HI All,

we are due to move to Calgary in jan 09,,with regards to clearing customs etc..do you have to declare what you are carrying in your suitcases? as this is all we will be taking with us.(plus the kids )..

ps have just joined this excellent website..

many thanks.

karen and philip.

Welcome

Assuming you're landing as a PR, you're supposed to - but I bet hardly anyone has. If you want to prepare a list in advance, use the form B4/B4a and instead of ticking "goods to follow", tick "goods accompanying". If you don't do it and you're asked for it, you can do it on the spot at Customs - no big deal. Unless you're bringing expensive jewellery or such, I really wouldn't worry about it...

See the BE wiki article for info about importing goods, forms, etc. - http://britishexpats.com/wiki/Goods_To_Follow

Hi Biiiiink,

many thanks for the reply,we are landing with TWP'S,with the intention of then applying for PR through the AINP,with the help from my new empolyer
Calgary Transit..

regards

karen & philip.

We came through Calgary in August on TWP's and they werent interested i what we had in our cases.

same as above, we were not asked about what was in our suitcases, and they waved us on through when we were trying to show them or goods to follow list etc, they just were not interested, but that was halifax

But I wonder - if you are not waving around any "Goods to Follow" forms for processing, whether they might be a little more interested in your suitcases?

I'd probably prepare a basic list - with approx values - just in case Especially if you are bringing a laptop, decent camera or Nintendo DS for example (so add serial numbers). Two suitcases of purely clothing is not very interesting - but if you lug eight suitcases of "as much as you could carry", it might be checked!

We came in september with file full of list...
never asked us for anything...not even goods to follow

We was advised that we had to goto airport to custom clear our goods, arrived at depot picked the paperwork up, went to airport, they stamped the paperwork, didnt want my detailed list just the shippers one and back to depot to give them the forms so they could then deliver me goods

simple really and a good afternoon at ikea afterwards

Good luck on the landing, it is real easy

Hi all,

many thanks for the info,i think just to play it safe,we will make out a list just in case

will let everyone know how things go..

very best wishes

karen & philip.

They didn't even bother looking at any documentation we had.

Us too, we had everything from finances proof to lists and documents of everything that we thought they would need for our PR finalisation.
The girl that dealt with us had us sign a form each and waved us on our merry way.
I was nervous wreck going up there thinking that we didnt have all the things together. Jeez we went over the docs time and time again.
I was blown away, 10 mins in and out and thats the truth.
Dead easy, I hope its like that for everyone