This link contains a U.S. Customs 3299 which you will be required to complete and sign to clear your unaccompanied personal effect and household goods through U.S. Customs.

Part I

You (the shipper) must complete the following section of Part I of form 3299.

1. Importer's (your) name
2. Date of Birth
3. Date of arrival (the date you arrived in the U.S.)
4. U.S. address
5. Port of arrival (the port at which the importer first arrived in the U.S.)
6. Name of arriving vessel/carrier and flight
7. Name(s) of accompanying household member(s)

You are not required to complete section 8, part I of the form.

Part II

The following sections of Part II must be completed.

 9. Residency. This section is used to indicate your previous and present residency status.
10. Statement(s) of eligibility for free entry of articles. You must declare the items for which you seek duty-free entry.

Part III

If your shipments are not moving under a Government Bill of Lading, you are not required to complete Part Ill of form 3299.

Part IV

In Part IV, you must mark all the applicable boxes and declare any of the following items contained in your shipment.

1. Articles for the account of other persons (gifts).
2. Articles for sale or commercial use.
3. Firearms and/or ammunition.
4. Alcoholic beverages of all types or tobacco products.
5. Fruits, plants, seeds, meats or birds.
6. Fish, wildlife or animal products.
7. Foreign household effects acquired abroad and used less than one year.
8. Personal effects acquired abroad.
9. Foreign-made articles acquired in the United States and taken abroad on this trip or acquired abroad on another trip that was previously declared to U.S. Customs.
10. Articles taken abroad which were altered or repaired overseas.

Part IV, section D requires that you list any of the items declared in Part IV, items 1-22 and then provide customs with a description and a value of this merchandise.

Part V

You are not required to complete Part V.

Part VI

You must sign form 3299 in Part IV, Section 2 and date the form in Part VI, Section 3. The completed, signed form should be mailed or given personally to your North American agent. Without this completed form, North American will not be able to arrange customs clearance.

If you are unable to complete form 3299 at origin, please contact your North American agent upon your arrival in the United States and we will mail or fax it to you.

Please include with your 3299 customs form a copy of your passport and the passport of any accompanying household members. If you are relocating to the United States for work purposes, please also include a copy of your work visa.