Hello to all VJer's!!!
We are getting our "ducks in a row" in preparation for a lot of mailing of documents back and forth between Colombia (Bucaramanga) and Ft. Lauderdale. If any of you VJer's can relate your experiences with services like USPS, UPS, DHL and the like, I am sure it would be appreciated. We are not concerned (much) about the costs....more interested in service and getting the items to the destination quickly and efficiently. I have heard horror stories of things being "lost" for weeks or months! So....fill us in with your recommendations!!

GRACIAS MIS AMIGOS!!!!

Wrong thread perhaps?

I think you hit Canada instead of Colombia

I have found that the most reliable and quickest way to get something overseas is DHL. Little more expensive, but sometimes worth the extra money for peace of mind.

I usually send my stuff to Colombia via USPS and haven't had any problems, it's not the fastest route though. As far as sending stuff from Colombia to USA, my husband has been using Deprisa from Avianca and on average I get it within 4-5 days. DHL is the company that delivers the stuff to my door.

I sent ALL of my immigration documents to my husband via EMAIL. And the rest I took with me to the interview. I signed all the forms for him (Biographical forms) with his consent to avoid having to send them back and forth. That's my suggestion for speedy transactions.

Andrea

How were you able to sign for your husband? Do you have a power of attorney or is there an easier way for you to prove that you are authorized to sign for him?

How did you email the forms that you can fill out on line and print but not save? (Boy that drives me nuts.) The best solution I could come with is to print, scan and save, but the quality is not that great.

Thanks!

Bill

I was wondering about this as well. How did you go about this?

Bill, I filled out all of the forms for my husband, he just gave me the information over the phone. I signed EVERY form to keep the signature consistant throughout and we were never questioned. There was no faxing back and forth. I did, however, email him .pdf versions of each form for him to review and follow along with me. I found them in spanish and filled them out in english on my end which made it easier for him to follow along.

Af far as saving to pdf, if you have a pdf converter on your pc, then select the PRINT option and then select PRINT TO FILE or when you select the PRINTER, select Adobe PDF and it will print your form WITH the information you filled out. If you only select SAVE, it will save the blank form.

And don't stress out about being "authorized" to sign. The only person who has to authorize you is Bella.

Hope this is helpful to you.

I've used Fed Ex from Ft. Lauderdale to Lima, Peru and had no problems......... Got there when it was supposed to get there and in one piece............

My fiancee sent me the paperwork for our I-129F packet, and it was delivered to me the next day by UPS. It was about US$40 to send, but it was worth it because we beat the recent fee increase

Also, in my experiences shipping locally, UPS blows everything else away...I used to work in an office with a shipping/recieving warehouse, and the other services were always slower and had more problems. UPS deliveries to my home have been smoother as well.

~Brad

Whatever you want to use, dont use USPS cause they work thru the colombian post office, which is terrible, everything gets lost!!!

DHL is the best and fastest in Colombia AND SECOND CHOICE IS FED EX (MORE EXPENSIVE THOUGH)


do not use UPS, MANY HAVE HAD BAD LUCK WITH THEM AS THEY GO THRU THE COLOMBIAN MAIL NETWORK...