captain4tuna
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Moving Trailer to San Diego- Border Question
Good morning Nomads......Kids are coming down with large cargo trailer to move personal items from our storage......From Baja Norte to San
Diego.....Question is, is there a preferred point of entry? Do we need to do anything with Border and Customs prior to this move? Are they going to
open everything? Plastic storage containers and sealed cardboard boxes.....Would be hell to repack everything....
Gracias!
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captain4tuna
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Anyone?
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RnR
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| Quote: | Originally posted by captain4tuna
Good morning Nomads......Kids are coming down with large cargo trailer to move personal items from our storage......From Baja Norte to San
Diego.....Question is, is there a preferred point of entry? Do we need to do anything with Border and Customs prior to this move? Are they going to
open everything? Plastic storage containers and sealed cardboard boxes.....Would be hell to repack everything....
Gracias! |
We have come back north with a trailer every year for the last ten years, or so. Sometimes it's been almost empty and other times it's been quite
full.
At the border you must (should?) declare what you have in the vehicle and the trailer. We have been sent to secondary EVERY year. Whether we have a
bunch of stuff declared or nothing.
We have crossed at all three crossings. Tijuana is the worst. Otay is not much better. Tecate has been okay. The wait for secondary has been over
an hour at both TJ and Otay. The wait at Tecate - 2 or 3 minutes.
The actual inspections have been minimal. Open the trailer doors, look inside, done. They have all spent more time looking thru the cooler for food
than they have spent looking inside the trailer.
If your declared value is high, have as many family members in the tow vehicle as possible. Even if you just get in the vehicle to cross the border.
The declaration exemption value is cumulative for all family members in the vehicle.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by captain4tuna
Good morning Nomads......Kids are coming down with large cargo trailer to move personal items from our storage......From Baja Norte to San
Diego.....Question is, is there a preferred point of entry? Do we need to do anything with Border and Customs prior to this move? Are they going to
open everything? Plastic storage containers and sealed cardboard boxes.....Would be hell to repack everything....
Gracias! |
Well.....it could be a big can of worms, or it could be nothing. I would try to have the containers itemized[containers....not contents] and that
might make them happy. Just put a piece of tape on the box and write a vague description of the contents....you
know....."Cocaine".....Marijuana.........Hand Grenades......like that. [jes kiddin'. Don't do that]
Hope for the best and be prepared for the worst.
Any crossing will be the same as the others. They all have secondary.
There's nothing you can do in advance with CBP.
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captain4tuna
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Thanks RnR....
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captain4tuna
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Thanks Dennis....I knew you'd post...lol....I've numbered the boxes and written a small summary of contents on a separate pad....
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Bureaucrats love paperwork. Lists, itemized cross references, footnotes, attachments. They live with it on the job. They think it's normal, even
mandatory.
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by captain4tuna
Thanks Dennis....I knew you'd post...lol....I've numbered the boxes and written a small summary of contents on a separate pad....
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Are you moving north?
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