Service route: Shanghai to Melbourne;
Service mode: door-to-door moving one-stop service;
Case Overview: Ms. Chen entrusted Hippo International to transport her furniture items from Shanghai to Melbourne, Australia by sea.

Melbourne, as Australia's premier metropolis, is not only a globally recognized tourist destination, but also a metropolis with international influence. The city is known for its deep cultural heritage, rich artistic atmosphere and developed industries, and is regarded as the cultural gem of the southern hemisphere. Melbourne has been awarded the UN Habitat Award for its exquisite urban planning and environment, and has been recognized by the Economist Intelligence Unit as the “World's Most Livable City” several times.

Recently, Ms. Chen from Shanghai is going to live in Melbourne, Australia because of her job transfer, and she is going to move to Melbourne with her whole family. After the relevant formalities are completed, she is going to pack and ship her furniture and home furnishings that have been used for many years in Shanghai to Melbourne by sea, and the cost of purchasing a whole set of furniture locally may be three or four times higher than that of the domestic cost. So after many comparisons, Ms. Chen decided to ship her furniture from China to her new home in Australia by sea, as it was familiar and reassuring to her.

On the recommendation of a friend, she found Hippo International and entrusted Hippo to help her complete this cross-country move. The furniture that Ms. Chen wanted to transport this time were all old furniture for her own use, plus the visa also meets the Australian Customs duty-free clearance conditions, so we could help Ms. Chen apply for a duty-free move to Australia.

When the staff of Hipu International picks up the furniture at home, they will use the appropriate packing method according to the characteristics and shape of the furniture. After packing, the furniture items will be transported to Hippo's warehouse, where the staff will put high-density wooden boxes or wooden frames for the furniture as needed, to ensure the safety and smoothness of the shipping process. Below is the pick-up and packing site on the same day:

The Australian government has stipulated that new immigrants or citizens living overseas can bring into Australia tax-free items for their own use that have been used for more than one year in their place of residence, with the following document requirements:
1.Holding Australian passport + Chinese long term visa of more than one year.

1. Holding a Chinese passport + Australian permanent residence visa
2. Holding Chinese passport + work visa for more than 12 months or visit visa for more than 3 years.