Baku - Post Report Question and Answers
How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?
DPO and pouch. DPO takes 2-3 weeks, pouch three weeks. - Sep 2023
We use the DPO. - Aug 2023
We use DPO and Diplomatic Pouch. Other expats use the local postal services and have many many issues with their parcels. - Aug 2023
Embassy mail service - Jun 2023
We use pouch and DPO. Some of the BP families use some shipping services, so there are options if you aren't an American diplomat. - Jun 2021
We just got DPO downstream from Tbilisi. It still has some kinks, but they are being worked out. We also still have pouch. I don't know of anyone who has used local mail. - Jan 2019
Baku is currently a pouch-only post (Li batteries can be problematic). We never used the local postal facilities. - Jul 2018
Diplomatic pouch. - Mar 2017
Through the embassy pouch mail. - Jul 2015
Pouch. Anything else is unwise. - Jan 2013
Dip pouch through the Embassy. - Dec 2011
Pouch at the embassy. - Sep 2010
Mail goes through the embassy. 2-3 weeks minimum. - Aug 2010
Pouch. - Oct 2009
We have pouch service. You pay postage only for items less than a pound. Items over a pound there is a pouch fee. - Sep 2008
International mail takes about 3 weeks from the U.S. - Sep 2008
