Moving to the US: Customs Declarations

[vaneremy 0]

Hello all... I'll be moving to the US on a K1 fiancee visa on Wednesday. My intention is to bring some of my stuff with me, and then have my parents bring the rest of my stuff when they come for the wedding in September. I have two questions:

1) What am I required to declare on the customs form? How much detail should I provide for my personal items, and how do I determine the value of items purchased over many years? Also, is there a maximum value that my items can be valued at?

2) Similarly, are my parents able to bring in personal effects for me duty free? What should they put on the customs form?

Thanks for everyone's help... it will make me a bit less anxious on my journey over. I appreciate anyone's help!!

[j&js 0]

If you are just bringing a few suitcases worth of personal stuff, I wouldn't be too concerned. I have never heard of them checking that sort of thing all that carefully. I would be prepared to declare any money and maybe valuables, but other then that I would think they don't care how much your wardrobe cost... Could be wrong on this, but if I am then my husband did it all wrong when he came through customs and so did I in moving back to the states a couple years ago and no one seemed to care!