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Moving Overseas Checklist

When you’re moving your home overseas, there seems to be an endless list of things to think about and arrange. Here’s a helpful list to remind you.

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5-6 weeks before moving:

Check that your passports and visas are valid
Check whether any permits are required e.g. for residency, work or vehicles
Check your travel documents and tickets
Collate all your personal documents e.g. birth certificates, marriage certificates and medical records
Advise your solicitor, bank, doctor, dentist, insurance company, building society
Cancel subscriptions to clubs and magazines
Notify Schools
Obtain invoices for new purchases (for customs import facilities)

3-4 weeks before:

Complete the Marine
Insurance Proposal form
Dispose of the items you don’t want to ship
Supply a contact number in the UK for after you have moved
Supply your overseas contact address and phone number
Check with your Dedicated Move Manager with regard to VAT refunds on new purchases
Ask for final accounts for gas, water and electricity
Complete all outstanding credit agreements
Cancel all rental agreements
Run down stocks of food and drink
Confirm your removal date with your Dedicated Move Manager

1-2 weeks before

Arrange for mail to be forwarded
Clean garden tools, bicycles, etc
Arrange care for children and pets on moving day
Arrange for mains services to be disconnected
Advise your newsagent and milkman and pay their final accounts
Empty lockers at school and work
Return or retrieve any items on loan
Drain fuel from motor mowers
Dispose of plants and perishable food

1-2 days before

Separate all personal items which are to travel with you e.g. keys, documents, passports, tickets, certificates, currency, clothing, etc
Disconnect, clean and dry any electrical appliances that you wish to ship
Arrange with neighbours to leave sufficient parking space for the removal vehicle

On Moving Day

Remain on hand in case the packers have any questions
Check all rooms, cupboards, walls, loft, garage and shed to make sure nothing has been left behind.
And finally, try and relax and let the packers do the work!

Notification Checklist

In summary, here’s a list of organisations and people you may need to notify of your move:
Doctor
Dentist
House insurance company
Car insurance company
Electricity Board
Water Board
Gas Board
Telephone company
Internet provider
Bank
Post Office
Building Society
Inland Revenue
School/college
Local council
Library
DVLA
Motor organisation
Milkman
Newsagent/magazine subscription
Sports/social club
Satellite/cable TV provider
Church/place of worship
Vet

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