New Delhi - Post Report Question and Answers

How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?

Pouch. - Jan 2022


Embassy mail system worked well. - Sep 2020


Pouch mail at present. Delhi is attempting to acquire a DPO. - Jul 2019


We receive mail and packages via pouch. There is no Diplomatic Post Office (DPO) in Delhi. For outgoing packages we have to use the American Association service at a very high cost. Local postal mail has own complications and bureaucracy. - Oct 2017


We mailed through the US Embassy for mail to/from the US. You could receive letters and packages. You could mail letters and packages the size of a VHS tape and smaller. For larger packages you'd have to pay through ACSA (the American Community Association), but I never did that as it was pricey.

Locally, things were often delivered by courier, including things you ordered online. I mailed postcards home from the local post office and it worked well. I have heard that mailing things in envelopes or packages locally is risky due to theft. - Mar 2017


Pouch only. - Feb 2017


Local postal facilities, which I haven't tried, would probably be pretty difficult to navigate. - Nov 2016


Use the diplomatic pouch for everything. There is no APO/DPO in India. - Jun 2016


Via the diplomatic pouch, though it can take up to 3 weeks to get items in the mail, so planning ahead is helpful. - Sep 2014


We use the Embassy post - we are lucky to have that. - Sep 2014


Through our Embassy. It's expensive to send. More than at other posts. - Aug 2013


Via the embassy. Most Indians use DHL or Blue Dart because they do not trust local mail for packages. - May 2013


I don't. It is tough from here and expensive. - Oct 2012


Through the embassy. Indian mail is not reliable. - Sep 2012


We dont - no APO. - Aug 2011


through diplomatic pouch - Aug 2011


Via the embassy. - Aug 2011


Through the embassy as an employee. - Jan 2011


Fed Ex, via the Embassy. Don't use local Post. - Sep 2010


We use DHL without problems. - Aug 2010


Through the embassy. - Aug 2010


Only by Diplomatic pouch. - Aug 2010


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