Special Delivery
National Same Day Messenger Delivery and Courier Service

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Our Corporate team represents hundreds of years of experience in our industry. Many Fortune 500 companies rely on World Courier Ground to meet their time-critical courier delivery needs. If your situation is anything like “the closing is in an hour” or “the patient is being prepped for surgery”, we’ll make it happen for you.

Special Delivery World Courier Ground provides these delivery services over the largest “local” area you’ll find. Our regular territory for Direct, Rush, and Regular Services stretches over hundreds of metropolitan areas, from San Francisco to Boston, and south to Miami.

Services Available for Special Delivery
Courier Services Available:
Nonstop	Learn more
Our premium courier service, the closest available driver proceeds immediately to pickup and deliver your package nonstop. We give you an estimated pickup time when you place your order A tracking call is made when the driver is approximately halfway to the delivery point And a call on delivery to let you know who signed, where they were located, and the exact delivery time.
90 Minute Service	Learn more
Delivered within 90 minutes of your call for couriers. For delivery distances over 20 miles, add 30 minutes delivery time for each additional 10 miles or fraction thereof.
2.5 Hour Service	Learn more
Delivered within two-and-a-half hours of your call. For delivery distances over 20 miles, add 30 minutes delivery time for each additional 10 miles or fraction thereof.
5 Hour Service	Learn more
Delivered within five hours of your call for messenger orders placed and ready for pickup prior to 12:00 noon Monday-Friday. For courier delivery distances over 20 miles, add 30 minutes delivery time for each additional 10 miles or fraction thereof.
World Courier Ground offers you much more than expedited delivery. Call us for: Delivery and Assembly – Our experienced technicians deliver and assemble your products or merchandise, same day or next day, everything from office furniture to fitness equipment. Route Drivers – Our inside operations team manages your daily scheduled courier deliveries with the same care as your on-demand deliveries. Warehousing – We can readily meet your short-term or long-term storage needs in our safe and secure warehouse. Tech Restock – We can accept your products, consolidate, securely store them, and deliver them to your techs or drop the material at a storage site or a vehicle whenever you wish, 24/7 anywhere in the Chicagoland area.

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Consular FAQS

American Citizen Services

Courier Service (U.S. Citizens only)

• Can I use any courier service?
• Who are Special Mail Services?
• Where can I obtain information about this service?
• Is the fee per passport?
• What do I do if my application is returned to me because it is incomplete?
• How can I check on the progress of my application?
• As the Embassy is using a courier service, can I assume that my passport will be returned to me the next working day?
• Do I have to use SMS?

Can I use any courier service?

Can I use any courier service?

Who are Special Mail Services?

SMS is a private courier agency contracted to the U.S. Embassy to provide courier delivery services on behalf of the Consular Section.

Where can I obtain information about this service?

Please call SMS at 0870 950 1760.

Is the fee per passport?

The fees charged are for a package depending upon weight. The envelope that they provide will take several passports; for example, the passports of a family of four will fit into one envelope. If you have any further questions about this, you may wish to speak with an SMS representative on the day you visit the Embassy or by calling them at 0870 950 1760.

What do I do if my application is returned to me because it is incomplete?

You will be required to resubmit the application with the missing documents by courier or by Royal Mail Special Delivery. This is at your expense.

How can I check on the progress of my application?

You will be given a unique ID tracking number by SMS, and you can call them to check on the progress of your application. You should take into account the fact that the documents will not be released to the courier until processing has been completed. Routine U.S. passport applications take 15 working days to process. Applications for extra pages take five working days.

As the Embassy is using a courier service, can I assume that my passport will be returned to me the next working day?

The passport will not be released to SMS until the Passport Unit has completed processing the application. Routine U.S. passport applications take 15 working days to process. Applications for extra pages take five working days.

Do I have to use SMS?

You are not required to use SMS. If your application requires a personal appearance, you may bring a pre-paid Royal Mail Special Delivery envelope (available at any UK Post Office) to your appointment for the return of your documents.

If you are eligible to apply by mail, please submit your passport application, along with all supporting documents and photos, only by using the Royal Mail "Special Delivery" service (available at any UK Post Office). Please do not use the regular mail service. Your envelope should be addressed to:

Passport-by-Mail Service
American Citizen Services
U.S. Embassy
5 Upper Grosvenor Street
London
W1A 2LQ

To ensure the safe return of your passports, you should also enclose a pre-paid Special Delivery self-addressed return envelope that shows postage paid up to 500 grams. Inquiries regarding Special Delivery Mail should be directed to your local Post Office. As the Embassy does not keep track of Special Delivery numbers, you are advised to keep a record of your Special Delivery tracking number so you can track your passport's return to you.

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Leading companies and across the nation rely on us for the secure and timely handling of all their courier transportation needs. Our dispatch and customer service staff has over 90 years experience in the transportation business.