Canada Post Tracking

[Jixe]

A referee of mine sent her reference letter this past Wednesday by Xpresspost and it still hasn't shown up on Canada Post's website for tracking. Has it taken this long for it to show up for any of you? They don't have any information by phone either.

[blinknoodle]

Do you mean the Wednesday 3 days ago or 10 days ago? It is not unheard of Canada Post not posting the tracking number after 3 days.. at times the package is received before it can be tracked online. I would be more worried if it were 10 days, not 3. Take deep breaths, it will be ok.

[Jixe]

3 days. Usually I'm not worried, but the deadline's this upcoming Wednesday.

[Kirsteen]

3 days. Usually I'm not worried, but the deadline's this upcoming Wednesday.

Hi there,

 

Over the past few years I must have sent out more than 20 ExpressPost envelopes and about one quarter of them were untraceable until well after the package arrived. ...but the package always arrived in a timely manner. Minimally, you should have your tracking number and receipt on hand in the event that the package is not delivered on time but chances are--and even if the tracking number does not appear on Canada Post's website--you will have nothing to worry about.

 

Cheers,

Kirsteen

[patentforamenovale]

Yeah, dont stress too much..i think reference letters are the one thing they (OMSAS) are more flexible about, since you're not the one sending them out....

[Jixe]

This is actually for Alberta U.

 

It shows "Not Received" on their systems, which may also mean they haven't updated their records. I think I'll call in on Monday.

 

Thanks all!

[muchdutch]

The won't be open Monday.....

But chill out, they don't even look at your reference letters until after your interview. No need to call unless on Wednesday it still says 'not received', and even then you should be fine. But if you're really worrying, wait until Wednesday to call as they're probably overloaded with this type of call nowadays. They are very quick to update their system, they must do it as your reference letters come in. My reference said her letter was in the mail, and two days later it was updated on their system.

Besides, I asked them about this last year and they said a few days late wasn't really a big deal - they aren't going to flag your file or anything like that.

[007]

Don't worry! When I applied several years ago, although all 3 letters were sent in, one of them was apparently lost. OMSAS notified me they didn't have all 3 and gave me a window to get it sent in again.

[Jixe]

It's just odd that TWO of my reference letters sent from different cities in Ontario via Inter-province Xpresspost are untrackable. Alberta U never answers e-mails nor picks up their calls (has a voicemail box that's full and does not return OOP calls)...