Gold from india

[nosugarplease]

On 7/30/2022 at 11:29 PM, hyperbole said:

While travelling out of India, it is a wise idea to have the receipt of the gold jewellery bought in India in case customs officials ask while bringing it back into the country. US customs ayite $10000 varaku no fee, mostly everyone claim jewelry to be worth less than 10k. This time when I came back they did even give me custom form, CBP officer at POE asked if I am carrying any food but nothing related  to jewelry.

this time fiends who travelled planned some events in India and carried a lot of jewelry, they were flagged by Indian customs, allowance is 1 kg ornamental gold with 10% fee, for this you carry receipt to prove your are not importing but to attend some function. Still you may be at the discretion  of the officers since they can charge you 10% fee but most won’t since they empathize and trust you are visiting in good faith, the couple I know carried biscuits too and were made to pay 10% on biscuits

andariki free lesson.. had a costly lesson recently..

my take - you bring NEW jewellery from india , dont declare..

If you declare, you will pay duty PERIOD, even if you paid gst, cgst, abcdgst etc.

if its considered as acquired NEW by a US resident (not visitor visa) anything more than $800 you will be charged 6%.

ofcourse if you say  its not new and used jewellery , there will be drama but you may be let go.

so , looks like - if you want to delcare, dont carry original cost receipt but declare lesser price and pay 6% cost OR dont declare and take chance and walk away. if random check, customs catch and ask, you can talk to customs and say they are all used jewellery.

[summer27]

This time, i didn't have any checks on both sides. I landed in Delhi..no check at all.. I directly walked out. Same inbound as well JFK, no check direct walkin 

[jerry1]

14 minutes ago, summer27 said:

This time, i didn't have any checks on both sides. I landed in Delhi..no check at all.. I directly walked out. Same inbound as well JFK, no check direct walkin 

jfk to delhi best?

jfk to Mumbai then Mumbai to Hyderabad safest?

minimum 10 ounce carry plan undi