The Postal Service™ will temporarily suspend international mail acceptance for certain destinations due to service impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Effective April 3, 2020, the Postal Service will temporarily suspend international mail acceptance to destinations where the foreign postal operator has indicated that they are unable to process or deliver international mail or services originating from the United States. Customers are asked to refrain from mailing items addressed to any of the following countries, until further notice:
 
1. Botswana
12. Maldives
2. Cayman Islands
13. Mongolia
3. Chad
14. New Caledonia
4. Ecuador
15. Panama
5. Fiji
16. Peru
6. French Polynesia
17. Samoa
7. Honduras
18. Saudi Arabia
8. India
19. South Africa
9. Kuwait
20. Bolivia
10. Libya
21. Sri Lanka
11. Madagascar
22. Zimbabwe
 
Effective April 7, 2020, the Postal Service will temporarily suspend international mail acceptance to destinations where air and sea transportation is unavailable due to widespread cancellations and restrictions into the area. Customers are asked to refrain from mailing items addressed to any of the following countries, until further notice:
 
1. Angola
16. Paraguay
2. Benin
17. Republic of the Congo
3. Bosnia and Herzegovina
18. Senegal
4. Cameroon
19. Seychelles
5. Cook Islands
20. Solomon Islands
6. Costa Rica
21. Sudan
7. Gambia
22. Tajikistan
8. Guatemala
23. Tanzania
9. Kyrgyzstan
24. Timor-Leste
10. Laos
25. Tonga
11. Lebanon
26. Uganda
12. Malawi
27. Uruguay
13. Moldova
28. Vanuatu
14. Mozambique
29. Venezuela
15. Papua New Guinea
 
 
These service disruptions affect Priority Mail Express International, Priority Mail International, First-Class Mail International, First-Class Package International Service, International Priority Airmail, International Surface Air Lift, and M-Bag items.
 
For already deposited items, other than Global Express Guaranteed, Postal Service employees must endorse them “Mail Service Suspended — Return to Sender” and then place them in the mail stream for return.
 
For any returned item bearing a customs form, the Postal Service will, upon request, refund postage and fees on mail returned due to the suspension of service.
 
For all other returned items not bearing a customs declarations form, the Postal Service will, upon request, refund postage and fees on mail returned due to the suspension of service, or the sender may re-mail them with the existing postage once service has been restored. When remailing under this option, customers must cross out the markings “Mail Service Suspended — Return to Sender.”
 
Unless otherwise noted, service suspensions to a particular country do not affect delivery of military and diplomatic mail.
 
For the most up-to-date information, visit our International Service Alerts page at
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/international/welcome.htm