Buffalo sits at the top of New York State on the Canadian border, and it gets more snow than anywhere else in this set. Both facts belong in the planning.
We connect your enquiry with a vetted international moving company from our network covering western New York, and they price the crossing and the inland stage together.
Goods clear at an east coast port, roughly fourteen to seventeen days from the UK on published schedules, then travel a few hundred miles north west across the state to Buffalo.
A February delivery and a July one are different jobs here, and the difference is measured in days of slack.
A moving company from the network confirms the sailing, the clearance, the inland run across the state and the delivery access.
The written quote covers both legs and the delivery window comes from them.
Who qualifies
Clearance is completed on the coast before the run across the state, so a paperwork problem shows up well before the weather does. Effects come in free of duty where they were for your own use, or used in a household where you were resident, for a year, and are not for sale or for anybody else.
The declaration
CBP Form 3299 is the declaration for goods arriving without you, with anything under twelve months old listed separately. Effects arriving more than ten years after your last arrival from the country where they were used are normally dutiable.
What catches people
Living near the Canadian border makes no difference to this. Your goods are imported into the United States and the customs position is settled there.
Before the inventory is finalised
Western New York is reached overland after a short Atlantic crossing. The sea leg is among the quicker ones and the inland stage is moderate, so on paper this is a straightforward route.
Weather is what complicates it. For several months of the year the final road stage carries more risk of delay than the ocean crossing does, which is an unusual way round.
The Atlantic crossing runs roughly fourteen to seventeen days on published schedules, then clearance and the inland run across the state. Allow five to seven weeks door to door.
An east coast port, then the goods travel overland to western New York. Which port depends on the service booked.
A great deal. Lake effect snow can arrive quickly and close roads, so a winter delivery date needs real slack built into it.
They qualify where they were for your own use, or used in a household where you were a resident, for one year, and are not intended for sale or for another person.
The declaration used to claim free entry for goods arriving separately from you. Ask the moving company handling your Buffalo route to confirm it in writing before you book.
Not the shipment itself. Your goods are imported into the United States and the customs position is decided there.
Only for most of a house. Shared container space suits smaller moves and costs less.
In winter, quite possibly. A crew cannot bring a vehicle onto an uncleared drive safely.
No. The moving company quotes you directly. Raise it early on a Buffalo enquiry so nothing is assumed on either side.
Send the collection address, the Buffalo delivery address, the time of year you are arriving and a rough inventory. A moving company from our network prices both legs and contacts you.
A Working Member of AGM Group. Enquiries are connected with vetted FIDI FAIM certified and BAR Overseas accredited international moving companies from the network.
We do not carry out removals. Your Buffalo move is priced and delivered by the moving company you are connected with.
Written by Darren Benjamin, Founder.