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Arggh. As I've posted about previously, I'm planning to take my gamelan to Hawaii in May and begin my new life as a Hawaii resident/gamelan class teacher, yay! So I've been arranging surveys with moving companies regarding the household goods I'll be shipping (mostly the gamelan, but a few personal items/furniture as well).
Technically, the shipment should be done in my husband's name - he's the one with the job that got our original shipment into Indonesia in the first place, and it's his employment that is paying for the shipping out. He is not leaving yet, though (his job doesn't end until December), but his employer has already said it is fine with them if a shipment goes out now.
Alas, the first moving company I met with told me that the Indonesian government will not allow a shipment out of the country without an EPO.
We're trying to find out if there is somehow a way around this (the obvious solution would be for ME to get an EPO and send the shipment in my name - but since it did not enter Indonesia in my name, we don't know if this work-around will be acceptable.)
Sigh. If the government screws up my lovely, lovely plans I will be SO PISSED.
Technically, the shipment should be done in my husband's name - he's the one with the job that got our original shipment into Indonesia in the first place, and it's his employment that is paying for the shipping out. He is not leaving yet, though (his job doesn't end until December), but his employer has already said it is fine with them if a shipment goes out now.
Alas, the first moving company I met with told me that the Indonesian government will not allow a shipment out of the country without an EPO.
We're trying to find out if there is somehow a way around this (the obvious solution would be for ME to get an EPO and send the shipment in my name - but since it did not enter Indonesia in my name, we don't know if this work-around will be acceptable.)
Sigh. If the government screws up my lovely, lovely plans I will be SO PISSED.