Cant mail your passport in Jamaica?

[RaphesGirl 0]

My husband was told at fedex he could not mail his passport. @####%!!! Really? I need it to for our freaking taxes!!! I am so sick of all the hassle and rigamarol that decent people have to be saddled with because there are creepy ##%%&&& that try to get over any way they can. sick, sick sick- I have never heard of such a thing and further more why in the world do they need to open every doggone piece of mail and inspect it? Really???

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

It's a crime to mail a US passport internationally outside of consular mail.

[RaphesGirl 0]

Thanks for responding. Somehow it is reassuring that this is not unusual or another weird Jamaican thing. .

[aaydrian 479]

Take 5 minutes of your time and you can come up with 5 legitimate reasons why fedex doesn't allow shipping of passports and why mails are often opened to see what's inside.

PS - Fedex only ships passports between individual and embassy, or embassy to embasy but not individual to individual.

[Pinkrlion 2,724]

My husband was told at fedex he could not mail his passport. @####%!!! Really? I need it to for our freaking taxes!!! I am so sick of all the hassle and rigamarol that decent people have to be saddled with because there are creepy ##%%&&& that try to get over any way they can. sick, sick sick- I have never heard of such a thing and further more why in the world do they need to open every doggone piece of mail and inspect it? Really???

Why do you need his physical passport for taxes, why can't he fax you a copy of the pages you need?

[velrich 50]

I tried that a few years ago. It is illegal to do so. a passport must only go across country borders with its owner or in a diplomatic pouch.

[RaphesGirl 0]

Why do you need his physical passport for taxes, why can't he fax you a copy of the pages you need?

The IRS has changed its documentation requirements this year. So it has to be the original document or a certified copy only a couple of exceptions to the rule. The passport fulfills all requirements without the passport 2 pieces of identification are required.

[RaphesGirl 0]

Take 5 minutes of your time and you can come up with 5 legitimate reasons why fedex doesn't allow shipping of passports and why mails are often opened to see what's inside.

PS - Fedex only ships passports between individual and embassy, or embassy to embasy but not individual to individual.

Thank you for taking the time to respond. At the time I could care less about legitimate reasons for not shipping passports or why mail is opened. Experience has taught me to be leery and overwhelming frustration of it all -uscis and irs for starters .....caused my emotions to reign for that five minutes and I could not think clearly through the bevy of strong, strong feelings. But I get it.

[RaphesGirl 0]

I tried that a few years ago. It is illegal to do so. a passport must only go across country borders with its owner or in a diplomatic pouch.

Thanks for responding to my dazed and crazed rant.lol. I understand the law and accept it. I was really frustrated already and that little bit of a detour pushed me over the edge 12 days from tax deadline that we have been working on since February - i could write a book...Thank you again

[Jawaree 718]

Passports and Money cannot be transported to and from individuals and that's PP from any country, have him scan and send