Long Island is easy to reach and awkward to drive across, because the parkways that look like the direct route are closed to commercial vehicles. That single fact shapes every delivery here.
We connect your enquiry with a vetted international moving company from our network covering Nassau and Suffolk, and they plan the route in knowing which roads a lorry can actually use.
Goods clear through the New York and New Jersey port complex, one of the shortest runs from the UK at roughly eight to seventeen days depending on the service, then travel east onto the island.
The ocean side of this is among the easiest in the country. New York takes the shortest Atlantic sailings and the port complex is a short distance from the island itself.
The road side is where local knowledge earns its money. Parkway restrictions on commercial traffic mean the sensible looking route is often not available, and a crew that does not know the island will discover that on the day.
Clearance takes place at the port complex before anything heads east, so the customs stage is done before the awkward driving begins. Effects enter free of duty where they were for your personal use, or used in a household where you were a resident, for a year, and are not intended for sale or for another person.
CBP Form 3299 supports the claim on goods arriving without you, with newer items declared separately and a ten year limit measured from your last arrival from the country where the goods were used.
Status at import affects how a shipment is handled and guidance conflicts. Get your own answer from CBP in writing before packing.
Before the inventory is finalised
Give us the town, not the island. Nassau and eastern Suffolk are entirely different drives, and the routing restrictions make that gap wider than the mileage.
Your route gets checked. A moving company from the network confirms the sailing, the clearance and a delivery route that a commercial vehicle can legally take.
You deal with them directly. The quote, the timetable and the delivery plan come from them in writing.
Goods clear through the New York and New Jersey port complex, roughly eight to seventeen days from the UK depending on the service. Allow four to six weeks door to door.
Because the island runs over a hundred miles end to end, and road restrictions make the eastern end considerably slower to reach than the mileage suggests.
They are closed to commercial vehicles, so a removal lorry cannot use the routes that look most direct on a map. Local knowledge matters here.
At the New York and New Jersey port complex, before travelling east onto the island.
They qualify where they were for your personal 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 that supports a free entry claim for goods arriving without you. It applies to every Long Island shipment we connect, whatever size the move is.
Towards the eastern end, yes. Seasonal traffic can add a substantial amount of time to a delivery run.
Only for most of a house. Shared container space works well on this route given how frequently it runs.
No. The introduction is free and the moving company quotes you direct. It is worth confirming this at the survey stage of your Long Island move.
Send the collection address, the town on Long Island rather than just the island, your date and a rough inventory. A moving company from our network takes it from there.
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 are an enquiry service, not a mover. Your Long Island move is quoted and carried out by the moving company you are introduced to.
Written by Darren Benjamin, Founder.