🇩🇿 Poste restante: Algeria To be confirmed

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Holding period, cost and tips

Ministry of Post FAQ (archived January 2025): fixed surcharge of DZD 55 per item and DZD 30 per newspaper or periodical, unless a subscription card is shown (DZD 2,000 per year). Who pays and when: not specified; prices possibly out of date.

• Two official sources disagree on the duration. The ministry FAQ says 1 month (an item received on 2 July is kept until 31 July inclusive). A summary of the poste.dz "Postal services" page, not read directly because the site blocks automated access, mentions 15 days.
• According to the ministry FAQ, mail can be addressed "Poste Restante" from any post office, for collection in person at the counter.
• Subscription card: issued by all post offices on request, valid for 1 year. File: application form, copy of a valid ID card, 2 ID photos. For a foreign subscriber or a simple pickup without a card, the required document is not confirmed.
• A summary of the poste.dz "Poste restante" page (not read directly) says items are handed over only to the addressee or their proxy, on presentation of an ID.
• An Algérie Poste post relayed by the press mentions 3 months maximum storage of mail: the scope is not specified. The 3 months in the FAQ concern forwarding to a poste restante, not storage at the office. Parcels: not mentioned.

This entry is to be confirmed: at least one key piece of information could not be verified on an official page. Call the country's post office before sending anything important.

Source: Algérie Poste ↗