on what they can charge on the on the goods that you're bringing back home there is this common inquiry about do I need to provide my original passport even if you're shipping the boxes or with the container yes I think the original passport is required however I mean if you live close by I mean you can go in person and provide that so that's how they verify

18:12 The residency and making sure that you qualify for that transfer of residents option and in terms of the Customs so typically I think they focus primarily on the electronics even the used electronics they take the appreciation and they apply the customs duty that you need to pay so it's better to keep receipts of all the purchases that you have so that you can show the value at what you you know what you paid and the depreciation for the es that you had so that they can use that for calculation instead of the calculation that they can take from their own you know search and so on so that's one aspect so in India with most of the shipping compan they actually ship it and deliver it inside the house and you know into the rooms and and and so on so hope this video gives a a comprehensive view of all the

19:12 Aspects of the shipping your household items from abroad to India when you're moving for good and if you like the content please like and share if you have any questions feel free to comment below and looking forward to provide information on additional talks thanks