Assignments end, sometimes on schedule and sometimes at three weeks' notice. Either way the return leg gets less planning than the outbound one did, and it usually needs more.
We connect your enquiry with a vetted international moving company from our network that runs the route home as routinely as the route out.
Two questions decide most of it. Does the policy cover the return, and have you started the Transfer of Residence application, which has to happen before the goods arrive rather than with them.
the shipping is straightforward and the two things that catch people are the relief application, which has to start early, and whether the employer is covering the return at all.
Assignments that end early leave the least time and the most confusion. If there is any chance of that, establish the return position with your employer while things are calm rather than in the final fortnight.
The shipment is usually larger than the one that came out. Assignments last years, families acquire furniture and equipment, and what returns is rarely what left.
The customs side reverses entirely. Instead of a declaration prepared by the mover and travelling with the shipment, there is a relief application made by you in advance of it.
And the housing sequence is often worse. Returning to Britain frequently means arriving before a home is arranged, which makes storage a normal part of the plan rather than a contingency.
Ideally at the start of the assignment, and certainly before the end date is announced.
It is the item with the longest lead time and the one most often left too late.
Households grow over an assignment, and shipping everything back rarely makes sense.
Some do and some do not, and policies frequently detail the outbound leg far more thoroughly than the return. Establish it early rather than at the end.
Leaving the Transfer of Residence application until the shipping is booked. It has to be applied for before the goods arrive.
Often, yes. Assignments last years and households accumulate, so what returns is rarely what came out.
Not necessarily. American appliances will not suit a UK home, and furniture bought locally may be worth selling rather than shipping.
That is the hardest version, because everything compresses. Establish the return position while there is time rather than in the final fortnight.
Frequently, because returning often happens before permanent housing is arranged. Price it alongside the shipping.
A US vehicle returning to Britain has its own requirements. Raise it separately and early.
From the east coast, roughly two weeks at sea plus the usual collection, clearance and delivery stages either side.
Generally not. The voltage and frequency differ in the other direction too, and they are rarely worth the freight.
Send your US collection address, your UK delivery area, the assignment end date and a rough inventory. A moving company from our network quotes the return and any storage.
Send your move detailsA 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 rather than a relocation management company. Policy terms are between you and your employer, and UK relief is administered by HMRC.
Written by Darren Benjamin, Founder.