Ordered from the Netherlands for the first time and the debit card payment triggered every fraud check the bank has.
Canada Post scans are generated at the hub, so a silent tracking page is not evidence of a problem for the first 19 days.
Reading the statute rather than the summary changes the tone of everything you send back.
The reference number on the letter is the only way anyone will find the file again, so it goes in the subject line of everything.
Wondering whether my expectations are simply out of date.
Silent tracking in the first week is normal. Scanning happens at hubs, not continuously.
What do you do about the fee? Do you just pay it?
How do I find the national register if I do not read the language?
Fees like that are charged by the carrier, not the state, which is why they are hard to contest.
Do you contact the customs office or the carrier first?
How do I find the national register if I do not read the language?
File early. The window is shorter than people think and it starts at the transaction.
Three month limits are cumulative across parcels in more places than people realise.
What do you do about the fee? Do you just pay it?
Same here.
Not on the customs office but the pattern is familiar.
Photograph everything.
Fees like that are charged by the carrier, not the state, which is why they are hard to contest.