thelynxxxx Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 I was talking to a friend the other day and he claims that there is no way of sending mail, even just letters, to the USA from Thailand due to the C19. Is that true? Surely not. I could possibly understand parcels, but all mail?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stouricks Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 (edited) I would have thought it would be the other way round, no mail FROM Covid infested USA but all going OUT of Covid-free Thailand. Edited September 23, 2020 by stouricks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Its my current understanding which may be wrong that indeed there is no regular mail service from Thailand to the USA. There are the expensive alternatives of ems (reportedly very slow and possibly not fully reliable) and DHL (fast and very expensive). ________ As long as we're on this topic can someone knowledgeable verify if there is any regular airmail service FROM the USA to Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 9 minutes ago, stouricks said: I would have thought it would be the other way round, no mail FROM Covid infested USA but all going OUT of Covid-free Thailand. Its probably not so much about infected letters but rather no flights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemo38 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 There was a problem sending mail by the post office a while ago. I am not sure that it is still a problem. Globally, there are a lot of closed routes and backlogs, particularly for sea mail. I send some parcels from one country to another back before the lockdown which only just arrived (sea mail). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya Spotter Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Air Mail goes by, surprise, airplanes, and in Thai Post's case the holds of commercial airliners and there are currently very few of these contraptions flying between Thailand and the US. At one point earlier in the pandemic, I needed to mail something and the post office informed me of this fact. I'm not sure if mail service is still being affected (but the flight situation has not changed and is actually worse). Just go and ask them (or check the Thai Post website). if it's an urgent missive, DHL uses their own planes and has Thailand-US-Thailand mail/parcel 2-3 day service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sheryl Posted September 23, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted September 23, 2020 Please see above, which is from pined threrad in General forum. EMS still goes but it is much slower than before, taking 50-6 weeks to arrive. the new "epacket" service also goes to the US. https://www.thailandpost.co.th/un/article_detail/product/549/91 But I have no idea how long it takes, almost certainly not currently as fast as the link suggests, I think that refers to normal speed when air traffic is normal, nto now. So yes, you can send mail, by EMS or epacket, but it will take a long time to get there. For anything time sensitive best to send by courier like DHL or Fedex. Moving this thread to General forum 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otherstuff1957 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 3 hours ago, Jingthing said: ________ As long as we're on this topic can someone knowledgeable verify if there is any regular airmail service FROM the USA to Thailand? Oddly enough, there does seem to be mail service (presumably by air) from the US to Thailand. I have received a couple of notices about voting from California recently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bangsaenguy Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Must be some mail being delivered. I got mail in August from the US dated late July 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 5 hours ago, bangsaenguy said: Must be some mail being delivered. I got mail in August from the US dated late July Anything mailed more recently that arrived more recently? I checked a U.S. postal website and that did not indicate that mail wasn't going to Thailand but it didn't really explicitly say it was either. If mail is going from the U.S. to Thailand (albeit slowly with less reliability) why can't Thailand send it the other way? Weird, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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