Moving personal belongings from Great Britain to Northern Ireland

You can get relief from customs charges due on personal belongings when moving your home to Northern Ireland from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). This guide is for removal companies and third parties moving goods on your behalf.

Moving someone’s personal belongings to Northern Ireland

If you are a removal company or third party moving someone's personal belongings from GB to NI, you need to register for the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.

You will also need to make a declaration. If you are new to customs processes, you can sign up for the free Trader Support Service. The Trader Support Service will guide you through any changes due to the implementation of the Northern Ireland Protocol and can complete declarations on your behalf without the need for specialist advice or software.

You may also need to make a safety and security declaration (entry summary declaration). Check if you need to make an entry summary declaration.

If you’re a courier or an express operator moving parcels, find out how to move parcels under the Windsor Framework.

Moving your personal belongings to Northern Ireland

If you are personally moving your own personal belongings, you are able to make a declaration by conduct.

When you arrive at the point of exit from Great Britain, you can do this by:

• walking through a customs control point (this can be a green channel signed ‘nothing to declare’) with the goods, if you’re an individual on foot
• driving (or being driven) past a customs control point with the goods inside your vehicle, if you’re in a vehicle
• continuing your onward journey, if there are no customs control points

You will not need to complete a safety and security declaration (also known as an entry summary declaration). Find out more about the process.

There are no customs declarations, customs duty or presentation of goods to customs authorities for sending parcels to another individual in Northern Ireland for personal use and when returning an item to a business in Northern Ireland.

Your parcel carrier will notify you of any relevant prohibited goods, or any additional information needed to move restricted goods.

Moving your pets

If you are moving pets, check what you need to do.