Mini moving update
Jun. 22nd, 2018 08:19 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenayThings are still moving along. Mum and I spent several hours on Sunday doing a very detailed inventory of everything for the insurance forms, which was as fun as it sounds.
Yesterday one of the big hurdles was crossed - my transfer of residency application was approved! That's the form needed to waive tax on my belongings (and cats), so that was important. Shippers won't even start packing without that, so having that in hand is a relief.
I've made arrangements for the cats to have their pre-flight health check and complete the EU certificate on July 5th. My pet shipper will pick all that paperwork up afterwards and take it to the official who has to counter-sign it, so that will be the other really big hurdle done. It's definitely worth getting a pet shipper for this!
I've registered with a currency broker so I am ready to transfer my savings when the time is right, at better rates than my bank has, which is good. The only complicating part for the transfer is that I don't know whether my soon-to-be-ex-employer will be paying out the vacation and overtime they owe me in a big lump sum on my last day, or if they'll continue to pay me at the normal rate until all of that is used up. I guess that I'll find out next Friday.
I'll have to transfer *some* money over no matter what happens, so I have money to use when I get to the UK. I'd rather not spread it over two transfers (two set of fees!), but I can't exactly wait around for six weeks if the company does decide to spread the payments out. So we'll see how that goes.
Dad arrived yesterday to help out with the last bits and pieces, so we'll see how helpful he actually is ;-) I'd forgotten how lovely it is to just quietly chat with him. Usually all I get is a weekly group Skype with the whole family, which isn't the same. It's all about passing news across, not actually talking.
Having these quiet moments with people is one of the reasons I'm moving. It's good to have that reminder with all the chaos going on.
Yesterday one of the big hurdles was crossed - my transfer of residency application was approved! That's the form needed to waive tax on my belongings (and cats), so that was important. Shippers won't even start packing without that, so having that in hand is a relief.
I've made arrangements for the cats to have their pre-flight health check and complete the EU certificate on July 5th. My pet shipper will pick all that paperwork up afterwards and take it to the official who has to counter-sign it, so that will be the other really big hurdle done. It's definitely worth getting a pet shipper for this!
I've registered with a currency broker so I am ready to transfer my savings when the time is right, at better rates than my bank has, which is good. The only complicating part for the transfer is that I don't know whether my soon-to-be-ex-employer will be paying out the vacation and overtime they owe me in a big lump sum on my last day, or if they'll continue to pay me at the normal rate until all of that is used up. I guess that I'll find out next Friday.
I'll have to transfer *some* money over no matter what happens, so I have money to use when I get to the UK. I'd rather not spread it over two transfers (two set of fees!), but I can't exactly wait around for six weeks if the company does decide to spread the payments out. So we'll see how that goes.
Dad arrived yesterday to help out with the last bits and pieces, so we'll see how helpful he actually is ;-) I'd forgotten how lovely it is to just quietly chat with him. Usually all I get is a weekly group Skype with the whole family, which isn't the same. It's all about passing news across, not actually talking.
Having these quiet moments with people is one of the reasons I'm moving. It's good to have that reminder with all the chaos going on.
