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i dont know if this is the right section to post in, me and my husband currently ended it and i have been going through the process of moving me and my our son back to the united kingdom where i am from, i was wondering if anyone else ever did this and what movers or company they used when shipping their belongings back. UPS ect are charging it seems $600 for 20 pound boxes just one so. Im trying to see if anyone has any advice on shipping out stuff back home.

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14 minutes ago, xlecilia said:

i dont know if this is the right section to post in, me and my husband currently ended it and i have been going through the process of moving me and my our son back to the united kingdom where i am from, i was wondering if anyone else ever did this and what movers or company they used when shipping their belongings back. UPS ect are charging it seems $600 for 20 pound boxes just one so. Im trying to see if anyone has any advice on shipping out stuff back home.

How many boxes  do you have? Most airlines charge about $75 for excess suitcases at 50 pounds. Could you bring a few excess suitcases/boxes? I’ve done this before and have also brought oddly shaped boxes. You just have to measure to make sure it isn’t bigger than the maximum. Good thing is you will have everything as soon as you arrive. 

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24 minutes ago, Kanja said:

How many boxes  do you have? Most airlines charge about $75 for excess suitcases at 50 pounds. Could you bring a few excess suitcases/boxes? I’ve done this before and have also brought oddly shaped boxes. You just have to measure to make sure it isn’t bigger than the maximum. Good thing is you will have everything as soon as you arrive. 

Yep.  That's what my wife did when she came to the US. 

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Thread is moved from "Emigrating Outside the US" to the United Kingdom regional forum.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

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34 minutes ago, xlecilia said:

well i have two toy boxes , one giant clothing box or if i was to also use moving boxes for them probs 3 and then just a pc tower and monitor so not a whole lot ?

Go to the airline website and they will tell you the maximum dimensions, I would probably not recommend moving boxes as they can be easily destroyed during transit. You may just have to separate  them all into suitcases or duffel bags. 

I-129F NOA1 : 2009-06-15

I-129F NOA2 : 2009-09-16

NVC Received : 2009-09-22

Consulate Received : 2009-09-28

Packet 3 Received : 2009-10-14

Packet 3 Sent :

Packet 4 Received :

Interview Date :

Interview Result :

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