Legalization for Shipping of Personal Effects to Lebanon

Legalization for Shipping of Personal Effects to Lebanon

Person in Charge:   
Mr. Habib Osman
Tel: 1 (212) 744-7905, ext 2
Email: [email protected]

Alternate Person in Charge:
Mr. Tony Barkachy 
Tel: 1 (212) 744-7905, ext  3
Email: [email protected]

To be exempted from any customs dues for shipping personal effects to Lebanon the person concerned:

  1. Should have been living outside Lebanon for the past three consecutive years.
  2. Should be moving permanently to Lebanon.
  3. Should be using the said effects for his own personal use (any sales are illegal).

At the Consulate

Complete a legalization application (select the link to get the form) and enclose the following:

·         Statement and pledge of personal effects form (select the link to get the form) signed by the applicant.

·         Itemized list of the personal effects (cars and heavy machinery don’t apply).

·         Valid passport, Lebanese identification card (I.D.), or family/individual ikhraj kayd issued within the last 10 years and a copy of the said document.

·         Fees: $120.00 (only money orders payable to the Consulate General of Lebanon are accepted).

·         Certified self-addressed and stamped envelope for return (no return fees are accepted) if the documents are to be returned by mail, at your own risk, while noting that we only receive mail on working days and during working hours. Check our holiday and working hours schedule for more details. Kindly note that we don’t collect mail from the post office or the offices of any mailing service.

Via certified mail

Complete a legalization application (select the link to get the form) and enclose the following:

·         Statement and pledge of personal effects form (select the link to get the form) legalized by a notary public and signed by the applicant.

·         Itemized list of the personal effects (cars and heavy machinery don’t apply).

·         Valid passport, Lebanese identification card (I.D.), or family/individual ikhraj kayd issued within the last 10 years and a copy of the said document.

·         Fees: $120.00 (only money orders payable to the Consulate General of Lebanon are accepted).

·        Certified self-addressed and stamped envelope for return (no return fees are accepted), at your own risk, while noting that we only receive mail on working days and during working hours. Check our holiday and working hours schedule for more details. Kindly note that we don’t collect mail from the post office or the offices of any mailing service.