Residence
The GOV.UK guide to living in Liechtenstein (opens in a new window) covers residency, healthcare and driving for British citizens and was last updated on 2 August 2023; read it for your own position.
Movers for Liechtenstein: the Swiss customs union, the Vaduz pedestrian-zone permit, and every Gemeinde named with its population.
International Movers to and from Liechtenstein
Your enquiry reaches a partner removal company, and that company does the move. Liechtenstein has only this page. Customs relief for belongings from the UK is not yet confirmed, and each fact below is marked as sourced or open.
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The paperwork
Which papers and permits come before a Liechtenstein move?
Liechtenstein shares a customs area with Switzerland. Customs relief for belongings coming from the UK is not yet confirmed, because the national administration’s own page refused our request. For residence, use the GOV.UK guide.
The Swiss customs union
An item on the Swiss customs administration’s website (opens in a new window), published on 12 October 2023, says “Seit 1924 bilden die Schweiz und das Fürstentum Liechtenstein eine Zollunion.” It continues: “Waren zur Ein-, Aus- oder Durchfuhr müssen nur an den Aussengrenzen zur EU angemeldet werden.” And it says: “Einen Umzug von der Schweiz ins Fürstentum Liechtenstein gilt als normaler Inlandtransport.” In plain terms, the two countries form one customs area, goods are declared at its outer border with the EU, and a move from Switzerland counts as domestic transport. The item covers Switzerland to Liechtenstein only.
Belongings from the UK
A Swiss customs form for people moving to Switzerland says “Übersiedlungsgut von Zuziehenden ist zollfrei.” That is a Swiss rule. No page we could read says how it works for an arrival in Liechtenstein, or for goods from the UK. The national administration’s site (llv.li) refused our request with an access error on 4 November 2026. Customs relief for UK belongings is therefore not yet confirmed. Ask your removal company to confirm it with the authorities before you book. The Swiss form (opens in a new window) is the one we read.
What we did not read
No official page on a motorway charge, car registration or bringing a pet was read, so we claim no rule on those; the removal company is the one to ask. For the British end, the UK customs documentation checklist lists the papers.
These notes hold in every Gemeinde. For a calendar of the steps, see the international moving checklist.
Vaduz
What does Vaduz ask of a lorry in the pedestrian zone?
The Vaduz website lets goods vehicles into the pedestrian zone of the Städtle without a permit from Monday to Saturday between 06:00 and 10:00. After 10:00 a driving permit is needed, charged per day. The page speaks of goods handling, not of house moves.
The permit-free window
The Vaduz website (opens in a new window) says: “Die Fussgängerzone im Vaduzer Städtle darf für den Güterumschlag von Montag bis Samstag jeweils von 06.00 bis 10.00 Uhr bewilligungsfrei befahren werden.” That is Monday to Saturday, 06:00 to 10:00, for the loading and unloading of goods.
After ten in the morning
The page continues: “Für das Befahren der Fussgängerzone nach 10.00 Uhr vormittags wird eine Fahrbewilligung benötigt.” The fee is given as “Gebühr pro Tag: CHF 10.00 (PKW) / CHF 20.00 (LKW)”, that is CHF 10.00 a day for a car and CHF 20.00 a day for a lorry. No lead time is stated.
Who to ask
The page says: “Bei Bedarf einer Fahrbewilligung steht die Gemeindepolizei unter gemeindepolizei(at)vaduz.li oder Telefon +423 237 78 50 zur Verfügung.” It then says “Folgende Angaben sind notwendig:” and lists “Autokennzeichen”, “Gewünschtes Datum” and “Fahrzeugart (PKW oder LKW)”. Whether a house move counts as goods handling is not yet confirmed, so put the question to the Gemeindepolizei. Vaduz has 6,108 residents in the Amt für Statistik count of 31 December 2025.
All 11 Gemeinden
Where is my Gemeinde named?
All 11 Gemeinden are named here with the standing population on 31 December 2025, together with Nendeln and Mäls. None reaches 20,000 and none has a page of its own. No Gemeinde moving rule with both a fee and a notice period was found.
The Amt für Statistik puts the standing population of Liechtenstein at 41,228 on 31 December 2025 (population page (opens in a new window); Gemeinde figures from table 2.1.1 of its tables file). Schaan is the largest Gemeinde. The Oberland and Unterland grouping below is the usual one; its six Oberland Gemeinden add to the 63.7 percent that the same page gives for the Oberland.
Oberland
The Oberland holds six Gemeinden: Schaan (6,294); Vaduz (6,108); Triesen (5,785); Balzers (4,835), which includes the former hamlet of Mäls (Maels); Triesenberg (2,742); Planken (499).
Unterland
The Unterland holds five Gemeinden: Eschen (4,781), which has the two Ortsteile Eschen and Nendeln; Mauren (4,663); Ruggell (2,568); Gamprin (1,773); Schellenberg (1,180).
Nendeln and Mäls
Nendeln is one of two parts of the Gemeinde Eschen. The Gemeinde’s brochure calls them “Die beiden Ortsteile Eschen und Nendeln”. Mäls is not a Gemeinde: an English-language reference (a secondary source, not an official page) says “Mäls is a former Weiler (hamlet) of Liechtenstein, located in the municipality of Balzers.”
What was searched
Only Vaduz and Schaan were searched for a moving rule. Schaan’s parking regulation for public land has no moving provision that we found. The other nine Gemeinden were not looked up, so no rule from them is claimed.
Missing your Gemeinde? Put its name in the enquiry.
Facts checked: 4 November 2026. Rules move on, so reread the sources before you hand over a deposit.
Related guides
Guides that apply to every Liechtenstein move
This is the only Liechtenstein page. Two shared guides cover the steps that are the same in every country.
Questions
Quick answers before you move to Liechtenstein
Is there a customs border between Switzerland and Liechtenstein?
The Swiss customs item says a move from Switzerland counts as normal domestic transport.
The two countries have formed a customs union since 1924. That covers Switzerland only, not a move from the UK.
Will belongings from the UK be exempt from duty in Liechtenstein?
Not yet confirmed: the national administration’s page refused our request on 4 November 2026.
The Swiss rule for newcomers is a Swiss rule, and no page we read says how it works in Liechtenstein. Ask your removal company to confirm it.
Do I need a permit for a lorry in the Vaduz pedestrian zone?
After 10:00 a driving permit is needed, according to the Vaduz website.
The fee is CHF 10.00 a day for a car and CHF 20.00 for a lorry. The page speaks of goods handling, so ask the Gemeindepolizei whether a move counts.
How early must I tell my Gemeinde about a moving day?
We found no notice period or fee for a moving day in any Gemeinde.
Only Vaduz and Schaan were searched. Ask your own Gemeinde before you book.
Is my Gemeinde covered here?
Yes. All 11 Gemeinden are named, with Nendeln and Mäls.
If it is missing from the list, name it in the enquiry.
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