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Resourceful tips during the final Return to India. Shipping cargo, relocation
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Here is an approximate
"countdown" of the numerous things to take care of before
permanently returning to India.
First and foremost you must make up your mind
(along with your spouse/kids) about returning to India.
Finalize the Departure day (D-day).
100 days to D-Day:
- Cancel unwanted credit cards.
- Open a bank account accessible over the
web. Keep just that one credit card that is fully
operational over the internet, in conjunction with the bank
account.
- Get a 1040-C from the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS). Collect all the documents required to
complete the 1040-C form.
- Look around and start the final shopping of
things you want to take to India.
- Take inventory of the stuff in your home.
Decide on the items to ship, items to carry with you and
items to discard.
- Make lists of memberships, refundable
deposits, bank accounts etc.
- Collect information about air tickets and
shipping companies. NRIOL provides a resourceful list which
can be accessed by clicking here ( ).
- Estimate the volume of the things that you
are going to ship.
- Request a Free a
Quotation for International Moving on NRIOL from serveral competing Interanational Movers.
90 Days to D-Day:
60 Days to D-Day:
- Resign only after booking the tickets. Your
boss does not have much choice now!
- Follow up with your pension funds, 401K,
other financial accounts, if any.
- Finalize the list of items to discard,
start finding any takers. Start discarding unwanted clothes,
toys, books etc.
- Start updating friends' addresses and email
IDs.
- Decide on shipping company to use. Find out
when their ship sails and when you must hand your goods to
them. Also check if they deal with the customs in India.
- Instruct insurance company to cancel your
auto insurance with effect from the D-day and ask for the
refund.
- Decide when you want to sell the car what
alternate transportation to use.
30 Days to D-Day:
- Inform change of address to banks and
credit cards.
- Cancel magazine subscriptions or inform
them of change of address, either in the US or the Indian
address.
- Cancel newspaper, AAA, Department store,
video, library memberships.
- Keep the first and the last utility bills,
credit card statements for reference, destroy the rest.
- Submit the 1040-C. It takes them about 15+
days to give you the sailing permit.
- Take printouts of things like customs
rules, resumes. etc.
- Finalize money management: in which
account(s) and what amount is to be kept here, how much is
to be carried with?
- Collect travellers' cheques, international
dollar drafts etc.
15 Days to D-Day:
- Ship things. Make sure you will have all
necessary papers like the bill of lading with you before you
depart.
- Assemble all important papers, manuals and
receipts of appliances etc.
- Arrange for disconnecting the utilities and
payments of the last month's bills.
- Must sell the car and rent one!
- Call all your friends and relatives and
inform them.
0 days to go to D-Day:
- Don't forget to pack the toothbrush!
Good Luck with the move !!
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