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Immigration Forum / USA Marriage Base / August 2006A Little OT: Agencies to Facilitate Moves from China to USA
My fiancee and her daughter are now in Guangzhou for their medical exam and interview. We're a little nervous, but keeping a generally positive outlook. If you'll forgive me for deviating a bit from the subject of visas, I have a question about how to make their move from mainland China to the US easier. I'm told that there are agencies that can arrange and facilitate moving stuff - personal effects in general - between countries. In essence, they're international movers who can help with arranging who actually transports their stuff, and of course help with Customs quickly. Do any of you have any positive or negative experiences with such agencies? Thanks for the ideas!  Signature(Preferably reply to the newsgroup, please. If you reply by Email, I will sincerely try to receive your message, but it will probably get buried in spam.) > My fiancee and her daughter are now in Guangzhou for their medical > exam [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > will sincerely try to receive your message, but it will probably get > buried in spam.) I have heard of people who have had major problems, but then nobody is going to post saying it was all on time, on costs etc. Personally I did not bother, by the time I seperated out my must take stuff and looked at the cost of shipping the other stuff vs the cost, it did not make sense, also it was a cathartic experiance. > I have heard of people who have had major problems, but then nobody is > going to post saying it was all on time, on costs etc. > > Personally I did not bother, by the time I seperated out my must take > stuff and looked at the cost of shipping the other stuff vs the cost, it > did not make sense, also it was a cathartic experiance. Thanks for the reply. So then you just took your stuff with you on the airplane, or sent it through UPS/FedEx/etc., or ...? Signature(Preferably reply to the newsgroup, please. If you reply by Email, I will sincerely try to receive your message, but it will probably get buried in spam.) > > I have heard of people who have had major problems, but then nobody > > is [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > will sincerely try to receive your message, but it will probably get > buried in spam.) Not from China, but we purged heavily. What was left over that was small and heavy went in the el cheepo mail (from Greece). The rest was brutally forced to fit in our luggage (we went a little excess). Current flying conditions being what they are, I don't know if you'll get a break with more luggage allowance or not (some people are reporting that is so). Often if you let the airline nkow you're immigrating they can help you out with some extra as well (boxes can be 'luggage'). Be VERY careful with your fragiles. Alternately, big stuff can come in container, but it takes awhile. It's easy to cargo-share from Asia; look in some of the expat publications for tips & shippers. I'd say to try and avoid a "moving company" if you can. > Not from China, but we purged heavily. What was left over that was > small and heavy went in the el cheepo mail (from Greece). The rest was [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > publications for tips & shippers. I'd say to try and avoid a "moving > company" if you can. I actually brought 2 bikes over, but in 2 trips, for some reason they do not charge extra Internationally but do nationally. The things I left behind. mainly books, which I occasionally miss. I just used my luggage allowance, 120lbs?. But like I say had left stuff on prior visits, I put all my really heavy stuff in my carry on and acted nontionally with it cutting into my shoulder. Thanks for the suggestions, folks! By the way, she did get her K-1 yesterday! As we Texans are supposed to say, "yeehah!" >>Not from China, but we purged heavily. What was left over that was >>small and heavy went in the el cheepo mail (from Greece). The rest was [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > on prior visits, I put all my really heavy stuff in my carry on and > acted nontionally with it cutting into my shoulder. Signature(Preferably reply to the newsgroup, please. If you reply by Email, I will sincerely try to receive your message, but it will probably get buried in spam.) > Thanks for the suggestions, folks! > [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > will sincerely try to receive your message, but it will probably get > buried in spam.) Come on, a little more enthusiasm! Yeeee Haaaaw!! Congratulations to her, and happy travels. :) |
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