Checklist – Moving Internationally

• Prepare inventory of all belongings confirming items to be shipped or stored. Brief removalist accordingly.
• Identify items to be sold, disposed of , collected, given away. Allow sufficient time for major possessions such as a car.
• Arrange travel documentation including booking flights, airport transfers and visas.
• Check Customs and Quarantine requirements.
  
• Apprise yourselves of luggage restrictions.
  
• Research and collate a file on your new country of residence. Include maps, travel guides, language translators etc.
  
• Arrange transport and care of pets, including Quarantine.
• Arrange Insurance for personal travel, transport of belongings, travel medical insurance.
  
• Establish appropriate bank accounts in your new country.
  
• Cancel redundant credit or store cards.
  
• Advise all financial institutions of your move, including Tax Department, pension funds and investment portfolio etc.
  
• Share portfolios to be collated and copied.
  
• Investigate and allow for customs duties on shipped goods.
  
• Contact Electoral Office for overseas voting arrangements.
  
• Apply for overseas driving licence and obtain driving record details as pertains to insurance rebates etc.
  
• Domestic appliances to be disconnected and some will need to be adapted for use in a foreign country. Check relevant voltage.
  
• Comprehensively list, then advise, all service providers : internet, cable TV, utilities, garbage removal etc.
  
• Cancel social associations memberships where relevant.
  
• Obtain medical and dental records, any necessary interim prescriptions.
  
• Obtain prescriptions for glasses.
  
• Arrange any necessary vaccinations and inoculations.
  
• Personal papers require special attention. Everything from marriage, birth and death certificates to wills and school records. Keep duplicates in separate file.
  
• Research educational institutions thoroughly and complete enrollment requirements as a matter of priority.