Moving entire house and car from Canada to Portugal

[layover_guy (M M)]

Does anyone has experience with moving entire 5 bedroom house? let’s say 40 feet container worth of stuff and couple of cars?

I read somewhere that if you own the car for more than 1 year and import it within 6 months of moving to Portugal you do not have to pay any duties or import tax, specially if its an EV.

Based on quick search, it looks like i can book a 40 feet container in Canada and have it reach Lisbon in less than 30 days for around $5000 and minimal paperwork in Portugal.

Any information is extremely helpful since its a big move for the family.

[fraught-cork (Ryan)]

I would encourage you to join the facebook group Americans and Friends in Portugal - there are lots of experiences of both crate and car. (Car is not recommended unless a classic/ sentimental value ). Someone recently posted about sending the car to Spain first and getting to use it a lot faster that way. it is complex.

[tommigun (Tommy Gunn)]

@layover_guy

I read somewhere that if you own the car for more than 1 year and import it within 6 months of moving to Portugal you do not have to pay any duties or import tax

Car import in Portugal

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