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MikeySaid · Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 509 Location: Torreon, Mexico

I need to get my furniture from mexico up to the US. its all a year old and it just seems like it would be a huge waste to sell it and buy new furniture.

how do we do it???

ls650 · Joined: 10 May 2003 Posts: 3484 Location: British Columbia

I've never heard of a moving company that handles cross-border moves, but I'd be interested to hear if there are any.

It seems to me the easiest way would be to just fly up to the USA and get set up with your new job, apartment/house, etc. Leave the items with a trusted friend in Mexico.

Once you're settled in and have a place to live, etc. buy a cheap old cargo van, and drive down to get your valuable items and load them in the van. When you reach the border on the way back, I don't think you'll have too much hassle bringing used furniture into the US.

MikeySaid · Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 509 Location: Torreon, Mexico

im actually up in the states right now.

came up for an interview and to renew my passport and get a passport card.

but... I need to go back down and get more clothes and all that kind of stuff for the job ill be starting beginning august.

im reading into issues of bringing furniture back across the border, i dont think it should be a problem, but who knows.

MikeySaid · Joined: 10 Nov 2004 Posts: 509 Location: Torreon, Mexico

sorry ya'all.... i forgot that I had asked about this awhile back and got a good answer in the form of a US Customs brochure link.

www.customs.gov/linkhandler/cgov/newsroom/publications/travel/moving_goods.ctt/moving.doc

I'll be in Phoenix the next few years... but will be popping down to Mexico on a regular basis.

notamiss · Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 4:38 am Post subject:

ls650, one can find cross-border movers by looking for companies that do moves for diplomatic staff. They are reposted from country to country every few years, and they get their household moved each time. When we did our move to Mexico it was not hard at all to find one because we were located in the national capital and lots of companies had in their yellow pages ad that they did diplomatic moves. The movers advised us on the paperwork and legalities, too. So the way to find one would be to look or ask in the nearest city with a consulate (Monterrey, I think in Mikey's case). But it wouldn't be as cheap as a self move, for sure.