Legal advice needed on returning to SA

[Veronica]

Originally Posted by sahana_kumar

Hi Johanna,

I can very well understand your tension and stress as you are making a huge move back home. Having worked with our bank's expatriates who move across the world on assignments, i am aware of the trauma the move causes until we reach home with everything intact.

From your post I understand that you are a professor. Be calm mam and let not the students get tensed. i can see how passionate you are about your cars. Its rare to see people like this as only few consider " Old is Gold "

Do drop me a mail at my yahoo and I can give you complete advise on the move process on the same lines I do for our expats and it comes free as I love my job and I am passionate about making people feel comfortable on their moves.

Thanks, Sahana

If you have useful information please post it on the forum. This way everyone benefits.

[ChrisF]

Originally Posted by Johanna

We are returning to SA ( please no negative comments!!!)
Have lived in the UK for ten years, have dual citizenship. Own a house in SA.
My questions are aimed at what legal documentation we need to return?

Thanks in advance

Read my thread moving back to SA.

Are you returning back as SA residents then you need your passports-SA and foreign,SA ID Books.We returned after 9 years this April.Used foreign passport at Heathrow,SA Passport in Jhb.

Read my article if you are bringing vehicles back or opening a new bank account.

Regards ChrisF

[dfg]

Originally Posted by Johanna

We ive quite a distance away from London, sold our house in record time, thought we would be able to plan things over the next 12 months.
We want to return with all the stuff we brought along with us ten years ago, including our cars ............. yes, they may be old, but they are great BMW's and we do not want to replace them. You do not drive a lot or very far in the UK!
The only new expensive(?) item that we will take back is a flat screen TV and dvd recorder package, not sure how to return to SA...
The move to the UK was so different , as when we sold our house, the buyers moved in, paid us rent until their mortgage was approved, unlike here in the UK where you have to wait until contracts are exchanged.

I am quite stressed at this moment in time.......... as my students used to say.....

You should speak with the company who are doing your move - as they will have all the details of duty payable on any of the items you intend taking. However, I have friends who just returned from Dubai to SA and they were able to take all their stuff back with them including newish (1 year old) flat screen TV's without paying one cent in duty. Good luck!

[Johanna]

Originally Posted by dfg

You should speak with the company who are doing your move - as they will have all the details of duty payable on any of the items you intend taking. However, I have friends who just returned from Dubai to SA and they were able to take all their stuff back with them including newish (1 year old) flat screen TV's without paying one cent in duty. Good luck!

Thank you dfg... we received two quotes from removal companies and both gave us the necessary info. It seems as if cars are the main problem, hopefully we should not have any problem with it.

[Johanna]

After all the excitement of moving back to SA, the buyer of our house here in the UK decided to cancel as we had an attempted burgarly.... nobody managed to get into the house... a neighour saw three scaly guys that did not fit the neighbourhood and she called 999 ....... all three were caught. We not only lost the sale of our house here, but a long term rental of our house in SA.



We are back to square one, just a little more wiser as to what is do be done. One of the removal companies told us about an Ad valorum tax we will have to pay when our furniture arrives in SA .......... nor very welcoming is it? When we moved to the UK we had no such extra costs or drama


Please keep your fingers crossed for our house that is up for sale!