IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A TRUSTED REMOVALIST, THEN YOU MAY ALREADY HAVE STARTED THE PROCESS OF EMIGRATING TO AUSTRALIA, AND YOU NOW WANT HELP IN SHIPPING YOUR FURNITURE AND PERSONAL ITEMS TO AUSTRALIA.
Matthew James Removals can handle your relocation from start to finish offering a door to door service to your new Australian property.
SHIPPING FURNITURE TO AUSTRALIA WITH MATTHEW JAMES REMOVALS
Our Australian removals process
STEP 1: Book an appointment at least 3 months in advance with our Move co-ordinator or fill out our new international online quote form with all your details.
STEP 2: Prepare a list of questions and some idea of what you will be taking overseas for when our Australian move co-ordinator visits your home.
STEP 3: Our move co-ordinator will take a visual of your property and assess the volume of goods going to Australia and any extra services you may require. Also its a good time to discuss any concerns on packing, shipping and customs in Australia.
STEP 4: Matthew James will send you a written quotation with your full relocation price including marine transit insurance.
AT MATTHEW JAMES REMOVALS WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO REVISE YOUR REMOVAL QUOTE IF YOU FIND YOU CAN REDUCE YOUR VOLUME OF PERSONAL EFFECTS.
STEP 5: For large moves our packing team will arrive at your property the day before the shipping container arrives, to fully pack all your personal items and fully export wrap all your items of furniture.
STEP 6: When the Shipping container arrives outside your property our removal crew will load the shipping container and make a full inventory of items loaded. ( If bad access or groupage - tranship or small removal lorry will transport your goods to our warehouse to be loaded onto the shipping container).
STEP 7: All parties will double check and sign off the inventory and documents, the container is sealed in your presence and transported to a UK port ready for loading onto the vessel for shipment to Australia
STEP 8: When your shipment arrives in Australia we will arrange for your personal effects/household effects to be custom cleared .
STEP 9: You will be contacted by our partners in Australia to arrange for delivery of your personal effects and furniture at your convenience.
STEP 10: The day of your removal into your new Australian property will run smoothly with our Australian partners, they will unload, unpack and remove all debris with a room to room service for added piece of mind.
Personal effects and households items are the unaccompanied items transported into Australia, by a returning resident or a new resident of Australia, via sea or air freight.
To import items under the tariff code for personal effects, you must be arriving from a place outside Australia, and the items must be your personal property that you owned while overseas.
Although it's comforting to be surrounded by familiar things when you move to a new country, it's worthwhile doing a thorough review before deciding what to bring to Australia to determine whether the costs outweigh the benefits.
Think twice before bringing any electrical goods. Australia runs on 230V power (50Hz), so you may require transformers and adaptors for them to work in Australia. Australia has some tight quarantine laws, particularly around food, plant and animal material ( see below for full details)
WHY IS THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE INTERESTED IN PERSONAL EFFECTS AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS?
All consignments of personal effects entering Australia are subject to some form of quarantine intervention before they can be released. Because of the risks associated with personal effects, you must advise the department of specific items in your consignment. If deemed necessary, the department will undertake an inspection of your goods. If required the department may ask that some items are treated before they can be released. If treatment is not possible the department may seize and destroy prohibited items, or ask that they be exported out of Australia.
COMMON ITEMS OF QUARANTINE CONCERN
The first rule to remember is that the department will be interested in any item that originated from an animal or a plant (including timber), or contains part of an animal or a plant.
The second rule to remember is that the department will also be interested in any item that has been in contact with animals, plants, water, food or soil.
Please view the list of common items of quarantine concern. This list is designed to assist you when you are packing your goods up room by room.
PLEASE NOTE: At matthew James Removals we are finding an increase in shipping containers being treated at the Australian Port, this will be charged as extra on top of your shipping / removal costs
AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
When your shipment arrives in Australia we will arrange for your personal effects/household effects to be custom cleared. To assist with your customs clearance you will be required to complete an unaccompanied effects statement which is a Australian customs form B534, this can be completed in the UK before your departure or in Australia. If your goods are arriving into Australia before you do, you can nominate a your family member or a friend in Australia to act on your behalf. In this scenario you must complete the Australian customs form B534 yourself before you depart the UK. You will also be required to present the following information to Australian Customs.
- VISA (Photocopy),
- Passport (Photocopy for Proof of identity),
- Inventory, of Items ( completed by our crew at UK address )
- Australian Customs B534
SHIPPING TO AUSTRALIA TRANSIT TIMES
The estimated time of arrival for full containers is 6-8 weeks and 8-12 weeks for a shared container service to Australia. Once your shipping container has been loaded it is secured, sealed and transported to the UK port ready for loading onto the vessel for shipment to Australia. On arrival at Port in Australia, Customs and Quarantine may take between 10 to 20 working days to complete; his has been allowed in the overall door-to-door total quote
HELP AND ADVICE ON MOVING TO AUSTRALIA
Matthew James Removals have compiled a list of Australian expat & forum websites to help you find friends, tips and general chat from people who have experienced the highs and lows of moving to Australia- http://www.australiantimes.co.uk/move-to-australia
- http://www.movingtoaustralia.com.au
- http://www.expatforum.com/expats/australia-expat-forum-expats-living-australia/
- http://britishexpats.com/forum/australia-54/
- http://www.expatsblog.com/blogs/australia
- http://www.pomsinoz.com
- http://www.expatarrivals.com/australia/moving-to-australia
Matthew James Removals have compiled a list of Government websites that can help with advice, legal issues & documentations
- https://www.gov.uk/government/world/australia
- http://www.immi.gov.au/Pages/Welcome.aspx
- http://www.immi.gov.au/live/pages/live.aspx
- http://www.studyinaustralia.gov.au
- http://www.uk.embassy.gov.au/lhlh/Visas_and_Migration.html
- http://www.visabureau.com/australia/default.aspx
- http://www.australia.com/plan/before-you-go/visa-information.aspx
