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I sent a documents (Affidavit of support for her interview )to my fiancee in Macau SAR using USPS Express mail..last Dec 15, 2010..and I just tracked and its shows my package return to my address dec 24??..What is happening?? I usually send letters and gift for my fiancee and it was alright but this time why? What would possibly reason for returning my package?

Where would I send my document again FEDEX or DHL are they reliable?

Pls advice me...

[thelastpetitioner 218]

DHL and fedex are far more reliable,at least here.they do actually feel responsible for the package you put in their hands and treat them all like there are top secret stuff in there

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DHL and fedex are far more reliable,at least here.they do actually feel responsible for the package you put in their hands and treat them all like there are top secret stuff in there

I am waiting for the notice to ask me to pick up my package..I just tracked it and it delivered to Wasilla AK where the city I lived..so I would send it though fedex and DHL once i get it back as you advice me..hehehe..But I am really pissed off that i paid so much and did not send it.

Thanks for replying..

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Fellow Alaskan! I would use FedEx hands down over UPS/DHL in AK. The service is cheaper and much easier for us.

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Fellow Alaskan! I would use FedEx hands down over UPS/DHL in AK. The service is cheaper and much easier for us.

Thanks Grant!!! I will once i get my package as my fiancee advice me to send through FEDex more easy for her...I was slacker not not thinking about.

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I sent a documents (Affidavit of support for her interview )to my fiancee in Macau SAR using USPS Express mail..last Dec 15, 2010..and I just tracked and its shows my package return to my address dec 24??..What is happening?? I usually send letters and gift for my fiancee and it was alright but this time why? What would possibly reason for returning my package?

Where would I send my document again FEDEX or DHL are they reliable?

Pls advice me...

my fiance sent docs for my interview on the 20th via fedex. got it on the 23rd.

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another thing,i didnt have a very pleasant experience with DHL,the tracking number they gave us didnt work,so we had to wait over a month to receive our noa 1,HOWEVER,things didnt get lost,and my fiance had to use DHL in japan,so none of the workers spoke english and they couldnt understand what the problem was.

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my fiance sent docs for my interview on the 20th via fedex. got it on the 23rd.

Good for you Yas8mike...well after the holidays..I will send her through fedex..

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another thing,i didnt have a very pleasant experience with DHL,the tracking number they gave us didnt work,so we had to wait over a month to receive our noa 1,HOWEVER,things didnt get lost,and my fiance had to use DHL in japan,so none of the workers spoke english and they couldnt understand what the problem was.

Well I heard a lot of problem sending package to China...the last card i sent to her she received it after a month..so I use express mail as i thought it would be ok but suck it won't.

Well..I hope it will be ok to send through Fedex..anyway thanks for all the respond I do appreciate..Merry Christmas to All of you!

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I sent a documents (Affidavit of support for her interview )to my fiancee in Macau SAR using USPS Express mail..last Dec 15, 2010..and I just tracked and its shows my package return to my address dec 24??..What is happening?? I usually send letters and gift for my fiancee and it was alright but this time why? What would possibly reason for returning my package?

Where would I send my document again FEDEX or DHL are they reliable?

Pls advice me...

I expect when you see the package, you'll be able to determine YOUR mistake and understand why the package was returned. I use the USPS frequently to send packages to China. I always address the package in Chinese with only a phone number and CHINA in English on the form. I accomplish this by copying and pasting the same address block on the label each time. Works like a charm. Honk Kong is different, of course and you would put HONG KONG, not China on the envelope.

Other services are far more expensive. I would only use them when I'm in a big hurry, so I try not to be in that much of a hurry.

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I expect when you see the package, you'll be able to determine YOUR mistake and understand why the package was returned. I use the USPS frequently to send packages to China. I always address the package in Chinese with only a phone number and CHINA in English on the form. I accomplish this by copying and pasting the same address block on the label each time. Works like a charm. Honk Kong is different, of course and you would put HONG KONG, not China on the envelope.

Other services are far more expensive. I would only use them when I'm in a big hurry, so I try not to be in that much of a hurry.

I do not have her Chinese Address she is not a chinese..she is filipino just living and working in Macau their address is in portuguese words i did not wrote Hong Kong as she is not living in HK ..she is in Macau but you are write I will found out the mistakes once i get my package back..but normally when i send her letter or gift I used the same address as MAcau SAR China..and it was alright..so I wonder why this is the first time I used Express mail which everytime I use regular mail and it was ok.

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you are right i mean not write..sorry wrong spelling hahahaha...

[LastSurvivor 0]

Keep in mind that you are sending it express to China. When I send things via the USPS to Thailand it goes quickly but when the Thai postal service takes over it might be another 3 weeks. Someone has to translate the English address into Thai so the rural postal person can deliver it. Remember, not every one in Thailand or China speaks/reads English. They also might open it and inspect the documents to see if there is gift tax to be paid. I'm not sure if this is what happened in your case but I can tell you that delays in delivery are probably not the fault of usps. I am NOT a fan of the USPS but I think other countries screw up the delivery times with processing and not the USPS. My wife is here now and in the naturalization process so when we send documents to her family or photos we do the English address to help the folks here and beside it we do the address in Thai. I think it speeds up the process a bit.

Good Luck in your journey.

LS

Edited December 27, 2010 by LastSurvivor

[lilj562 1]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/287498-need-advice/page__p__4359354#entry4359354

hi! hope this link may help you. it also happened to me recently, and it was a big inconvinience though. I used fedex upon resending my documents to my fiance again.

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Keep in mind that you are sending it express to China. When I send things via the USPS to Thailand it goes quickly but when the Thai postal service takes over it might be another 3 weeks. Someone has to translate the English address into Thai so the rural postal person can deliver it. Remember, not every one in Thailand or China speaks/reads English. They also might open it and inspect the documents to see if there is gift tax to be paid. I'm not sure if this is what happened in your case but I can tell you that delays in delivery are probably not the fault of usps. I am NOT a fan of the USPS but I think other countries screw up the delivery times with processing and not the USPS. My wife is here now and in the naturalization process so when we send documents to her family or photos we do the English address to help the folks here and beside it we do the address in Thai. I think it speeds up the process a bit.

Good Luck in your journey.

LS

I do not blame any courier service anyway..i was just asking some advice where to send it. Of course I am aware of that not a lot of people in china does speak or write english..I do not had a problem sending letters to her since 2005, it just recently the last card I sent to her i took a month to received and the package the I just sent for her interview was returned and as the other member telling me that I would not find out the mistakes till I get my package back from the USPS..so it has nothing to do just to resend it and my problem would solve hahaha..this is life... Not really a big problem though ..thanks for everyone at least we share each other experience...Well goodluck!!! The holidays will over so tomorrow I could get to pick up my package.