Moving your home and family
requires considerable planning, and more so when you are moving abroad.
Apart from packaging and organizing
your stuffs and hiring a transportation service provider, or wherever you are
relocating, you need to ensure a meticulous approach by keeping a checklist
with you related to a wide number of tasks to do before leaving. The following
checklist will help you gain an insightful understanding of what you need to do
when you are moving abroad:
Know The Destination Country
Rules
The first and foremost thing you need to do, not before moving, but
before deciding to move, is to get a thorough and clear understanding of the
rules and regulations of the new country. You can do so by contacting any
friend or professional connection or even the embassy, and must include
following:
·
Permits and Visas
· Taxes on the shipped items, including your car
·
Restriction on items to be shipped
·
Vaccination and other medication requirement for
family members as well as pets
File and Gather Important
Documents As Early As Possible
Applying for passports, permits
and visas need to be done in advance, as these procedures take time. Also,
gather all the important personal documents (official copies), such as Birth
and Marriage certificates, Social Security cards, Proof of Citizenship,
naturalization, Employment Records, Academic Records, Insurance Policies, and
so. Understand the tax obligations of the new country related with foreign
earned money and do the necessary paperwork.
Get Insurance Details
Assess the exact insurance
requirements, along with their availability and other limitations and
conditions pertaining to Life Insurance, Auto Insurance, Health Insurance, and
Property Insurance.
Manage Bank Accounts And
Credit Card Accounts
Contact your bank as well as the credit
card provider, and ensure that you are provided with an online international
banking facility for convenient transaction and transfers.
Get An International Driving
Permit
If your current driving license
does not offer an international service, then you need to contact the concerned
authority and obtain an international driving permit, completing all the
required formalities.
Manage Phone and Mail
Subscriptions
Cancel all the subscriptions
related to phone service, newspaper and other publications. Make sure to
complete the formalities to forward your mail delivery to your new address.
Contact A Reliable
International Shipping Service Provider
Hire a professional and reliable
international shipping service provider who has an experience in providing secure removals services to Switzerland or wherever you are
moving. Go through a detailed discussion regarding all the factors, from
packaging, loading & unloading, to transferring pets, storage and other
necessary aspects.
Gather Packaging Materials And
Start Packing Early
You need to obtain enough,
proper-size and quality packaging materials and start your packing work early,
so that you can proceed through proficiently and before the date of leaving.
The above stated points include
all the important checklist you need to go through. Ensure that you have
completed all the legal formalities, have all your papers ready, packaged
firmly your stuffs and has hired a professional for removals service to Norway, or whichever is your destination.
