How do I move my belongings to Mexico?
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- What you need to know about shipping your belongings to Mexico: what the process is for temporary & permanent residents, how much it costs & what you can/can't ship to Mexico.
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I’m am not downsizing or decluttering for my move to Mexico. I am PURGING. I won’t be doing storage or shipping huge items. The things I have now in my nyc apartment have served me for years, and now it’s time to let them go. ❤
Purging, yes! We love to hear it 👏🏼 I have a section with advice about downsizing/purging in the new Move to Mexico QuickStart Guide (link in the description) 😃
So smart.
Dump the stuff
Don’t. We moved to Mexico twice from the US.
The first time we paid $8k to bring our stuff. We were temporary residents. This was in 2006.
Family obligations sent us back to the US and now we’re back for retirement and we came with mostly our clothes, medications, and extremely sentimental small items. And pet stuff. It all fit in a car.
We regret the hassle and the money it cost to bring a household full of stuff. If we had it to do again, we would have sold, donated or given to family everything in our house except for clothes, jewelry and valuables and just went on a $8k shopping spree once we were in Mexico.
Honestly, we put to much value on “stuff”.
Everything is replaceable except for the 4 living creatures in our car. 🐕🐈⬛
Edit: a $3k shopping spree would have been plenty.
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience! I get a lot of questions about how to ship belongings to Mexico, so I wanted to create a video to address them, but I agree with you. It’s very costly to ship, but it’s not relatively easy/cost-effective to furnish a home in Mexico 🇲🇽
The furniture, linens, household goods, artwork etc that I had in a 4 bedroom 3 bath beach home in Florida either didn’t fit in our small 2/2 house in Chapala or were just not matching in style.
Buying handmade furniture in Mexico is very affordable.
If you’re looking for something out of a magazine and going to Liverpool in Guadalajara you’re going to spend a FORTUNE.
If you buy as you go and shop on your local Facebook ads, you can get steals.
You wouldn’t believe the deals I got doing this.
But then, I’m retired and have the time to do this.
No one needs to ship a table or a frying pan to Mexico.
It makes zero sense.
@@Mexicobeanpole This is very helpful to hear b/c we are in the process of downsizing right now to move next year. thanks for sharing
This is great information on a very confusing topic. Thanks for sharing it!
Glad it was helpful! I get a lot of questions on this topic!
If it helps anyone, when I moved to Mexico for the first time, I brought two large unpopened containers of vitamin C and Zinc suppliments, stuff I use to protect myself from COVID, i stored them in my checked baggage and only had to pay an import fee for my custom PC desktop because I didnt know I needed to show receipts as proof of ownership. Customs told me that they wont even check for that same kind of receipt if it is a laptop and laptops you can bring in a carryon. The international airport in Mexico city is where i went through customs before traveling to Guadalajara as my final destination. Hope sharing this helps someone save some money.
Hey! Did you ship your desktop PC in your checked luggage? I will need to take my Alienware desktop with me to Mexico and I’m afraid i’ll have issues with customs
@@P38Z350 I can't tell you exactly how to do it right but I can tell you how I did it wrong lol. I wanted to put my desktop in my carryon but it was too big. So I dismantled my pc, wrapped every pc part in bubble wrap for protection and decided to purchase a new case once I was in Mexico and then put it back together. What I did WRONG is that I did not bring a reciept proving that I purchased this PC so I had to pay a fine. After that I was good to go. So from what the customs worker explained to me, if you got a laptop or a desktop, doesn't matter if it is in carryon, back back or checked luggage, bring a receipt as proof of purchase. That way they know you are not bringing it to Mexico to sell it. It's something they do to protect their economy as they have a growing electronics economy that they want to protect. Hope that helps.
Tickling the algorithm love your videos. 😃
Thanks for watching!
Great video! I just subscribed and have to catch up on lots of other videos. We are planning to move next year and need lots of advice of unknowns and how the process works. Thanks!
Wow! It sounds like a pain in the butt to move things from the US to Mexico! Probably cheaper to just buy new things! My husband was able to bring his supplements when we drove to Mexico. They quickly “searched” our car at the border not thoroughly and just wanted to know if we had gone shopping and if the items were ours 😅
Thanks for sharing your experience at the border! I created this video because I get a lot of questions on the topic, but I'm definitely team downsize & travel light 🤓
@@alex-wittman 👍👏👏💯
My hubby wants to drive our pick up truck when we move from Fl, but I don't want to do that drive. Were you a temp resident when you moved? Thanks for sharing.
Hello Alex, not related to the video but wanted to reach out. Just arrived in Queretaro for a month stay. Your many videos from here are a great help. Thank you!
I hope you enjoy your time in Querétaro! Such a lovely city 🫶🏼
great info, as usual!
Glad you think so, Dave!
Great informative video. Answered all my questions. You are awesome!
So glad to hear you found it helpful!
better sell your junk stateside, take the money and give your new country of residency the business to furnish your new digs in a style befitting your new home country.
I have another video about furnishing a home in Mexico-very doable!
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Hi Alex,
I just saw your video and got a lot of information🙏🏽
I have a question for you!
My husband and I are moving to Mexico .
from CA to Puebla, 🇲🇽
We want to use U haul and stop in Brownsville, Tx.
How is the best and safe all the way to Puebla ? Which moving companies do you recommend besides Dulce’s company?
Thanks,
Lorena
I have recently received my dual citizenship - do the same rules apply for shipping items?
do you need a visa to move belongings in a personal vehicle?
Same situation as Randyross above. Temporal visas, wanting to bring a few furnishings, clothes, etc. We dont need to go through the consulate? We want to drive it across the border in our 12 ft box truck. Please respond
If you're transporting items in your personal vehicle, you shouldn't need to go through the consulate, but I recommend having an inventory list of everything in your truck (translated).
Do any of these requirements differ for dual citizens?
I'm in a wheelchair moving down there from Ontario I do have some medication that I take daily how do I bring that with me across the Mexican border?
I'm also going through 30 years of household stuff trying to sell everything but I do have a power wheelchair and a couple other small items that I really would like to see in my new home down there so I was thinking of bringing my van with a small trailer I'll make sure I have a list of everything in Spanish hopefully I can get a cross with a van and trailer no problem
Thanks
Te perdiste mucho!!
I'm so tired just thinking about it. I moved to Kansas instead and bought a home for 1 /3 of what I sold my home for in Washington.
And I love it!
Good for you!! I looked at a move within the US as opposed to an international move in the beginning. I wasn’t able to find “the place”.
Are you happy in Kansas?
That's totally understandable--moving to another country is a huge undertaking...so many moving parts! What matters is that you found a place that you love! I'm thrilled for you & wish you all the best in Kansas 🥰
Hola Alex saludos
What sort of prohibitions on shipped items do Mexican nationals have when returning to Mexico?
Mexican citizens must get a notarized inventory list (menaje de casa) from a Mexican consulate. They have a six-month window during which to import their items.
Thanks@@alex-wittman . You wouldn't know if they have to abide by the same rules as immigrants, would you?
I can’t think of anything even everything I own that could be worth 11 thousand dollars 😂
Confused: I can't ship my personal artwork collection?
Yes, you can. It will cost you. The person packing and moving the items will be super important. Even with a great mover, expect some damage. It’s just a fact of life. Even in a U.S. move.
If they are registered collectibles, then I would consult with a customs specialist like Dulce from the Remove team. The link is in the description!
this is the issue i'm grappling with - i have an extensive collection, but they're probably more sentimental than anything - i'd hate to go through the whole process only to get to customs and they get "detained" - UGH
Hello, we have temporary residency cards. We own a home in Mexico. We plan to drive there with a cargo trailer of household goods. Am I to assume from your video that we won't need a form from the consulate? We just need to note all the items we are bringing? Thanks
Como estas ?
Muy bien, gracias por ver 🥰