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Frankie0089 Sep 29th 2024 4:49 am

Re: TOR1 question
 

Originally Posted by C.2s (Post 13273775)
I hope it's okay to tag on to this thread rate than create a new one as my question is TOR1 related, but a bit different:

Later this month we're driving to the UK in a normal car with a roof box with two passengers and a cat (with a pet passport) . So after we've made room for the cat stuff (!) we're only taking clothing for a few months, some personal items, some small electrical items like a laptop, sewing machine and a Switch. Maybe a few books and CDs (but really very few). Perhaps I will take one of my bikes. No furniture or anything like that. Nothing that we should pay tax on. All the bigger items will stay in Italy until we see what happens with our house. Maybe we'll sale the furniture with the house. But we would then still have various things that have personal meaning (photo albums, pictures, various knick knacks, etc) to move. To me it seems likely that we would just go through customs like any other car with people returning to the UK after having been away for the summer in a second home... BUT we are actually transferring residence (we've already done lots of the paperwork). So when should we do a TOR1? Now or wait until if we sale our Italian house and move everything in bulk?
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If traveling with a kitty you’ll have to go through the declare line 😻

C.2s Sep 29th 2024 6:34 am

Re: TOR1 question
 

Originally Posted by Frankie0089 (Post 13277932)
If traveling with a kitty you’ll have to go through the declare line 😻

​​​I wrote that message some time back, and by coincidence I received an email with your comment whilst sitting in the queue waiting for the ferry :-)

Not sure what you mean...is it a play on words with the different meanings of "kitty"?

Frankie0089 Sep 29th 2024 6:59 am

Re: TOR1 question
 

Originally Posted by C.2s (Post 13277956)
​​​I wrote that message some time back, and by coincidence I received an email with your comment whilst sitting in the queue waiting for the ferry :-)

Not sure what you mean...is it a play on words with the different meanings of "kitty"?

Haha I meant kitty CAT…. Good luck with everything, I am getting ready to do the same three weeks from now with not one but four kitty cats. Yikes.

C.2s Sep 29th 2024 7:40 am

Re: TOR1 question
 

Originally Posted by Frankie0089 (Post 13277957)
Haha I meant kitty CAT…. Good luck with everything, I am getting ready to do the same three weeks from now with not one but four kitty cats. Yikes.

Good luck with your journey.

If going by ferry from an EU country to the UK in a vehicle (as we are) cats and dogs are booked when you book the ferry tickets and they have a passport...so you show the passport when you check in. And they scan the pets microchip to check it is the correct animal. Same on the channel tunnel. It's not usually necessary to have anything to do with UK customs. Guess it's possibly different if coming from outside the EU/by another means of transport?

Frankie0089 Sep 29th 2024 8:11 am

Re: TOR1 question
 
Thank you, yes coming direct from the US to LHR so a whole different set of hoops to jump through.


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