customs: what do they check?
By sunflowergirl •
Last preparations before the move.
I wonder: Do the customs actually check notebook harddisks upon entering Qatar? And how well are our household goods checked when they finally arrive? Will the customs look at whats on gaming console or dvd recorder harddisks? Or into a poster transport roll where amongst harmless things a historic advertising for an alcoholic drink presented by a not so well clad lady might be advertised?
Cheers,
SFG
for sure they will be confiscating that poster, but for their own amusement!
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Don't get angry with me! I'm only typing what you are thinking!
We just came in on Thursday & had no problems whatsoever. Of course, we were coming in with children, and it was busy,so I don't know if either of those things made it faster. But, quite frankly, I found it much less hassle and less invasive than standard security practices I'd experienced on US domestic flights. Computer related items were not even acknowledged, let alone searched.
Hope it puts your mind at ease. Safe travels!
As Baldrick says, they're more concerned about porn, pork & actual alcohol. Even if you were bringing in a container load, they probably wouldn't even notice the scantily clad woman in the poster.
They may take a moment to check thru your bags in a cursory manner and even that probably won't happen unless they're not very busy and extremely bored.
Not a big deal.
Signature line > "You can't fix stupid"
Thanks for your answer.
To my knowledge there's no ham on the poster at least ;)
Yea, we're shipping and only bringing clothes for the first few days and our computers along.
I was a bit worried about shows such a Spooks which I recorded ages ago. It does feature moslem terrorism quite regularly. But if they don't check harddisks then there's probably no need to worry?
Don't worry, they don't check too deeply.
HDDs OK
Porn, Pork and Booze are their main targets so maybe your poster would lose out on 2 counts, but they probably won't even notice it.
Are you shiping or just bringing luggage?