Wanderlustspirit
5/21/2015 13:10 EST
We have rule out Uruvan as they seem to be the "cadillac" of movers & are considering 1 of 3 options.
1) Autogiro (I have heard good feedback on this company on this blog)
2) Alvarez Briano (one of the shippers we are considering working with knows the owners personally & thinks highly of this company)
3) using an importer/exporter to move our items from the port to our home (should save about $ 750 or more but will break the insurance coverage at the port as the shipper of our goods to the port will no longer be responsible with a 3rd party they do not know)
Just wanting to get anyone's thoughts as planning to lock in with a mover & UY handler of our goods within the next 2 days!
Thank you!
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crazyfarmer
5/21/2015 15:58 EST
We used Uruvan. I bet Autogiro is almost the same price. The only issue we had with Uruvan was that they ignored our values for the container and just picked some arbitrary number based on the size of the container. But if you have land, you can do the bond instead, right?
The insurance coverage thing is a big deal. Because you're not just losing it from the port to your house, but all the way back to the US. This is because the mover up there can just say that whatever was broken had to be broken by your mover here, right?
I would just recommend picking Uruvan or Autogiro and pay it. It will cost more. But you're buying fewer headaches at a time when you'll have a lot of headaches.
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Wanderlustspirit
5/22/2015 08:01 EST
I've asked about not having to pay the bond b/c of the house we are purchasing but have not received the response that I will not have to pay for the bond.
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Morell
5/22/2015 08:47 EST
I have never heard that you do not pay it if you have bought a house.
Here are the choices I believe are still current.
There are 3 options for guarantee:
1) Banking Guarantee Letter: issued by any local bank in which you have an account. Following information must be detailed in the letter:
o Name of consignee
o Declared value
o Beneficiary: Dirección Nacional de Aduanas
o Validity: minimum 2 years, until you get your legal residence permit.
o Notary certification
2) Cash Deposit to the Customs Authorities account at the Banco de la República Oriental del Uruguay (BROU)
3) Insurance Policy through Banco de Seguros del Estado as follows:
a) if you have a property in Uruguay valued more than US$ 100.000 you should fill in a form along with certificate of property issued by an official notary.
You then make a cash deposit corresponding to the 75% of the declared value of the guarantee plus a premium due the insurance broker at the Bank. Tel: +598 2915 2551 I F: +598 2915 1637 Misiones 1589, Montevideo. Uruguay
• Packing list or inventory translated into Spanish
• Customs forms
• Declaration of value of your shipment (same as declared for the guarantee)
Whoever you are using here should be able to explain the choices in more details.
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crazyfarmer
5/22/2015 14:27 EST
>I have never heard that you do not pay it if you have bought a
>house.
>3) Insurance Policy through Banco de Seguros del Estado as
>follows:
>a) if you have a property in Uruguay valued more than US$
>100.000 you should fill in a form along with certificate of property
>issued by an official notary.
This is kind of what we're talking about, right?
>You then make a cash deposit corresponding to the 75% of the
>declared value of the guarantee plus a premium due the
>insurance broker at the Bank.
Our property is worth considerably less than $100k and we were still able to do this. Also, we weren't able to cover the entire cost of the bond because our houses weren't in BPS and couldn't be used as part of the appraised value. Still, we got most of the $14k back. We managed to switch from the $14k to using the property as collateral half way through our residency process, and got the rest back at the end. Using the property cost us about $300 a year, which we paid once because our residency was complete before the year was out.
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Morell
5/22/2015 16:57 EST
I guess it is just semantics. I was meaning that just because you buy a house does not mean you are off the hook for the bond/ guarantee.
You either give a cash deposit or you buy insurance or you work through your bank.
I would be interested to know if anyone has used the bank option. I assume you have to deposit an amount into the bank that you cannot access until you get permanent residency but I do not know anyone who has done this.
Talking of permanent residency. A nearby expat told me yesterday he just got his - he is married to a Uruguayan, took him 5 1/2 years!
He went to get his permanent cedula and was told, No, we need a new copy of your birth certificate translated etc. before we can give it to you. So he still does not have it.
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