Moving for embassies and diplomatic missions
The clients who check a contractor before they sign are the reason we can be checked at all.
Diplomatic moves are not ordinary moves with better manners. They run to a procurement process, they require documented liability, and they involve customs procedures that do not apply to anyone else. A company that has not done one before finds this out halfway through, at the client's expense.
We are a member of the International Association of Movers and an approved vendor of the U.S. Embassy in Baku, and we have carried out residence and office moves for the missions of Japan, Malaysia, the United States, Hungary, Romania, Greece, Ukraine, Egypt, Pakistan and Czechia. That list is the credential — vetting by people whose job is vetting.
In practice what missions ask for is consistency: the same crew leader, the same documentation, the same standard on the fortieth move as on the first. That is a process question rather than a moving question, and it is where most of our work on these accounts actually goes.
What a diplomatic move requires
Numbered inventory, photographed
Every item and every box listed and recorded before it moves. Required for customs, required for liability, and the reason a claim can be settled on facts rather than on recollection.
Customs procedures for diplomatic consignments
Diplomatic household goods are cleared under their own rules, both inbound and outbound. We prepare the documentation and work with the mission's administrative section rather than sending them to find out what is needed.
Liability written into the contract
Not a verbal assurance. What we are responsible for, to what extent, and what happens if something is damaged — set out on paper before work begins, which is what a procurement process requires anyway.
Vetted crews, named in advance
Residences and chanceries need access lists. The people who will be in the building are named before the date, and they are the same people each time.
What we handle
Residence moves, inbound and outbound
Arriving and departing diplomats, with packing, crating for artwork and valuables, storage where the postings do not meet neatly, and international forwarding by air, sea, road or rail.
Chancery and office moves
Done outside working hours so the mission does not lose a day. Equipment inventoried, packed separately and reinstalled in the same configuration.
Storage between postings
Our own heated, climate-controlled and guarded warehouse in Baku, with an inventory and access on request rather than a locked container somewhere.
Frequent questions
Are you on any embassy's approved vendor list?
We are an approved vendor of the U.S. Embassy in Baku and carry out diplomatic household moves under its procurement rules. We are also a member of the International Association of Movers, which is the network most missions check first.
Can you provide documentation for a procurement process?
Yes — company documents, insurance, IAM membership, references from missions we have worked with, and a written scope with itemised pricing. Tell us the format your administrative section needs.
Do you handle customs for diplomatic shipments?
Yes, on the Azerbaijani side, under the procedures that apply to diplomatic consignments. At the destination we work with the mission's own agent or with a partner in our international network.
What about artwork, antiques and valuables?
Crated individually, to measure, in wooden crates built for the specific piece — the standard for anything that cannot be replaced. Inventoried and photographed separately, and insured where the mission requires a policy.
Get a price for your own case
Tell us where you are moving from and to — after clarifying the details, we will prepare a written estimate for the agreed scope. We explain any changes before work begins and reply during working hours.