When you need to declare cash
You must declare:
- notes and coins
- bearer bonds
- travellers’ cheques
- cheques (including travellers’ cheques) that are signed but not made out to a person or organisation
If you are carrying cash in or out of Northern Ireland, you must also declare:
- money orders
- gold coins, bullion or nuggets
- prepaid cards
What you’ll need to make a declaration
You’ll need to give details of:
- who’s carrying the cash, the owner of it and the recipient of it – including passport or ID document number, and address
- your journey – with any countries you pass through in transit, including flight numbers or ferry routes
- the amount and type of cash being carried
- the source of the cash – the country it came from and how it was generated (for example, through earnings or selling something)
- what the cash will be used for