Cape Verde
8-13-20
Correios de Cabo Verde advises that it has resumed normal operations following the government’s announcement of the end of the lockdown. All conditions for the receipt and distribution of postal items have been stabilized and there are no longer any restrictions on the acceptance of postal items by Correios de Cabo Verde.
Additionally, Correios de Cabo Verde is once again able to process outbound and inbound international mail sent to, from or via Portugal as a result of domestic flights operating as normal and essential international flights and sea connections having resumed to and from Portugal. Therefore, all designated operators can now send and receive parcels to and from Correios de Cabo Verde without restriction.
4-17-20
Effective April 17, 2020, the U.S. Postal Service will temporarily suspend international mail acceptance to destinations where transportation is unavailable due to impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions into the area. Customers are asked to refrain from mailing items addressed to Cape Verde until further notice.
These service disruptions affect Priority Mail Express International® (PMEI), Priority Mail International® (PMI), First-Class Mail International® (FCMI), First-Class Package International Service® (FCPIS®), International Priority Airmail® (IPA®), International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL®), and M-Bag® items.
For already deposited items, other than Global Express Guarantee (GXG®), Postal Service employees will endorse the items as “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.
USPS is closely monitoring the situation and will continue to update customers until the situation returns to normal.
3-27-20
Cape Verde’s post advises serious delays are expected for both inbound and outbound mail as a result of numerous flight reductions and cancellations in compliance with the government’s closure of the country’s borders. It has suspended flights to all EU countries, United States, Brazil, Senegal and Nigeria. Postal operations will continue to operate during normal working hours.