ixy Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Does anyone know how long it takes to have an avis de reception returned by La Poste normally? Letter sent to Belguim from France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Anything between one and two weeks in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 And, does it have to be signed for?Or will it just be pushed through the letterbox with the other letters? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Just in with normal letters.[:)] IIRC, you can track them on line too, but I could be wrong. Have a look at your slip from la Poste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixy Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 Thanks for replies. Is that the norm for within France or taking into account 2 seperate countries? Seems a long time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I get the impression that once the letter had been delivered, the proof isn't considered a top priority. I haven't done many international ones - about a week is pretty normal here for internal stuff, add a bit more for another country and Easter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixy Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 The proof should be a priority surely? That's the whole idea is'nt it!? Definitely an essential for a vendor in a property sale, ie so he knows when the buyer has had sight of the two signatures on the CdeV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Well, in general I think (and I suppose it would be better backed up by a native-born French person!) that the avis is for legal purposes and that most of the time, it's only considered necessary long after the actual delivery. If you need to be certain it's turned up on time, then maybe it's best to ask the recipient. The proof comes back in the form of a post card with the usual mail so I don't think it's given any special treatment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixy Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 Thanks so much for your replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 I've had one occasion when the signed return never showed up. Tracking it down was a major pain. I ended up sending a 2nd document Colissimo 2nd day air with a tracking number. Had no problem then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Once these things leave France, don't count on getting something back, well that has been my experience. The tracking system should be OK, I have found that that works, eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clair Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 [quote user="idun"]Once these things leave France, don't count on getting something back, well that has been my experience.[/quote]I second that.Postal workers outside France don't always know that the receipt has to be signed for and returned, especially if they don't read French. I had many an opportunity to explain what was what when dealing with French parcels or letters when working in England. Most the the postmen who delivered them didn't have a clue what to do with the proof-of-delivery card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbles Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 All a bit complicated in our case but we have never received confirmation that our letter was received and signed for. We sent a recorded delivery letter to France online with the avis de reception option.There seemed to be no way of tracking our communication.We have proof of "posting" but nothing tangible ever arrived, either by post or by electronic mail to confirm that they signed for it at the other end.In our case the letter was sent to an aggressive estate agent so we didn't feel like asking them if they got it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 It also does not work the other way round. Last year when I sent our french tax return to Noissy le Grand, I did it so that I could tell whether it was delivered or not. Months later it actually did show up on line that it had been delivered, which was of no bloody use to me at all as it was a tax return and if not in by the date, then there is a penalty. Inconsequence, as I had sent it a little early, I sent yet another one and put 'copie' in pencil over each formulaire and a note stating that I had no idea if the originals had arrived and been signed for. As it happened our avis d'impot arrived here and then a lot lot later our stuff showed up online too.And now I have said that, I have a feeling that I have just done something very stupid with the french tax online last week. I can see all these being a right catastrophy this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixy Posted April 29, 2011 Author Share Posted April 29, 2011 Seems to me thats its another case of not much unity being shown in the European Union, just what do these MEP's do apart from earn a fat crust whilst they sit around on their fat ***e. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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