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

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 5:30pm
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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 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

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 5:53pm

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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 5:53pm

Hi,

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

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:09pm

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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 6:09pm

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  :-)

Great thanks Madcatwoman - I'll brace myself for a visit to the post office on Tuesday then!!

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:12pm

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Posted: 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. 

Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:27pm

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Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 9:27pm

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. 

Great thanks very much VMW

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Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:15am

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Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:15am

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

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. 

Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:26am

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Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 10:26am

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. 

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

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:01pm

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Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:01pm

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

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 a fortnight. 

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:34pm

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Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 12:34pm

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. 

Thanks Eileen200 think will wait til I get back: don't particularly want to have hassle cancelling a contract if have no proof of it being sent.

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Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 8:52am

I used Correos for my passport on the 2nd October was delivered in the uk on the 6th October price 6.75€. Was also able to track it. Great service.

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