Sending registered letter abroad from Spain - how long and how complicated is it?

Madcatwoman wrote on Fri Oct 13, 2023 5:53pm:

Hi,

I sent a registered letter to England last year and it was received within 2 days  :-)

VMW wrote on Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:12pm:

We have to send our Passports when renewing and Correos Registered or Recorded Delivery are favourite. I've personal experience of this with receipt confirmed by Passport Office within 2 days so can vouch for speed and reliability. 

Dubiner92500 wrote on Fri Oct 13, 2023 5:30pm:

We're in EC for the next 2 weeks.  In the meantime there's a contract which we need to cancel back in France: we have some time before it has to be processed, but I'm wondering if anyone has any experience with sending a registered letter abroad?  If it goes AWOL then it might be easier...

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... to send it from France when we go back at the end of the month.... Any advice welcome - we just need to be 100% sure that the letter gets there!  thanks for any advice

Eileen200 wrote on Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:15am:

I've sent tracked mail to the UK from Campello and it took 2 weeks. It was much slower than the ordinary mail. Most of the time on the tracking it just said "in transit" so that was hopeless. 

Dubiner92500 wrote on Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:26am:

Thanks - think it maybe better til we get back to Spain easier to deal with French postal services. Mail forwarded to here from France arrived here long after we left (we stopped the service 10 days before leaving here) - just got it when we came back 4 months later. Sounds like less hassle to do...

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... it from France- as it's about cancelling a contract better keep it simple. Thanks

Eileen200 wrote on Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:01pm:

Yes. I regretted sending it tracked mail. It was important documents and I wished that I'd sent it ordinary mail to my sister in law in UK for her to send the documents on to the solicitors by recorded delivery. Ordinary mail to the UK is ok but twice I've done tracked mail and it takes at least ...

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...a fortnight.