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Originally Posted by Webby
Not familiar minusonebit - is there now some requirement to state the value of traveller's checks? Presume you are referring to the US when mentioning FinCen?
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Yes and yes.
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Originally Posted by http://www.customs.ustreas.gov/xp/cgov/travel/vacation/kbyg/money.xml
You may bring into or take out of the country, including by mail, as much money as you wish. However, if it is more than $10,000, you will need to report it to CBP. Ask the CBP officer for the Currency Reporting Form (FinCen 105). The penalties for non-compliance can be severe.
?Money? means monetary instruments and includes U.S. or foreign coins currently in circulation, currency, traveler?s checks in any form, money orders, and negotiable instruments or investment securities in bearer form.
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Yes, mailing is included in the law but I am not really worried about that as the chances of them catching me are slim to none unless I did something to trigger an incredibly through investigation into my finances. It would really have to be something on the level of blowing a building up (which was not on the list of vacation activities, BTW). If you download the FinCEN 105 form, you see that they even register the serial numbers of the traveler's checks, making them traceable and trackable to me, something I dont want. And its none of thier business anyway, really.