Advise on moving companies from MN, USA to Almaty, KZ

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Member since 20 March 2012

maribel_nvMember20 March 2012 21:14:11

Hello! I might be moving at the end of June to KZ for work and I would like to know if somebody from USA has any advise about moving companies.

Thank you.

Mari

Harmonie ViP

Member since 13 June 2011

HarmonieViP21 March 2012 08:15:28

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Hi Mari and welcome to Expat.com!

I invite you to take a look at this page > https://www.expat.com/en/movers/asia/kazakhstan/almaty/.

Hope it helps,
Harmonie.

maribel_nv Member

Member since 20 March 2012

maribel_nvMember22 March 2012 17:56:54

Harmonie,

Thank you! I have checked your recommended link before. I wanted more someone's first hand experience with/recommendation of some moving company.

Mari

michael e Member

Member since 21 April 2012

michael eMember22 May 2012 17:08:20

Good luck. When I moved from Minnesota I just brought one bag. Shipping a single box here that weighs about 40 pounds costs about 200 dollars. Shipping it back is 400 dollars a box. Bring nothing and leave with nothing. Also, you can't leave here with diskettes and anything you box up has to be checked thoroughly by the shipper. That makes the costs huge. I honestly wouldn't recommend living in Kazakhstan unless you can go without a lot of things you have been used to in life like books and regular foodstuffs. If you have sort of the backpacker mentality, then no problem.

Mike