Are our goods arriving before we are????!!
Dec 13th 2006, 9:01 pm
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Are our goods arriving before we are????!!
Hello!
We have a general question and have tried to research a possible answer, which is still unclear...
We are arriving Feb 9 2007 and we have heard from our shipping company that the boat will arrive Feb 5 2007, but that clearance will take place approx 10 days following.
Do we need to be there physically the day the boat arrives or the day customs gets around to clearance the 10 days following?
Thank you so much for you advice. We just have heard that its best to be there before, which we know, but now are just confused between boat arrival date or customs clearance date!
Fluffy Boogie
We have a general question and have tried to research a possible answer, which is still unclear...
We are arriving Feb 9 2007 and we have heard from our shipping company that the boat will arrive Feb 5 2007, but that clearance will take place approx 10 days following.
Do we need to be there physically the day the boat arrives or the day customs gets around to clearance the 10 days following?
Thank you so much for you advice. We just have heard that its best to be there before, which we know, but now are just confused between boat arrival date or customs clearance date!
Fluffy Boogie
Dec 14th 2006, 4:21 am
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Re: Are our goods arriving before we are????!!
Originally Posted by Fluffy Boogie
Hello!
We have a general question and have tried to research a possible answer, which is still unclear...
We are arriving Feb 9 2007 and we have heard from our shipping company that the boat will arrive Feb 5 2007, but that clearance will take place approx 10 days following.
Do we need to be there physically the day the boat arrives or the day customs gets around to clearance the 10 days following?
Thank you so much for you advice. We just have heard that its best to be there before, which we know, but now are just confused between boat arrival date or customs clearance date!
Fluffy Boogie
We have a general question and have tried to research a possible answer, which is still unclear...
We are arriving Feb 9 2007 and we have heard from our shipping company that the boat will arrive Feb 5 2007, but that clearance will take place approx 10 days following.
Do we need to be there physically the day the boat arrives or the day customs gets around to clearance the 10 days following?
Thank you so much for you advice. We just have heard that its best to be there before, which we know, but now are just confused between boat arrival date or customs clearance date!
Fluffy Boogie
Dec 14th 2006, 6:37 am
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Re: Are our goods arriving before we are????!!
Originally Posted by jempee
on my papers it states that you have to be 'in canada' when your goods arrive.
However, Whites have informed us that we must be in country at the time the goods first land on Canadian soil, which we understand will be at Montreal, before they are transported to Calgary.
Apparently, officials will check to ensure we are in country and, if we are not, there is a risk that the goods could be sent back to the UK
HTH
Dec 14th 2006, 8:10 am
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Re: Are our goods arriving before we are????!!
Thank you both for your advice. I'll try and see if the shipping company can hold our stuff an extra week and ship it one week later, to be sure we are there when it arrives...
Have a good day!
Fluffy
Have a good day!
Fluffy
Originally Posted by Dying to leave England
This is my understanding as well. Our goods are already "packed" and are in storage with Whites. We are landing in Calgary on 14 Jan 07 and have a house to move into the next day. We were anxious for the goods to be there as quickly as possible so asked Whites to send them in advance of our arrival so that, upon arrival, we simply need to go to customs, get goods cleared, and have them delivered.
However, Whites have informed us that we must be in country at the time the goods first land on Canadian soil, which we understand will be at Montreal, before they are transported to Calgary.
Apparently, officials will check to ensure we are in country and, if we are not, there is a risk that the goods could be sent back to the UK
HTH
However, Whites have informed us that we must be in country at the time the goods first land on Canadian soil, which we understand will be at Montreal, before they are transported to Calgary.
Apparently, officials will check to ensure we are in country and, if we are not, there is a risk that the goods could be sent back to the UK
HTH
Dec 14th 2006, 8:22 am
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Experts? Help re: goods
In the meantime I have received this quote from my shipper:
If the vessel arrives the 5th, the goods will not be available before a couple of days, so do not worry…It still needs to be unloaded from the vessel, unloaded from the container and picked up by my agent. By the time you arrive, the goods are ready for clearance.
Argh the confusion........ He sounds like he knows what he is talking about but so do you!
I wrote him explaining the actual physicality of being there when the boat arrives, but he seems to feel that as long as we are there once the goods actually get to clearance we are fine.
Fluffy
Experts??
If the vessel arrives the 5th, the goods will not be available before a couple of days, so do not worry…It still needs to be unloaded from the vessel, unloaded from the container and picked up by my agent. By the time you arrive, the goods are ready for clearance.
Argh the confusion........ He sounds like he knows what he is talking about but so do you!
I wrote him explaining the actual physicality of being there when the boat arrives, but he seems to feel that as long as we are there once the goods actually get to clearance we are fine.
Fluffy
Experts??
Originally Posted by Dying to leave England
This is my understanding as well. Our goods are already "packed" and are in storage with Whites. We are landing in Calgary on 14 Jan 07 and have a house to move into the next day. We were anxious for the goods to be there as quickly as possible so asked Whites to send them in advance of our arrival so that, upon arrival, we simply need to go to customs, get goods cleared, and have them delivered.
However, Whites have informed us that we must be in country at the time the goods first land on Canadian soil, which we understand will be at Montreal, before they are transported to Calgary.
Apparently, officials will check to ensure we are in country and, if we are not, there is a risk that the goods could be sent back to the UK
HTH
However, Whites have informed us that we must be in country at the time the goods first land on Canadian soil, which we understand will be at Montreal, before they are transported to Calgary.
Apparently, officials will check to ensure we are in country and, if we are not, there is a risk that the goods could be sent back to the UK
HTH
