What does “Held at overseas depot” mean?

Question

I sent a parcel overseas and I got an update saying “held at overseas depot”, what does this mean?

What does “Held at overseas depot” mean?

Answer 1

WhiteSteve | 76 opinions shared on Shopping & Gifts topic.

Master

International packages will be often (or maybe even always) checked at customs. At my last job we’d have issues like that because we dealt in international foods. Once and a while we’d be waiting on a container of product from like Jamaica or Ecuador or something, and it would just be sitting at Port of Miami waiting for customs inspection. I don’t recall it ever taking a super long time though, it just would seem long because we needed the product and customers were bitching at us, haha.

Answer 2

andreasderjuengere | 97 opinions shared on Shopping & Gifts topic.

Guru

It means that in the overseas depot your parcel is held.

Asker

1 mo
No shit Sherlock. I’m asking does it mean something has gone wrong or being sent back to me and so on
andreasderjuengere

1 mo
Watson told me right now that all is fine. They just wait for an 'economic' time to deliver it to you.
Asker

1 mo
Not sure if you read what I said but I said I SENT A PARCEL OVERSEAS. This parcel isn’t for me which is why I worry it says “held in overseas depot”
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andreasderjuengere

1 mo
Oops, I was inattentive in wording.
''held'' without giving a specific reason usually only means that presently it's not moving.
Asker

1 mo
Gosh you’re funny
andreasderjuengere

1 mo
People say so. However: I meant what I said.

Answer 3

Asker

No shit Sherlock. I’m asking does it mean something has gone wrong or being sent back to me and so on

Answer 4

andreasderjuengere

Watson told me right now that all is fine. They just wait for an 'economic' time to deliver it to you.

Answer 5

Asker

Not sure if you read what I said but I said I SENT A PARCEL OVERSEAS. This parcel isn’t for me which is why I worry it says “held in overseas depot”

Answer 6

andreasderjuengere

Oops, I was inattentive in wording.
''held'' without giving a specific reason usually only means that presently it's not moving.

Answer 7

Asker

Gosh you’re funny

Answer 8

andreasderjuengere

People say so. However: I meant what I said.

Answer 9

Tim-loves-it

Guru

Not shipped yet, waiting for other stuff to arrive to load the ship.

Asker

1 mo
I sent the parcel overseas... it’s not for me. It has been shipped and even got to the locations area and the next update was “held at overseas depot”

Answer 10

Asker

I sent the parcel overseas... it’s not for me. It has been shipped and even got to the locations area and the next update was “held at overseas depot”

Answer 11

OddBeMe

Guru

means greasing the wheels of foreign customs agents

Answer 12

Wise4myage

Guru

Customs might think your package is suspicious?

Answer 13

jamesgoldman | 140 opinions shared on Shopping & Gifts topic.

Guru

Probably a customs check

Answer 14

Anonymous

Probably customs is checking it

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