Calling DOS

[ErikaAndHamit 73]

Have you tried calling Ankara? I have a few times-they would have the info I would think...the number is on their website and there are only certain times you can call...it was worth it to me every time i called...email can be fast or slow or not come at all i have experienced.

[Jenn and Fuat 2]

They don't always open and process mail the same day it's received.

This is true. An attorney (with consular experience) says that materials are put in a holding area upon arrival and can undergo screening for harmful substances, such as anthrax. That aside, the sheer volume of incoming shipments can prevent same-day processing. Remember as well that the foreign countries may take time to process packages through Customs.

Is was sent from within the country.. Istanbul to Ankara.. so I know it didn't have to go through customs. Probably sitting in a holding area like you suggested.

If I can get up early enough, I am going to call the consulate tomorrow. Couldn't get myself out of bed to do it today. Can only call between 3:00am-5:00am my time.

Erika, you are correct about emails.. The only time I have gotten a response from them was when I sent an email telling them I had been waiting more than 10 days for a response.. they responded within the hour

[Jenn and Fuat 2]

They don't always open and process mail the same day it's received.

This is true. An attorney (with consular experience) says that materials are put in a holding area upon arrival and can undergo screening for harmful substances, such as anthrax. That aside, the sheer volume of incoming shipments can prevent same-day processing. Remember as well that the foreign countries may take time to process packages through Customs.

Is was sent from within the country.. Istanbul to Ankara.. so I know it didn't have to go through customs. Probably sitting in a holding area like you suggested.

If I can get up early enough, I am going to call the consulate tomorrow. Couldn't get myself out of bed to do it today. Can only call between 3:00am-5:00am my time.

Erika, you are correct about emails.. The only time I have gotten a response from them was when I sent an email telling them I had been waiting more than 10 days for a response.. they responded within the hour

Well, got out of bed in time to call.. called for an hour and a half and kept getting sent to a voicemail system that no one would answer.. finally got through to a live person 2 minutes before they closed for the Thanskgiving/Bayram Holiday. She was pleasnant, but was obviously in a hurry to leave work

Told me that she could not find a record of it being received yet, but that it's a big consulate and it could take a week or more for it to reach their office and appear in their system. They are closed until Tuesday.. so guess I will have to continue to wait.

Found the UPS receipt, but every number listed on it gets rejected by the UPS web page as invalid.. so can't track it that way either.

Nothing can be simple I guess

[ErikaAndHamit 73]

Well, that sucks that they don't have it yet...that IS weird...#######? I forget which number is the tracking number...think it starts with a "T"...If it hasn't been sent out then where in the hell is it? Tell Fuat to call the UPS office he sent it from! That is BS!

[Jenn and Fuat 2]

Well, that sucks that they don't have it yet...that IS weird...#######? I forget which number is the tracking number...think it starts with a "T"...If it hasn't been sent out then where in the hell is it? Tell Fuat to call the UPS office he sent it from! That is BS!

Erika, I already posted this in the Turkish thread.. but I found the package. It WAS delivered on the 19th.. but the UPS tracking information shows "Tracking information created on 11/26".. .so they didn't even enter anything until today. Strange... but it's there and it was signed for!