TLDR: How does SSA and other vendors declare their shipments? Customs may request an invoice of the purchase to calculate custom duties. What do I provide them?
I recently got a request from customs for a scan of my passport: https://glp1forum.com/threads/customs-asking-for-passport-scan-what-to-do.5985/
After investigating I've been able to ascertain that this is most likely a formality for the purposes of customs bureaucracy. I am in Armenia and this is not uncommon here. People from European countries have reported here and elsewhere that they had similar experiences.
The customs are concerned with custom duty fees. When I order things from abroad (like Amazon.com) I use a shipping forwarder and I have to declare what goods I'm purchasing with their prices and attach an invoice (e.g. from Amazon), which information is then presented to the customs. The customs then calculate the duty fees if any.
But with this package the vendor (SSA) has shipped it to me directly from China. All I know is that they've labeled it as "Cosmetics" and I don't know if there is any declaration of specific goods or dollar amounts. Does anyone know how SSA and other vendors declare their shipments?
In the even that customs doesn't have sufficient information to levy customs duties, they will likely request some sort of and invoice from where I purchased the goods. Has anyone faced this before? How did you handle it?
One idea is to find some product on Ali Express and just say it's that. Also the payment is with crypto, so not sure if that’s an issue?
I recently got a request from customs for a scan of my passport: https://glp1forum.com/threads/customs-asking-for-passport-scan-what-to-do.5985/
After investigating I've been able to ascertain that this is most likely a formality for the purposes of customs bureaucracy. I am in Armenia and this is not uncommon here. People from European countries have reported here and elsewhere that they had similar experiences.
The customs are concerned with custom duty fees. When I order things from abroad (like Amazon.com) I use a shipping forwarder and I have to declare what goods I'm purchasing with their prices and attach an invoice (e.g. from Amazon), which information is then presented to the customs. The customs then calculate the duty fees if any.
But with this package the vendor (SSA) has shipped it to me directly from China. All I know is that they've labeled it as "Cosmetics" and I don't know if there is any declaration of specific goods or dollar amounts. Does anyone know how SSA and other vendors declare their shipments?
In the even that customs doesn't have sufficient information to levy customs duties, they will likely request some sort of and invoice from where I purchased the goods. Has anyone faced this before? How did you handle it?
One idea is to find some product on Ali Express and just say it's that. Also the payment is with crypto, so not sure if that’s an issue?
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