USPS
Feb 17th 2011, 2:04 pm
#16
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Re: USPS
Unfortunately, yes.
I'm on the way to the airport now (domestic, no embassies involved
) but will PM you when I get back.
Meantime if you want to search my name and embassy you will probably find threads a couple of years old with experience of Washington Embassy on Passports/Helplines, and Singapore Embassy on injured and dead Brits. The former was just a bureaucratic pain the ar$e, the latter was truly disgraceful.
Suffice to say that as a dual nationality family, if we every got in trouble overseas such that we needed help from an embassy, then given the choice, our first call would always be to the US embassy rather than the British. If you check my posts, I'm not one of these "hate britain and everything to do with it" types - I just feel that on this particular subject, the US Embassies that we have encountered have been more efficient, focussed and professional than their British Counterparts.
Like I say, when I get back I would be very happy to talk in detail off thread if you want to.
I'm on the way to the airport now (domestic, no embassies involved
) but will PM you when I get back. Meantime if you want to search my name and embassy you will probably find threads a couple of years old with experience of Washington Embassy on Passports/Helplines, and Singapore Embassy on injured and dead Brits. The former was just a bureaucratic pain the ar$e, the latter was truly disgraceful.
Suffice to say that as a dual nationality family, if we every got in trouble overseas such that we needed help from an embassy, then given the choice, our first call would always be to the US embassy rather than the British. If you check my posts, I'm not one of these "hate britain and everything to do with it" types - I just feel that on this particular subject, the US Embassies that we have encountered have been more efficient, focussed and professional than their British Counterparts.
Like I say, when I get back I would be very happy to talk in detail off thread if you want to.
Feb 17th 2011, 3:08 pm
#18
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Location: South Carolina USA
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Re: USPS
you need more caffine, it was sent from SC not NC 
Feb 17th 2011, 3:10 pm
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Feb 20th 2011, 2:04 pm
#20
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Joined: May 2008
Posts: 383
Re: USPS
Unfortunately, yes.
I'm on the way to the airport now (domestic, no embassies involved) but will PM you when I get back.
Meantime if you want to search my name and embassy you will probably find threads a couple of years old with experience of Washington Embassy on Passports/Helplines, and Singapore Embassy on injured and dead Brits. The former was just a bureaucratic pain the ar$e, the latter was truly disgraceful.
Suffice to say that as a dual nationality family, if we every got in trouble overseas such that we needed help from an embassy, then given the choice, our first call would always be to the US embassy rather than the British. If you check my posts, I'm not one of these "hate britain and everything to do with it" types - I just feel that on this particular subject, the US Embassies that we have encountered have been more efficient, focussed and professional than their British Counterparts.
Like I say, when I get back I would be very happy to talk in detail off thread if you want to.
I'm on the way to the airport now (domestic, no embassies involved
) but will PM you when I get back. Meantime if you want to search my name and embassy you will probably find threads a couple of years old with experience of Washington Embassy on Passports/Helplines, and Singapore Embassy on injured and dead Brits. The former was just a bureaucratic pain the ar$e, the latter was truly disgraceful.
Suffice to say that as a dual nationality family, if we every got in trouble overseas such that we needed help from an embassy, then given the choice, our first call would always be to the US embassy rather than the British. If you check my posts, I'm not one of these "hate britain and everything to do with it" types - I just feel that on this particular subject, the US Embassies that we have encountered have been more efficient, focussed and professional than their British Counterparts.
Like I say, when I get back I would be very happy to talk in detail off thread if you want to.
Dean
Feb 20th 2011, 2:48 pm
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Joined: May 2004
Posts: 23,762
Re: USPS
Suffice to say that as a dual nationality family, if we every got in trouble overseas such that we needed help from an embassy, then given the choice, our first call would always be to the US embassy rather than the British. If you check my posts, I'm not one of these "hate britain and everything to do with it" types - I just feel that on this particular subject, the US Embassies that we have encountered have been more efficient, focussed and professional than their British Counterparts.
Sorry, Dean, but I'm happy to consider you a rare exception.
