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cellphone · Joined: 18 Feb 2004

What's the max amount of cash you are allowed to carry out at airport / customs? Or else wire out? That is, without having to go through official reporting and filing of it and proving records on demand. What's their limit? Thanks.

cruisemonkey · Posted: Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:53 am Post subject:

Max. cash you can carry out is USD 9999.99

kprrok · Joined: 06 Apr 2004 Location: KC

There is no maximum. Where did you get that idea? The only thing is that if you carry 10,000 US or more, you have to declare it. As long as you do that, you could theoretically carry a few million if you want. But you better have a good reason to carry that much cash.

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jonnyyaa · Joined: 19 May 2003 Location: korea

maybe a better question would be - WHO has brought more than $10000 on them going through customs/airport security etc.... and how much hassle (if any) occurred? im talkin' about canada, but perhaps others from other countries have insight too....

ttompatz · Joined: 05 Sep 2005 Location: Kwangju, South Korea

Mr. Pink · Joined: 21 Oct 2003 Location: China

You can carry more than 10k into Canada. Go to the Canada Customs website and you will see there is no limit. You just have to declare it. As for wiring money out of Korea, the limit is set on your income. For massive amounts of money, you need to bring in some papers from work. Massive to me is 100k+ US in one transfer. So if you were making 30mil a year on your contract, but another 30mil in privates or illegal work, sending out more than 30mil for that year is going to be impossible (if the bank asks for the income paper that is).