Packing List

Not knowing where to start and where to end, i remember how difficult it was for me to get my packing and planning straight.
Below some "orientation points" for your moving.
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Important Documents

Especially official documents are difficult to get once you are outside of your country. My TIP is to make copies of each document and give it to one of your closest friends / family memebers, and if possible scan your documents and save them secure online, so you can print them anytime you want.

And if you have planned to aply for another job overseas etc, get an approved english version of your qualification documents. There are translation offices in every city that will do the job for you.
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• Birth certificates
• Personal and family documents
• Medical and dental records
• Drivers licence / International drivers licence
• Insurance records
• School records
• Bank records
• Investment records
• Diving licence / Pilot licence (other licences)

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Where You Have To Go

There are some ways you will have to make prior to your one big step:

• Your bank to transfer accounts / fonds / shares
• Your doctor and dentist to obtain your records and get
• Your vet to obtain health certificates for pets
• The tax office to arrange for settlement of taxes
• Translator to get your qualifications translated
• Insurance Companies to decide wether to keep / transfer or change your insurances

Things To Do

• Forward your change of address to post office, insurance companies, credit cards, tax office and subscribed magazines.
• Tell your friends and business contacts
• Cancel telephone and utilities accounts
• Cancel cable, newspaper, laundry and security or alarm systems
• Cancel cards/passes/credit cards etc you wont need any longer (check the cancellation period!)
• Sell or store things you wont need or dont want to take with you (ebay / garage sale etc)
• Organize your Move
• Get Information on Singapore so the culture shock wont hit you too hard

Moving Tips

• Make special shipping arrangements for items like live plants, foodstuff, firearms and hazardous materials like paint, spray cans, oils etc.
• Don't ship valuables like money, stocks and bonds, jewelry and stamp and coin collections. Carry them personally
• Separate your belongings into: items to be shipped by air / by sea / to be stored / not to be shipped
• Inform your moving company if you require storage at your destination and whether you will be present at the destination when the shipment arrives.
• Forward these to your moving company: Insurance forms, customs documents, declaration of alcohol and list of new items.
  (Read: International Moving To Singapore)