Tbilisi - Post Report Question and Answers

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

I'd probably use the pouch to be safe. I've never tried using local mail. - Aug 2024


Diplomatic post. I have used local post to send packages to Europe and it works fine. - Aug 2024


Used USA2GEORGIA to receive packages from US, usually much faster than post mail. To send to the US, had to go through post. Once received a letter from US to address in Tbilisi, it look over five months. - Sep 2022


I get mail through the Embassy. - Jun 2020


DPO works fairly well; things can arrive in as little as one week, but one month is more typical. Haven't used local postal facilities. - Jan 2019


We do DPO through the embassy (the time varies immensely--between 1 week and 4 months). A friend did send us a Christmas card from the states that did make it through the local post office. - Apr 2017


DPO. Mail can take anywhere from 2 weeks to 8 weeks. - Feb 2017


DPO. Fast and reliable. - May 2016


There is a pouch for the Embassy folks. - Jul 2014


I use DPO exclusively as the Georgian mail system is not reliable. Packages shipped through DPO tend to take less than two weeks to arrive. - Oct 2011


Through Embassy DPO/Pouch. - Sep 2011


FEDEX OR DHL. The mail system is awful. - Apr 2011


Difficult if you don't have access to APO. APO took 3-4 weeks to arrive. You can get 2-night shipping from FedEx for documents and other items, but you pay a price for that. - Oct 2009


APO. The ONE time I tried to receive a package sent to us via USPS directly to the Embassy, it never arrived. - Jan 2009


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