Saudi Post has a service Wasel Aalami which would let you get a free Delivery from USA and UK. The idea is that Saudi Post would provide you with addresses which are of USA/UK and anything which is delivered to those addresses would be delivered to KSA for Free.
- For this first you would have to register yourself for Wasel Aalami service, a detailed step-by-step guide on how to do it is present on this link: How to get a Postal Address (Wasel Aalami) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Step by Step Guide
- After that go to: https://www.sp.com.sa/English/MYPOSTONLINE/Pages/login.aspx and click on ‘First Time Entry’:
- Here choose 1st option which is ‘By use Natiojnal ID or Iqama number or Commercial registry and PID .’ and enter your Iqama number and Customer Account number. Customer Account number can be found as ‘Customer Number’ on the printout you received from Saudi Post which is mentioned on the link (How to get a Postal Address (Wasel Aalami) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Step by Step Guide)
- Next page would ask you to enter user details for new user creation. Enter appropriate details and upon submitting it will give you the following msg:
- Click on ‘Login’, it will take you back on the main page, enter your login details and click Submit.
- You would see 2 addresses under ‘Wasel Aalami Service’, 1 is for USA and the other is for UK. Now whatever can be delivered to USA or UK for Free can be Delivered to you in KSA for Free as well by using these addresses. If your delivery is not free on the above addresses then don’t choose the option of payment on delivery because that delivery would be rejected, pay in advance and you won’t be charged anything for USA/UK to KSA leg.
- Your Delivery would take another 10 days to reach KSA and it would arrive in Saudi Post office and you would receive a call to collect it. If you want it to be delivered at your door steps then you would have to pay SR90/year for that service.
- There are some items which are not allowed by this services, you can check them on (How to get a Postal Address (Wasel Aalami) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Step by Step Guide)
- On this page you can keep track of your orders and there are many other options available from Saudi Post, you can explore them and use them accordingly:
Update(08-04-2014): It has been informed by a reader that there are some charges mentioned on Saudi Post website for using this service. The charges can be seen on this link: http://www.sp.com.sa/English/SaudiPost/ProductsServices/Pages/myaddressinus.aspx
It is strange that it was told to me by the Saudi Post representative that its free and also my friend checked from a different branch of Saudi Post and they also confirmed that its free. I am not sure if the website is not updated or the information provided by the Saudi Posts personals was wrong.
-urShadow
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