Kuwait City - Post Report Question and Answers
How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?
We only used DPO. - May 2023
We use DPO, takes about 2-3 weeks to get here, sometimes faster. - May 2023
I send no outside letter mail. I receive mail through DPO. - Apr 2022
Local postal facilities are not functional. Mail regularly gets lost. The Embassy community relies on DPO and pouch. - Feb 2020
DPO is very reliable. - Nov 2018
DPO is quite good--usually takes a couple of weeks from the States. I have never used local post. - May 2017
Diplomatic Post Office. - Mar 2017
Through mission mail. I don't have experience with the local postal service. They do have FedEx and Aramex and other international delivery services. - Aug 2016
You don't. - Mar 2015
DHL for packages. Letters through a corporate mail drop. - Dec 2013
APO/DPO. - May 2013
DPO and pouch, if necessary. - Feb 2013
We send and receive mail via the post office in the embassy. - Jan 2013
APO via the embassy. - May 2012
We are lucky enough to have APO, however, a company called Aramex is here and you can set up an account with them to receive packages. Kuwait doesn't have a reliable private residence mail service. - May 2012
Most get mail through a courrier service. Legend has it that there is a postal system; I don't know anyone who uses it, Kuwaiti or expat. - Jan 2012
APO. - Jul 2010
APO. - Jul 2010
We have APO. - Jul 2008
We have APO access. - Jun 2008
