1. Incoming mail:

Incoming post can be very reliable if you know the deal. A Post Office box is recommended instead of home postal delivery or even delivery to your work address. A person can only rent a PO Box in the area where they live (your Civil ID shows the area where you live).

The charge in the first year is 7KD, which includes 3KD for a new lock and key to the box, and 4KD a year after that. The application must include a copy of the person’s Civil ID. If there is a vacant box, it will be issued right away.
Incoming parcels (bigger than a padded envelope) are opened and checked in front of you at a large Post Office in Shuwaikh, you receive notice of this by way of a green card.

Also available for incoming mail are various courier services, e.g., TNT, DHL, FedEx,  ARAMEX (All these couriers need a street address and packages need to be signed for )  All incoming packages from courier companies are still opened and inspected by Customs at the Airport, but packages from well known shippers (e.g. Amazon, etc) are not thoroughly examined.

2. Outgoing mail:

Outgoing courier service includes TNT, DHL, and FedEx.

However, registered mail service, Mumtaz mail and outgoing parcel (packages have to be sewn in white cloth and there are maximum weights/dimensions - The weight limit is 20 kilograms, and the size limit is 42 inches in length or 72 inches in length and width combined.) post, all available at Kuwaiti Post Offices, are MUCH cheaper than shipping out with FEDEX, etc. and are just as reliable. Mumtaz Post is part of the worldwide EMS network, and mail sent by Mumtaz has priority both in Kuwait and in the country of delivery.

The service is available, from the general Post Office and main post office, to over 90 countries. Special Mumtaz envelopes must be used. The maximum weight is 15 kilograms. The first half kilogram costs KD5 to Arabic countries and KD6 to all other countries. Each extra half kilogram coasts KD2 to any country.