POE with shower/wedding gifts

[ewdd 1]

i am planing on entering the US in march and my family is throwing my fiance and I a wedding shower/moving party in early march....will we be ok to bring our gifts across the border with everything else? or do we need to do anything specific?

[SF2007 48]

Your personal effects and property are not taxed when you move to the U.S.

When you say "we", do you mean your family be traveling with you? Rules for them are different; the tax free amount visitors can bring to the U.S. as presents depends on the length of their stay.

Edited February 12, 2012 by SF2007

[ewdd 1]

Your personal effects and property are not taxed when you move to the U.S.

When you say "we", do you mean your family be traveling with you? Rules for them are different; the tax free amount visitors can bring to the U.S. as presents depends on the length of their stay.

my fiance is flying up to drive back down with me...we will have my suv and uhaul trailer with my belongings....which will include newly received wedding/shower gifts...

[Inky 1,110]

my fiance is flying up to drive back down with me...we will have my suv and uhaul trailer with my belongings....which will include newly received wedding/shower gifts...

You shouldn't have a problem doing that. Have a general itemized / boxed list with you just in case they ask contents of trailer, but they never asked nor looked in our UHaul.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Right - most of us have found that the border guards generally aren't looking in the truck/ trailer and seldom do they even look at the list. But it's good to have the list prepared. They aren't particularly interested in whether you have new items from your shower or something you've owned 20 yrs either. I came prepared with a list and even receipts from small things like my computer and yr old TV, but I was never asked for any of it.

[brooksie 3]

you or your family is allowed to bring your stuff tax free for up to 10 years theirs a form you need i just forget the number, all your stuff you bring at the POE and for 10 years after (with the from) is duty free you don't need the from at poe, a lot of people say you need a list i didn't make one and they didn't ask, they did ask if i had any guns lmao

[Kathryn41 3,205]

While technically anything less than a year old - even if it is your personal belongings - is subject to duty, the border guards are not really interested in charging it for personal items. They are more concerned about someone trying to import duty free new items that they intend to 'sell'. So, make a list of what you are bringing and you can probably make up a separate list called Shower/Wedding Presents and itemize your gifts there. I suspect the border won't be at all interested in your lists, but have them prepared just in case.

We did the same thing on my POE - my husband flew up, rented a vehicle at the airport, drove across the border to pick up me, my cats and my fragile belongings and things I didn't want to trust to the movers, including my wedding dress. I had everything itemized and listed as to less than a year old and older. They weren't at all interested in anything except processing the K-1 visa.

Good luck!