Check duty-free household effects
3 tasks in suggested order
1. Check eligibility for duty-free household effects
Complete residence/work registration and customs formalities before or immediately upon moving in; deadlines depend on status.
Customs/Bundesamt für Zoll und Grenzsicherheit and the residents'/migration authority of the new municipality/canton.
Inventory/evidence of household effects, identity, residence/employment evidence and customs forms according to the official page.
Duty-free household effects have separate requirements. Residence registration and customs clearance are separate steps.
Official source: Bundesamt für Zoll und Grenzsicherheit BAZG
2. Prepare form 18.44 and the inventory list
Complete residence/work registration and customs formalities before or immediately upon moving in; deadlines depend on status.
Customs/Bundesamt für Zoll und Grenzsicherheit and the residents'/migration authority of the new municipality/canton.
Inventory/evidence of household effects, identity, residence/employment evidence and customs forms according to the official page.
Duty-free household effects have separate requirements. Residence registration and customs clearance are separate steps.
Official source: Bundesamt für Zoll und Grenzsicherheit BAZG
3. Declare the household effects at a competent customs office
Complete residence/work registration and customs formalities before or immediately upon moving in; deadlines depend on status.
Customs/Bundesamt für Zoll und Grenzsicherheit and the residents'/migration authority of the new municipality/canton.
Inventory/evidence of household effects, identity, residence/employment evidence and customs forms according to the official page.
Duty-free household effects have separate requirements. Residence registration and customs clearance are separate steps.
Official source: Bundesamt für Zoll und Grenzsicherheit BAZG
