Hi this is driving me crazy i sent back packet 3 to london embassy 2 weeks ago by royal mail special delivery so you think london should of had it by now but on royal mail web site it still said Your item with reference ZV123456GB has reached its PO Box and is awaiting collection/delivery.
any know whats is going on ?

thanks

Royal Mail only deliver to a PO Box and Embassy staff have to collect it from there. You will only find out when it gets dropped off at the PO Box and not when it is collected. I did hear that they only collect from the PO Box on Thursdays but I'm not sure how true that is.

Gillian

See here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=82070
And here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=59405
And here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=118828 (although we all got a little carried away... )

In short, this is normal. It gets delivered, sits in the mailroom, then gets put in the pile. No biggie, par for the course.

(Note to StP: I'm waiting for you to chime in!)

Yes, we all know how much the Royal Mail system messes with people's lives.

you would think us embassy london would have a tracking web site where they let you track like the usics as

Nope, they get off on meSSing with your liFE!!

Ah, but once you stop worrying and learn to love the Embassy all is much, much better. You should know that by now, Poiteen.

Ahh.. but at least it was sent special delivery. I mean - what kind of CRETIN just uses a STAMP?! I mean - now *that* is messin' wif peoplez LIVES!!!11!

Unless it was a gold stamp, like the one you gave me.

No they are teaching you to be self reliant and stand on your own two feet and not to rely on the nanny state. All skills you will urgently need from day one of your life in the New World.

Isn't that first class...?

Actually the embassy is a lovely place filled with lovely helpful people, who are so busy doing actual work and actually helping people (even with taxes!!!) that they're too busy to reinvent Royal Mails dumb system for them (or to update the I-130 processing page that often).

wait, wait, wait


WAIT


was this Packet 3 sent Special Delivery, or not? because if you don't use Special Delivery for ALL your packets, regardless of number, then you're messing with your OWN life, OMGWTFBBQ





(maven: consider me chimed )

Ding dong, StP calling!

but if you send it special delivery it goes into the main Embassy mailbox and goes through the Embassy postal system.

If you send it ordinary mail it goes for some reason straight to the consular visa section mailbox which seems to get it there several days quicker.

I know; I did exactly that

but then, I mess with my life on a daily basis (in ways mostly involving first class stamps; it's an obsession), but some people can't stand the pressure and are seduced by the wiles of Special Delivery

Ahh - see I sent mine recorded delivery which didn't delay it at the Embassy, but took over a week... So if you use recorded delivery, then Royal Mail mess wif ur life!

So....Barry is awaiting packet 3...what is the general concensus about returning it...regular mail...or recorded delivery? We want the fastest way...lol......and also the safest!

well, I sent mine regular mail (first class of course), and had no problems whatsoever, but have been almost excommunicated (by some) for doing so

I think you need to decide what you're comfortable with, and do that

Entertaining thread

I'm just sending mine First Class. Who hasn't been asked to sign for recorded delivery for a neighbour or collegue? I don't want Starbucks to sign for my petition

I'm just kidding..really...I'm happy seding regular mail

I-130: First Class (in my pre-VJ days...)
RFE reply: Special Delivery
Packet 3: Special Delivery

For the record!

I send everything Special Delivery. I like living on the edge and this way it gives the Post Office and the Embassy a chance to mess with my life.