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Navigating the complexities of moving or returning to Canada entails a thorough understanding of specific customs documentation, notably the B4 and B4E Personal Effects Accounting Document. Designed for settlers, former residents, seasonal residents, or beneficiaries, these forms play a crucial role in the accounting and declaration of personal and household effects brought into Canada. The forms require detailed information, including the importer's name, address, and a comprehensive list of goods, which may range from everyday household items to vehicles, all of which must comply with Transport Canada's importation eligibility. Additionally, the forms differentiate between various categories of entrants, such as settlers and seasonal residents, each with specific provisions regarding items like alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, and goods obtained as part of a bride's trousseau or wedding presents. Importantly, these documents stipulate that all imported goods must have been in the owner's possession and used abroad for a certain period, showcasing the Canada Border Services Agency's (CBSA) effort to ensure that the entry of personal and household effects into Canada is duly recorded and that any applicable duties or taxes are identified. For items including, but not limited to, vehicles and conveyances, registration fees and eligibility for importation are underscored, highlighting the need for compliance with Canada's import regulations. Understanding and accurately completing the B4 and B4E forms is essential for anyone looking to bring personal effects into Canada, thereby facilitating a smoother transition for residents and newcomers alike.

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PERSONAL EFFECTS ACCOUNTING DOCUMENT

 

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(Settler, Former Resident, Seasonal Resident, or Beneficiary)

 

PROTECTED A when completed

Accounting document number

Shaded areas for CBSA use only

Importer's name

Importer's address

 

 

Choose Legal size (8.5" x 14")

 

 

 

 

Cargo control number

 

 

 

 

 

 

Country of origin

 

Country of export

 

 

 

 

 

Landed immigrant / Permanent resident

 

 

 

 

Port of entry

 

Date of landing

CBSA stamp

Unique Client Identifier

Item

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Description of goods (include serial numbers, if applicable)

Value (CDN Dollars)

All conveyances MUST be eligible for importation in accordance with Transport Canada requirements.

Vehicle import registration fees may also apply.

 

Conveyances (make, model, serial number of vehicle, vessel, aircraft, or trailer)

Value (CDN Dollars)

K22 / Vehicle import form number

 

 

 

 

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Additional list of goods

Form BSF186A

Mover's inventory

Other

Goods to follow

 

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Form BSF715 number (if applicable)

CLASSIFICATION TYPE – See information on reverse

 

 

FORMER RESIDENT (tariff item No. 9805.00.00)

 

 

 

BENEFICIARY (tariff item No. 9806.00.00)

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hereby declare that I have read and qualify for the provisions of tariff item

I hereby declare that I have read and qualify for the provisions of tariff item No.

 

9806.00.00 and that I am a beneficiary of personal and household effects which were

 

No. 9805.00.00 and that:

bequeathed to me without remuneration as:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I have been a resident of another country for at least one year; or

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The result of the death of,

 

 

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a resident of

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2.

 

I have been continuously absent from Canada for at least one year; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

who died on

 

 

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3.

 

I left Canada on _____________________ ; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have attached

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

 

I returned to Canada to resume residence on _______________________ .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A certified true copy of the death certificate; and

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With the exception of wedding gifts, alcoholic beverages and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A copy of the donor's will, showing that I am a beneficiary of the estate; or

 

 

 

tobacco products or replacement goods described in theTariff Item

 

 

 

 

 

 

No. 9805.00.00 Exemption Order, all household and personal effects

 

 

 

If there is no will, a document issued by the probate court; or

 

 

 

imported or to be imported by me under this tariff item have been actually

 

 

 

 

 

 

owned, possessed, and used abroad by me for at least six months prior to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the date of my return to Canada to resume residence.

 

 

 

A statement from the executor of the estate or other legal representative.

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All goods imported are my personal or household effects and were not used

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or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

abroad for any commercial purpose nor will they be used in Canada for any

A "Gift in anticipation of the death" of

 

 

 

 

,

 

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commercial purpose.

 

 

who resides in

 

 

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If any item is sold or otherwise disposed of in Canada within 12 months of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have attached:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the date of its importation, I will notify a CBSA Office of such fact and pay all

 

 

 

A copy of the donor's will; or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

duties owing at the time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If there is no will, a signed/dated statement from the donor (or individual

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

with power of attorney) transferring ownership of the goods and witnessed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

by someone other than the recipient of the goods imminent; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A written testimony from the donor's physician that the donor's death is imminent.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SEASONAL RESIDENT (tariff item No. 9829.00.00)

 

 

 

SETTLER (tariff item No. 9807.00.00)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hereby declare that I have read and qualify for the provisions of

 

I hereby declare that I have read and qualify for the provisions of tariff item

 

tariff item No. 9829.00.00 and that:

 

No. 9807.00.00 and that:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

I arrived in Canada to occupy my seasonal residence for the first time

 

1. I am entering Canada with the intention of establishing, for the first time, a

 

 

on __________________ .

 

 

 

permanent residence for a period in excess of 12 months and I arrived in

 

 

 

 

 

Canada on __________________ .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. All goods imported or to be imported by me under this tariff item have been in my

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. With the exception of wedding gifts, alcoholic beverages and tobacco products

 

 

ownership, possession, and use prior to my first arrival in Canada to occupy my

 

 

 

seasonal residence.

 

 

 

described in the Tariff Item No. 9807.00.00 Exemption Order , all household and

 

3. All goods imported are my personal or household property and they will not be used

 

 

 

personal effects imported or to be imported by me under this tariff item have

 

 

 

 

actually been owned, possessed, and used abroad by me prior to the date of my

 

 

in Canada for any commercial purpose.

 

 

 

arrival in Canada.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. If any item is sold or otherwise disposed of in Canada within 12 months of the date of

 

3. All goods imported are my personal or household property and they will not be used

 

 

its importation, I will notify a CBSA Office of such fact and pay all duties owing at the

 

 

 

in Canada for any commercial purpose.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

time.

 

 

 

 

 

4. If any item is sold or otherwise disposed of in Canada within 12 months of the

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I have not previously claimed the benefits of tariff item No. 9829.00.00.

 

 

 

 

date of its importation, I will notify a CBSA Office of such fact and pay all duties

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

owing at the time.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signed at

 

 

on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature of Importer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Privacy Statement - The information collected on this form is under the authority of the Customs Act and will be used to document goods, currency and monetary instruments that are detained by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) or, abandoned to the Crown until the goods have either been returned to the traveller, transferred to another government department or disposed of by the CBSA. The personal information on this form is protected in accordance with the Privacy Act and other laws. The information may be disclosed to internal or external bodies as a consistent use. Information may also be used for the purpose of enforcement and disclosed to other government departments and internal CBSA programs as a secondary use. Under the law, failure to provide the information may result in fine or criminal proceedings.

You have the right to access and/or to correct your personal information under the Privacy Act. Further information about this collection may be found by referring to the following Personal Information Banks: Food, Plant and Animal Program (CBSA PPU 062) and Occupational Health and Safety (PSU907). For more information, visit www.infosource.gc.ca.

Tariff Item No. 9805.00.00 (Former Resident)

Goods imported by a member of the Canadian Forces, by an employee of the Canadian government, or by a former resident of Canada returning to Canada to resume residence in Canada after having been a resident of another country for a period of not less than one year, or by a resident returning after an absence from Canada of not less than one year, and acquired by that person for personal or household use and actually owned, possessed and used abroad by that person for at least six months prior to that person's return to Canada and accompanying that person at the time of their return to Canada.

"Goods" does not include goods that are sold or otherwise disposed of within twelve months after importation.

For the purpose of this tariff item:

(a)the provisions shall apply to either wine not exceeding 1.5 litres or any alcoholic beverages not exceeding 1.14 litres and tobacco products not exceeding fifty cigars, two hundred cigarettes, two hundred tobacco sticks and two hundred grams of manufactured tobacco if they are included in the baggage accompanying the importer, and no relief from payment of duty and taxes is being claimed in respect of alcoholic beverages or tobacco products under another item in this Chapter at the time of importation;

(b)if goods (other than alcoholic beverages, cigars, cigarettes, tobacco sticks and manufactured tobacco) are not accompanying the person returning from abroad, they may be classified under this item when imported at a later time if they are reported by the person at the time of return to Canada; and

(c)any article which was acquired after March 31, 1977 by a class of persons

named in this tariff item and which has a value for duty as determined under the Customs Act of more than $10,000 shall not be classified under this tariff item.

Section 84 of the Customs Tariff reads:

84.Goods that, but for the fact that their value for duty as determined under section 46 of the Customs Act exceeds the value specified under tariff item No. 9805.00.00, would be classified under that tariff item, shall be classified under Chapters 1 to 97 and their value for duty reduced by that specified value.

Short Title

1.This Order may be cited as the Tariff Item No. 9805.00.00 Exemption Order.

Interpretation

2.In this Order,

"bride's trousseau" means goods acquired for use in the household of a newly married couple, but does not include vehicles, vessels or aircraft;

"wedding presents" means goods of a non-commercial nature received by a person as personal gifts in consideration of that person's recent marriage or the anticipated marriage of that person within three months of the person's return to Canada.

Exemption

3.The following goods are exempt from the six-month ownership, possession or use requirements set out in tariff item No. 9805.00.00 of the Customs Tariff :

(a)alcoholic beverages owned by, in the possession of and imported by a person who has attained the minimum age at which a person may lawfully purchase alcoholic beverages in the province in which the CBSA Office where the alcoholic beverages are imported is situated;

(b)tobacco products owned by and in the possession of the importer;

(c)a bride's trousseau owned by, in the possession of and imported by a recently married person or a bride-to-be whose anticipated marriage is to take place within three months of the date of her return to Canada;

(d)wedding presents owned by, in the possession of, and imported by the recipient thereof;

(e)any goods imported by a person who has resided abroad for at least five years immediately prior to returning to Canada and who, prior to the date of return, owned, was in possession of and used the goods; and

(f)goods acquired as replacements for goods that, but for their loss or destruction as the result of fire, theft, accident or other unforeseen contingency, would have been classified under tariff item No. 9805.00.00 of the Customs Tariff, on condition that

(i)the goods acquired as replacements are of a similar class and approximately of the same value as the goods they replaced,

(ii)the goods acquired as replacements were owned by, in the possession of, and used by a person prior to the person's return to Canada, and

(iii)evidence is produced at the time the goods are accounted for under section 32 of the Customs Act that the goods they replaced were lost or destroyed as the result of fire, theft, accident or other unforeseen contingency.

Tariff Item No. 9806.00.00 (Beneficiary)

Personal and household effects of a resident of Canada who has died, on the condition that such goods were owned, possessed and used abroad by that resident;

Personal and household effects received by a resident of Canada as a result of the death or in anticipation of death of a person who is not a resident of Canada, on condition that such goods were owned, possessed and used abroad by that non-resident;

All the foregoing when bequeathed to a resident of Canada.

Tariff Item No. 9807.00.00 (Settler)

Goods imported by a settler for the settler's household or personal use, if actually owned, possessed and used abroad by the settler prior to the settler's arrival in Canada and accompanying the settler at the time of the settler's arrival in Canada.

For the purpose of this tariff item:

(a)"goods" may include:

(i)either wine not exceeding 1.5 litres or any alcoholic beverages not exceeding 1.14 litres, and

(ii)tobacco products not exceeding fifty cigars, two hundred cigarettes, two hundred tobacco sticks and two hundred grams of manufactured tobacco;

(b)"goods" does not include imported goods that are sold or otherwise disposed of within twelve months after importation; and

(c)if goods (other than alcoholic beverages, cigars, cigarettes, tobacco sticks and manufactured tobacco) are not accompanying the settler at the time of the settler's arrival in Canada, they may be classified under this tariff item when imported at a later time if they are reported by the settler at the time of the settler's arrival in Canada.

Short Title

1.This Order may be cited as the Tariff Item No. 9807.00.00 Exemption Order. Interpretation

2.The following goods are exempt from the use requirements specified in tariff item No. 9807.00.00 :

(a)alcoholic beverages imported by a settler who has attained the minimum age at which a person may lawfully purchase alcoholic beverages in the province in which the customs office where the alcoholic beverages are imported is situated;

(b)tobacco products;

(c)household goods acquired by a settler and set aside for use in the household of the settler whose marriage occurred within three months before the settler's arrival in Canada or is to occur within three months after the settler's arrival in Canada; and

(d)wedding gifts received outside Canada by a settler in consideration of the settler's marriage which occurred within three months before the settler's arrival in Canada or is to occur within three months after the settler's arrival in Canada.

Tariff Item No. 9829.00.00 (Seasonal Resident)

Household furniture and furnishings for a seasonal residence, excluding construction materials, electrical fixtures or other goods permanently attached to or incorporated into a seasonal residence;

Tools and equipment for the maintenance of a seasonal residence;

The foregoing, on condition that:

(i)the goods are imported by a person who is not a resident of Canada and who owns or leases for not less than three years a residence in Canada for seasonal use, other than a time-sharing residence, trailer or mobile home;

(ii)the person is entitled to only one importation for each seasonal residence under this tariff item;

(iii)the goods are for the personal use of that person or their family and are not for any commercial, industrial or occupational purpose;

(iv)the goods are owned, possessed and used by that person or their family before their first arrival in Canada to occupy the seasonal residence;

(v)the goods are not sold or otherwise disposed of in Canada for at least one year after the date of their importation; and

(vi)the goods accompany the seasonal resident at the time of the seasonal resident's first

arrival in Canada to occupy the seasonal residence or, if not imported at the time of first arrival in Canada, are, at that time, described and listed on a customs accounting document as goods to follow.

NOTE FOR FORMER RESIDENTS AND SETTLERS TO CANADA (TARIFF ITEM NOS. 9805.00.00 AND 9807.00.00)

A minimum duty applies to cigarettes, tobacco sticks, and manufactured tobacco that you include in your personal exemption entitlement. However, this duty does not apply if the products have an excise stamp "DUTY PAID CANADA DROIT ACQUITTÉ".

Please refer to section 21 of the Customs Tariff for legislative references.

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