Sending Christmas Cards and New Year's Cards |
November 15, 2018
Deadlines for Sending Christmas Mail
The deadlines for sending Christmas mail in 2018, including cards, to various countries and territories are given in the table below.
| Country/Territory of Destination | Mailing Deadline (Please see Notes.) | |
|---|---|---|
| Airmail | SAL Mail | |
| (Asia) | ||
| India | December 7 | November 30 |
| Indonesia | December 11 | December 4 |
| Korea | December 12 | - |
| Singapore | December 11 | December 4 |
| Sri Lanka | December 7 | November 30 |
| Thailand | December 19 | December 12 |
| Taiwan | December 14 | - |
| China | December 14 | December 7 |
| Pakistan | December 7 | November 30 |
| Bangladesh | December 11 | December 4 |
| Philippines | December 7 | November 30 |
| Vietnam | December 11 | - |
| Hong Kong | December 14 | December 7 |
| Macao | December 14 | - |
| Malaysia | December 11 | December 4 |
| Myanmar | December 11 | - |
| Laos | December 11 | - |
| (North America) | ||
| Canada | November 30 | November 22 |
| Hawaii | November 30 | November 22 |
| USA | November 30 | November 22 |
| (Oceania) | ||
| Australia | December 7 | November 30 |
| New Zealand | December 7 | November 30 |
| Papua New Guinea | December 7 | - |
| Fiji | December 7 | - |
| (Near and Middle East) | ||
| UAE | December 13 | December 6 |
| Israel | December 7 | November 30 |
| Oman | December 7 | - |
| Qatar | December 7 | - |
| Kuwait | December 7 | November 30 |
| Cyprus | December 7 | - |
| Saudi Arabia | December 7 | November 30 |
| Bahrain | December 7 | November 30 |
| Jordan | December 7 | - |
| (Europe) | ||
| Ireland | December 7 | November 30 |
| Italy | December 11 | December 4 |
| United Kingdom | December 7 | November 30 |
| Austria | December 7 | November 30 |
| Netherlands | December 11 | - |
| Greece | December 7 | November 30 |
| Switzerland | December 7 | November 30 |
| Sweden | December 7 | November 30 |
| Spain | December 7 | - |
| Denmark | December 7 | November 30 |
| Germany | December 11 | December 4 |
| Norway | December 7 | November 30 |
| Hungary | December 11 | December 4 |
| Finland | December 11 | December 4 |
| France | December 7 | - |
| Belgium | December 7 | November 30 |
| Poland | December 7 | November 30 |
| Portugal | December 7 | November 30 |
| Romania | December 7 | - |
| Russia | December 7 | November 30 |
| (Central and South America) | ||
| Argentina | December 4 | November 30 |
| El Salvador | December 4 | - |
| Colombia | December 4 | November 30 |
| Chile | November 19 | November 19 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | December 4 | - |
| Nicaragua | December 4 | - |
| Panama | December 4 | - |
| Brazil | December 4 | November 30 |
| Venezuela | December 4 | - |
| Peru | December 4 | November 30 |
| Mexico | December 4 | November 30 |
| (Africa) | ||
| Algeria | December 7 | - |
| Uganda | December 7 | - |
| Egypt | December 7 | - |
| Ethiopia | December 7 | - |
| Ghana | December 7 | - |
| Kenya | December 7 | November 30 |
| Zambia | December 7 | - |
| Zimbabwe | December 7 | - |
| Tanzania | December 7 | - |
| Nigeria | December 7 | - |
| Madagascar | December 7 | - |
| Malawi | December 7 | - |
| Mauritius | December 7 | - |
| Morocco | December 7 | - |
Notes:
- These mailing deadlines are the final dates set according to the delivery information received from each country/territory in order to allow enough time for Christmas mail, including cards, to be delivered in the destination countries/territories. They are not meant to restrict mailing after the deadlines.
- It is recommended that you send parcels, small packets, and others requiring customs inspection at the country of destination prior to the deadlines as additional time may be required.
- Regarding SAL Mail, where the deadline fields are left empty means that it is either impossible to establish the time needed to deliver Christmas mail or that SAL service does not provide.
- For countries and territories not included in the table above, the Christmas mail delivery schedule is unclear, and we therefore do not set the mail shipment deadlines.
Sending New Year's Post Cards (Nenga-jo) Overseas
New Year's Post Cards issued by Japan Post (Nenga-jo) can be sent overseas with an additional postage stamp, that is, a 18-yen stamp for Airmail.
There is no special handling such as delivering New Year's Post Cards (Nenga-jo) on New Year's Day in other countries.
Therefore, if you want to deliver the cards during the New Year season, please send your cards using the "List of Delivery Days" accessible on Japan Post's website as a reference:
https://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/deli_days/index_en.html
