As SA’s largest independent international moving specialists, with a separate Specialist International Division, Biddulphs have dedicated over 95 years to moving prized possessions and households all over the world. Always with care, always professionally packed.
So you can relax, even when you arrive. Our shareholding in move management company Harmony Relocation Network is a global network of locally owned moving and dsp companies, upholding strong family values through generations of heritage. A network of committed partners, brought together under one truly global infrastructure with advanced technology, quality system and sustainability norms. That means you always have someone to talk to when you reach your new home.
Our removal consultants are expertly versed in all aspects of overseas moving.
Our experts will advise you on the most economical route to your destination.
Our expertise takes the headache out of things like customs clearance, transportation, storage, packing and unpacking, insurance and even what you’re allowed to take with you.
Many of our team leaders and packers have been with the company for over twenty years ensuring you of professional packing.
Relocation Guides have been produced by Biddulphs for all the popular destination countries and will be given to you.
We employ selected agents world-wide who are members of FIDI, so you can be certain that you get the same continuity of service in your new country that you get here from Biddulphs.
Biddulphs are shareholders in Harmony Relocation Network, the largest moving organisation in the world and in most instances the destination agent will also be a Harmony member.
Our designated agent will look after your customs clearance requirements, delivery to your new residence, unpacking, placing of furniture and removal of the debris.
A comprehensive guide to planning your overseas move is available from any of our offices. Ask for the BEE Guide.
Personal effects can be shipped by sea, air or land. Sea shipments are most often shipped in standard steel containers. There are two standard sizes:
A 6 metre (20 foot) container which has a volume of 30 cubic metres (1050 cubic foot)
A 12 metre (40 foot) container which has a volume of 60 cubic metres (2100 cubic foot)
A 6 metre container generally accommodates a medium sized household without patio furniture and extras. A 12 metre container will normally hold a larger household.
Seafreight to most destinations in the world is cheaper than airfreight but specific advice will be given to you by our consultants.
If you choose this option, you decide when the container is shipped. The advantage is that you can plan the packing and delivery dates. If it is a direct shipment (with no storage), the container will be loaded at your residence, secured and sealed with a bolt seal and your consignment delivered in the same container to your new residence overseas.
The exception to this is where the destination Customs and/or Agricultural Authorities need to inspect the consignment. Consignments to Australia are always inspected and can, therefore, never be delivered to the new residence in the container.
Consignments which are less than a container load are shipped in one of our groupage containers. This means that your effects are shipped together with other shipments of household effects in our system which are bound for the same destination.
Biddulphs International offer a regular groupage service to the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, U.S.A. and many other countries which are popular destinations.
Export permits for motor vehicles are obtainable from the Department of Trade and Industry in Pretoria Phone: (012) 310-9791
Exemption certificates for wine and spirits are obtainable from the dept.of Agriculture at OR Tambo International Airport Phone: (011) 970-3130/1
The Department of Agriculture in Stellenbosch Phone: (021) 809-1602
Export permits for animal skins/hides/horns are obtainable from a State Veterinarian in:
Johannesburg Phone: (011) 838-5603
Randfontein Phone: (011) 411-4300
Germiston Phone: (011) 821-7700
Pretoria Phone: (012) 328-5140
Cape Town Phone: (021) 551-2050
Durban Phone: (031) 332-6731
Export permits for firearms are obtainable from your local police station.
Police Clearance Certificates are obtainable from the Brixton Murder and Robbery Vehicle Theft Unit, Brixton Street; Brixton, Johannesburg, OR the Roy Beamish Building, Modderdam Road, DF Malan Industria, Cape Town OR Luttig Street, Pretoria West OR the Rossburgh Testing Grounds, Opposite Southway Mall, Edwin Swales Drive, Rossburgh, Durban.
For your visa, temporary and permanent residence requirements we recommend your using the services of an immigration specialist attorney.
Biddulphs has a professional relationship with Julian Pokroy, one of the leading immigration attorneys in South Africa, spanning a period of over twenty-five years.
To learn more click here: www.immigration-sa.com
For emigration and relocation services go to: www.4-corners.co.za
Click on our Documents & Forms page to download the forms that you require.
Biddulphs International has been moving families around the country since 1928.
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