Shipping Belongings From the US to Argentina

[marie]

I agree with you, still you have residency but we, Argentinian, go on considering people from other countries foreighners and the law is different for someone born here. Believe me I 've been investigating everything for my BF to move his stuff here . I have also thought about the ways to prove his belongings were mine, since I am Argentinian but that is even more difficult to prove. If the stuff were mine and I was the one who was moving from the States to Argentina, then I would have paid no taxes.What does the DNI of someone who got a residency say on its cover?? it says " extranjero" = foreighner. That is why because certain aspects of the law is applied in a different way as for someone who was born here.

 

[Napoleon]

T.T.T.

 

[Xavito]

I’m in a similar situation, although I only need to ship a few personal belongings—mainly camping gear, bedding, and a bicycle, from Seattle to Buenos Aires.
My main concern is arranging for a customs broker (despachante) in Argentina to handle the process once the shipment arrives, since I understand that clearing unaccompanied baggage through Argentine customs can be complicated and time-consuming.
I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has done something similar, especially shipping personal belongings and a bicycle from the U.S. West Coast to Argentina. I’m particularly interested in which shipping company and customs broker you used and what your experience was.

Note: I’m an Argentine citizen, and my situation may fall under the rules for Argentines returning to the country after living abroad.

 

[elhombresinnombre]

I’m in a similar situation, although I only need to ship a few personal belongings—mainly camping gear, bedding, and a bicycle, from Seattle to Buenos Aires.
My main concern is arranging for a customs broker (despachante) in Argentina to handle the process once the shipment arrives, since I understand that clearing unaccompanied baggage through Argentine customs can be complicated and time-consuming.
I’d really appreciate hearing from anyone who has done something similar, especially shipping personal belongings and a bicycle from the U.S. West Coast to Argentina. I’m particularly interested in which shipping company and customs broker you used and what your experience was.

Note: I’m an Argentine citizen, and my situation may fall under the rules for Argentines returning to the country after living abroad.

Hi, although I've been around about the same length of time as the thread you've reopened, most of those correspondents are long gone from here but there are more recent discussions about shipping belongings - usually by people who have a lot of stuff - and others by people who, like you, have much less stuff to bring, who have found it cheaper and easier to bring as excess baggage at the same time as they arrive. My experience will not have been the same as yours but I've taken a guesthouse-worth of bedding to Uganda as excess baggage and (same son, different country) he and his wife have brought bicycles from Victoria BC in readily available bike boxes to the UK. Since Seattle is just a Harbour Air hop from Victoria I imagine it would be easy for you grab a bike box and do the same.

Do read some of the threads about people who successfully used excess baggage to bring their stuff and take a realistic look at the cost and complexity of shipping your list of possessions the hard way.

Best of luck, whatever you choose to do!

 

[on the brink]

"I’m in a similar situation, although I only need to ship a few personal belongings—mainly camping gear, bedding, and a bicycle, from Seattle to Buenos Aires."

My best advice is to bring all that with you in the plane. A couple of years ago checked five suitcases to bring books, clothing, a saxophone, and an assortment of pots, pans, Christmas decorations, dog toys, silverware, and whatever else had been left behing in my home. At Customs I said I was moving back to Argentina, and was welcomed back and waved through. Best of luck....!