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sesyeux
Joined: 20 Jul 2009
Location: king 'arrys
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 Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 6:25 am Post subject: sending visa documents from england to korea |
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has anyone recent experience of this?
i've been told explicitly not to use the royal mail, and instead fed-ex, UPS or DHL.
i was wondering what the difference was between them, if any.
i figure it'll cost twenty to thirty quid i guess..
do you have to go in person to the office? |
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mckinneysbelfast
Joined: 30 Nov 2009
Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 7:03 am Post subject: |
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| i don't know if this is the same thing but we just sent all our EPIK documents from the UK to korea via UPS, it was �45. We went into a local office but you can arrange a pick up online for all of the services i think or ring them and they can collect the parcel off you. We didn't use royal mail because i think it only tracks the package until it gets to korea, once its in the country they aren't responsible for it. With ups we were able to track ours online and see everywhere it went. and it only took 2/3 days. |
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wjf1
Joined: 14 Apr 2010
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:47 am Post subject: |
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You should go for the cheapest one that your recruiter/employer will accept. That's what I'll be doing.
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sesyeux
Joined: 20 Jul 2009
Location: king 'arrys
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 11:04 am Post subject: |
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| i'm DHLing it. �45, they come and pick it up from my gaff tomorrow, even though i just finished booking it. saves me going anywhere. decent. |
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fergalreid
Joined: 02 Apr 2010
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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| Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 11:15 am Post subject: |
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| DHL is extraordinary. My documents have gone from Dublin to Hong Kong in 26 hours. I expect my recruiter to have them tomorrow. I couldn't be happier with the service. |
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petitshallot
Joined: 25 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Did anyone send theirs by normal Royal mail recently? A friend in England did so last Thursday - wondering how long it's gonna take! I wouldn't have trusted this method myself as you get no tracking number and it's so easily lost track of I fear... |
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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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| petitshallot wrote: |
| Did anyone send theirs by normal Royal mail recently? A friend in England did so last Thursday - wondering how long it's gonna take! I wouldn't have trusted this method myself as you get no tracking number and it's so easily lost track of I fear... |
I had a letter sent out to me a few weeks back using Royal Mail's international airfare service. Took 5 days. |
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sesyeux
Joined: 20 Jul 2009
Location: king 'arrys
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| Posted: Tue Apr 27, 2010 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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| picked up midday friday, signed for 10 a.m korea monday morning. dhl comes recommended, even if the pick up bloke was a complete idiot and tried to open my transcripts. |
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petitshallot
Joined: 25 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:09 am Post subject: |
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| MorrisonHotel - that's reassuring... but maybe that was pre-volcano? |
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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 12:14 am Post subject: |
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| petitshallot wrote: |
| MorrisonHotel - that's reassuring... but maybe that was pre-volcano? |
Yes, it was. |
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StavvioD
Joined: 31 Aug 2009
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| Posted: Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:15 am Post subject: |
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For my first E-2, I was told the same; Don't send your documents via Royal Mail...
Anyway, I was skint and weighed up the �45 for DHL/Fedex against the �5-6 it cost for Royal Mail to send it special/signed for delivery. The latter got there in 6 working days...
Your choice...it paid off for me. |
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petitshallot
Joined: 25 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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| the docs arrived in 6 working days royal mail - bit of a gamble, which this time paid off. |
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