r/Europetravel • u/No-Fact-6424 • Jan 30 '26

Customs, VAT etc. Global Blue Tax Refund. Should I need to put the forms in the envelopes?

We purchased a number of items from Paris and flown out of Barcelona so I ended up getting customs stamps from Barcelona and dropped the forms in the yellow mail box. I didn’t put each forms in the blue envelope and I’m worried that they are not going to be processed? Can someone explain to me if that would be the case? My partner’s forms were in the envelope and all of his tax refund forms are now processed so I’m worried that it is because I didn’t put my forms in the envelope.

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u/TrampAbroad2000 Jan 30 '26

Not entirely clear what you're actually asking. If you mean that you put the forms in the mail box without an envelope, then yeah, that probably explains why your forms weren't processed. They gave you the envelope for a reason.

This is your clue that your partner should be the one making any important decisions. :-)

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u/No-Fact-6424 Jan 30 '26

Yeah that’s what I’m asking. So there’s no hope for me to get those refunds then?

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u/TrampAbroad2000 Jan 30 '26

Hope dies last, but if you put letters without an envelope into a mail box, would you expect them to reach the recipient?

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u/r_coefficient Austrian & European Jan 30 '26

You put the forms directly into the mailbox, without an envelope? Why? Would you send letters without envelopes, too?