Mailing Letters to Portugal from USA

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maxwmitchell1997 Active member

Member since 06 May 2021

maxwmitchell1997Active member01 September 2024 16:39:51

Does anyone have a suggestion as to the best service to use to mail letters from the USA to Portugal. I recently renewed my wife's US drivers license and had my daughter mail it to us here in Portugal. My daughter used the USPS to send it first class mail at a cost of $11. After 8.5 weeks the envelope was returned to my daughter. We checked the mailing address and it was perfectly correct. No one ever attempted to deliver the envelope to us here nor did they attempt to call, text or email us here. We don't know what happened or why it was returned.

Any suggestions? Our daughter currently is holding the Drivers license afraid to mail it through the USPS again.

HELP!!!

TGCampo Serial expat

Member since 30 August 2023

TGCampoSerial expat01 September 2024 17:36:31

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Go for DHL. They should offer an overnight delivery. I know that it isn't cheap, but is is very fast and tracked and it won't be necessary too often.

maxwmitchell1997 Active member

Member since 06 May 2021

maxwmitchell1997Active member02 September 2024 10:30:49

$200 is what it cost for a single letter.

Strontium Serial expat

Member since 27 April 2019

StrontiumSerial expat02 September 2024 13:50:45

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Not from US of A but I just got a second copy of my non EU driving licence and had one copy sent taped to a sheet of paper sent by cheapish letter post so wasn't too worried if it went astray.

TGCampo Serial expat

Member since 30 August 2023

TGCampoSerial expat04 September 2024 07:51:03

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$200 is what it cost for a single letter. -@maxwmitchell1997

Yes, that's about right. But, it is a one-off thing and very reliable.

maxwmitchell1997 Active member

Member since 06 May 2021

maxwmitchell1997Active member04 September 2024 12:30:28

Obrigado to all.

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