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SHIPPING METHODS FOR GRADUATION DOCUMENTS
Definitions:
"Graduate": A person that completed full course of studies and received corresponding diploma reflecting study areas.
"Mail": Letter or package intended to be mailed.
"Mailing" or "shipment": Designated approach to transfer letter or package from originating place to the place of final destination.
"Shipping or mailing costs": Costs related to transfer of letter or package from originating place to the final destination.
"Handling costs": Costs related to preparation of letter or package for mailing. Some places are using this charge to recover costs of manual labor involved in packaging and mailing process (preparation of letter or package, secure packing, delivering to postal office, etc.).
WE DO NOT CHARGE FOR PACKAGING LABOR COSTS, BUT WE MAY CHARGE FOR THE COSTS OF PACKAGING MATERIALS (if at any point we would decide to do so). Mostly, we are not charging for the costs of materials.
"United States Postal Service": abbreviated names "U.S. Postal Service" or "USPS".
Registered Mail
IN ADDITION to the First Class International Package Mail, graduating student may pay for the “Registered Mail” cost that is an additional add-on service offered by the Unites States Postal Service. Registered Mail is a service that may provide additional security against possible loss of package.
Registered Mail costs are the same for domestic and international destinations. Delivery time will be the same (or shorter) as for regular mail, but Registered Mail usually is not getting lost. Please note that Postal service increases costs regularly.
What is Registered Mail?
In the United States: Registered Mail service is offered by the United States Postal Service as an extra service for the First Class or Priority Mail shipments. Registered Mail provides added security and often this mail is shipped in separate and locked containers. Registered Mail records are maintained and lost package can be traced. Shipment, in most cases, can have tracing information for registered items and shipment progress can be monitored on postal service website.
How our package looks like (international shipments)
All documents securely packed in large carton envelope (box). Package looks like large brown corrugated carton envelope. It is called by the U.S. Postal Service "large package" because it is bigger than 12 inches in at least one dimension.
Package usually weights between ONE to TWO pounds (Pound - LBS.), depending on the number of documents and packing method. 1 Pound = 453.59 Grams.
All documents are printed on heavy weight paper (archival quality) that creates total weight (we never print documents on thin paper).
We are not sending documents in regular paper envelopes because most likely you would receive everything in damaged condition.
We cannot give exact package weight because it is based on the actual weight of each document and the quality of carton packaging can create different weight (if carton sheets are manufactured at different time, or on different factory, etc.). We only know exact weight when package is fully packed and sealed.
Private shipping companies (international destinations)
UPS, Federal Express, DHL, etc.
Graduating student MUST check online estimates for the shipping costs before requesting private delivery services. We will not be providing any estimates.
Each shipping company has a website (please search the Internet) and each shipping company provides web page, where you can calculate approximate shipping costs.
For the estimates, please use our mailing address and ZIP code provided on the “Contact” page (Zip code 19134).
Prices from Private Shipping Companies for the "legal size" envelope with only 0.5 lbs. (225 grams) of weight will cost about $110 - $150 and it depends on your location. Small envelope that is not large enough to place notarized documents without folding, may have shipping costs about $59 (we cannot use these envelopes because documents are larger than provided by shipping company envelopes). In addition, this price does not allow (because it is only 0.5 lbs. of weight) any additional carton padding or any other forms of package enforcement; accordingly, documents can be delivered damaged. Shipping of larger package by private mail services (1-2 lbs.) can cost as much as $175 - $200.
In most cases, different private companies have very similar costs (between private companies).
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