Moving to the UK 🇬🇧

Customs clearance in United Kingdom

As you probably know it, when you travel from a country to an other with your personal belongings, it is mandatory to go through customs and thus clear your goods. Of course, SIAM Relocation is used to working with customs and can offer you to deal with the custom clearance of your goods.

Customs process on gift & small value

Once a certain value is exceeded, you are subject to customs duties.

Here is a basic pattern of what percentages of duties can be charged depending on the value you want to import.

Importing personal effects from Thailand

When importing personal effects to the UK, you have to fill in a Customs Declaration, clearly stating you are importing personal effects. In fact, customs authorities will charge Customs Duty and Import VAT if they consider your shipment as a commercial one.

Once your value exceeds a certain amount, you may have to fill in a C3 “Bringing personal belongings to the United Kingdom from outside the European Union”, proving that the products belong to you.

We will provide you with this form and you have to return it to the Customs before your shipment reaches the UK territory.

Conditions to obtain tax relief

To be able to obtain a tax relief (if you were charged), you have to be relocating from a Non-EU country, and live in the UK. In this way, you are changing your former location of residence to your new one in the Kingdom.

If you don’t have any place of residence in the Kingdom for now, you can put your goods in a free circulation area and then ask for a retrospective claim. This has to be done within 12 months after arrival in the country.

 Here are the requirements you have to respect:

• You must have lived in a non-EU country at least one year
• You must have used and possessed your belongings at least 6 consecutive months
• You must keep on using your goods in the UK for the next 12 months minimum

What duties and taxes will I pay for my personal effects?

Customs process

Drug Contreband

Explosives

Biohazard

Chemicals

Corrosive

Counterfeit

Ivory

Batteries

Flammable

Firearms

Drugs

Counterfeit notes

Poison

Pornography

Knife

Tobacco

Gambling

Hazardous

In order to move to United Kingdom, you can choose the way you want. It can be by sea or air. Each one has advantages and drawbacks so our moving consultant will help you determine the most suitable solution for you.

Sea freight rates

Sea freight rates are very variable, depending on many factors. For instance, according to whether you ship a big volume or a small one, you will not choose the same container type.

We advise to choose a FCL (Full Container Load) if you ship more than 15 cubic meters and a LCL (Less than Container Load) if you ship less than 15 cubic meters. Of course, our experts will help you to choose the best solution in order to fit your needs.

*According to your needs, we can provide you with a packaging and/or loading service which also has consequences on the total price. 

Why choose us?

SIAM Relocation provides dedicated services to best respond to your specific needs and has been doing so for many years. Our moving consultants are experts and want the best solution for you.

Different budget, different transit times

We firstly strive to adapt our rates to your needs and expectations. Thus, whether you want us to arrange an urgent air freight service, and express shipment, or a regular air cargo, we will adapt our offer to your needs.

In this way, transit times will not be the same depending on the option you choose. In any case, you can rely on your SIAM Expert to forecast as accurately as possible the time needed for your shipment to arrive.

*If the volumetric weight is higher than the actual weight of your box, the carrier will quote based on this weight. You can use online chargeable weight calculators to make it easier, now that you understand how it works.

SIAM Relocation has been dealing with relocations for a long time and always with the same perspective: the client comes first. That is why, through years of operations and observations, we decided to create specific offers in order to better fit your needs.

Moving insurance

Even though accidents don’t happen often, there are still some risks of unexpected events when moving to a new country. Being aware of the main risks and which insurance is able to cover them is key to ensuring a hassle-free shipment.

*Our insurance rate (3% of the declared value) covers any regular loss or damage to your shipment.

Insurance is thus not mandatory but highly recommended. Do not take the risk to ship your goods to another continent without having your belongings covered.

Packing services

SIAM Relocation is proud to provide you with the best packing services available on the market. We are delighted to be able to adapt to any of your packing requirements. As packing is key to avoiding damage when shipping internationally, we strongly advise you to let professionals handle it for you.

*Do you want to ship fragile items? Choose peace of mind, choose our packing service.

Warehousing service

SIAM Relocation can rely on long-term partnerships in the UK to be able to all services related to storage. In this way, we can provide a complete range of warehousing and delivery services in London, Liverpool, Manchester, and anywhere else in the country.

What makes us special is our ability to respond to any request. Do you need to store goods in a temperature-controlled warehousing facility? Do you need to store perishable goods? SIAM Relocation has a solution for you.

In order to adapt our offer to the customer, to his needs but also to his budget, we created three moving packages : from the simple package to the complete package.

*As you can see on the picture, we offer 3 different packages in order to better adapt our services to your budget.

To ensure full transparency and to customize every single quotation, we opt for a case-by-case pricing method. Reach out to your SIAM Expert now. After clarifying your needs and specific requirements, your interlocutor will provide a free and tailored-made quotation.