International Service Alerts

An overview of current delays

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Delays per country

  • Afghanistan
  • Åland Islands
  • Albania
  • Algeria
  • American Samoa
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Anguilla
  • Antarctica
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Aruba
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Barbados
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bermuda
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Bouvet Island
  • Brazil
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cape Verde
  • Caribbean Netherlands
  • Cayman Islands
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Colombia
  • Comoros
  • Cook Islands
  • Costa Rica
  • Cote D'Ivoire
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Curaçao
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Denmark
  • Djibouti
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Ethiopia
  • Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  • Faroe Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
  • French Guiana
  • French Polynesia
  • French Southern Territories
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Global
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Grenada
  • Guadeloupe
  • Guam
  • Guatemala
  • Guernsey
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Heard Island and Mcdonald Islands
  • Holy See (Vatican City State)
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran, Islamic Republic Of
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Isle of Man
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Jersey
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Kosovo
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • Latvia
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macao
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands
  • Martinique
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mayotte
  • Mexico
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Moldova, Republic of
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Montserrat
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Nepal
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • North Korea
  • North Macedonia
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • Norway
  • Oman
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Palestine
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Pitcairn
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Puerto Rico
  • Qatar
  • Republic-of-the-Congo
  • Reunion
  • Romania
  • Russian Federation
  • RWANDA
  • Saint Helena
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Saint-Barthélemy
  • Saint-Martin
  • Samoa
  • San Marino
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Sint Maarten
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • South Korea
  • South-Sudan
  • Spain
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Svalbard and Jan Mayen
  • Swaziland
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Taiwan
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Thailand
  • The Netherlands
  • The-Democratic-Republic-of-the-Congo
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
  • Vietnam
  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Virgin Islands, U.S.
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • Western Sahara
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Norway (NO)

Last updated 26 August 2025

  • Reported

    26 August 2025
  • Delay

    No delay
  • Location

    Norway
  • Cause

    Due to IT issues at the Norwegian postal service, tracking information is incomplete for packets destined for Norway. Parcels are not affected.

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (LY)

Last updated 26 August 2025

  • Reported

    26 August 2025
  • Delay

    1 week
  • Location

    Libya
  • Cause

    Due to transport issues to Libya, delays are expected in the delivery of mail and parcels in Libya. 

Iraq (IQ)

Last updated 26 August 2025

  • Reported

    26 August 2025
  • Delay

    1 week
  • Location

    Iraq
  • Cause

    Due to transport issues to Iraq, delays are expected in the delivery of mail and parcels in Iraq.

United States (US)

Last updated 22 August 2025

  • Reported

    22 August 2025
  • Delay

    Unknown, no delivery possible at this moment
  • Location

    United States
  • Cause

    Due to new regulations in the United States, it is temporarily not possible to send parcels and packets to the United States via PostNL. So far, U.S. Customs has not provided clarity on how these shipments would be allowed into the country. As a result, starting from August 23, it will temporarily no longer be possible to send parcels to the U.S. However, sending letter mail remains possible.

Colombia (CO)

Last updated 20 August 2025

  • Reported

    15 January 2025
  • Delay

    5 weeks
  • Location

    Colombia
  • Cause

    Due to capacity issues at our postal partner Colombia Post and the airport in Colombia, delays are expected in the delivery of mail and parcels in Colombia.

United Kingdom (GB)

Last updated 19 August 2025

  • Reported

    19 August 2025
  • Delay

    No delay
  • Location

    United Kingdom
  • Cause

    Due to IT issues at network partner Royal Mail in the United Kingdom, tracking information for mail and parcels is only visible at the Royal Mail tracking website.

Cape Verde (CV)

Last updated 15 August 2025

  • Reported

    15 August 2025
  • Delay

    1 - 3 days
  • Location

    Cape Verde
  • Cause

    Due to a storm in Cape Verde, delays are expected in the delivery of mail and parcels in Cape Verde. 

Israel (IL)

Last updated 8 August 2025

  • Reported

    15 January 2025
  • Delay

    6 weeks
  • Location

    Israel
  • Cause

    Due to the current situation in Israel, delays are expected in the delivery of mail and parcels in Israel.

    Delays of up to six weeks are now expected

Mexico (MX)

Last updated 17 July 2025

  • Reported

    17 July 2025
  • Delay

    2 weeks
  • Location

    Mexico
  • Cause

    Due to severe weather conditions in Mexico, delays are expected in the delivery of mail and parcels in Mexico.

Argentina (AR)

Last updated 17 July 2025

  • Reported

    16 July 2025
  • Delay

    2 weeks
  • Location

    Argentina
  • Cause

    Due to strikes and task-retention actions in Argentina, delays are expected in the delivery of mail and parcels in Argentina.

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