leaving for austria, and im worried about customs when coming back to the states.

thru_the_viewfinder · Feb 12, 2012

as im starting to plan my trip to Austria in june/july, i will be taking about $1500.00 in camera equipment, which was all bought in florida, and was going to bring my laptop also. i am flying out of miami, and have no problem bringing everything to Austria, the only problem is when i come back to miami fro austria, i am worried that customs will no let me through with no problem.

so i was wondering if there was anyway that i could have any papers signed stating that all my equipment was bought in the state.

thank you for any help

Josh220 · Feb 12, 2012

Carnet:
http://www.atacarnet.com/

Form 4457:
http://forms.cbp.gov/pdf/CBP_Form_4457.pdf

The_Traveler · Feb 12, 2012

I'm not against doing this to be safe but in lots of international travel I've never been questioned about this issue.

Josh220 · Feb 12, 2012

It may only come into play when traveling with much more equipment. $1500 is virtually nothing when it comes to photography gear. When I pack light, I carry $6-7k in equipment and another $2k in my laptop.

Robin Usagani · Feb 12, 2012

You will be fine. Just make sure you dont put it in the box to make it look brand new and you just purchased it there. It is fine.

thru_the_viewfinder · Feb 12, 2012

The_Traveler said:
I'm not against doing this to be safe but in lots of international travel I've never been questioned about this issue.

thats the thing, im sure ill be fine, but i dont want to take the chance.

Josh220 said:
It may only come into play when traveling with much more equipment. $1500 is virtually nothing when it comes to photography gear. When I pack light, I carry $6-7k in equipment and another $2k in my laptop.

i agree that $1500 is not much, but its alot of money that i dont want to lose, so im just taking some precautions, and thank you for the links.