How to Change Your Delivery Address With the United States Postal Service
Moving can be a stressful and hectic process that requires coordination and attention to detail. Leaving a familiar place for a new location only adds to this anxiety. One key element of moving is changing your delivery address with the United States Postal Service. This is a necessary requirement of moving because it ensures that all of your mail will get forwarded to the correct address. To ensure you receive important pieces of mail, this process should be completed early in the moving schedule.
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Instructions
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Log onto the Internet, and navigate to the United States Postal Service's online address change page (see Resources). Review the Privacy statement, and click "I Accept."
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Select "Permanent" if you will not be returning to your old address, or "Temporary" if you will be moving back to your previous residence within the next 12 months. Enter the date you want your mail to start forwarding to the new address. If you selected "Temporary," enter the date you want the Postal Service to stop forwarding your mail. Select "Continue."
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Select the type of move--Individual, Family, or Business--and select "Continue."
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Enter your full name, old address, new address, and email address, and select "Continue."
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Enter your credit or debit card information, which the Postal Service will use for verification purposes (your card will be charged $1). Verify the information in the orange box on the right of the screen, and select the box acknowledging your verification of this information. Select "Submit."
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Locate the text at the bottom of the screen that reads,"Prefer not to submit your form online? Print your request and mail or deliver it to your local Post Office" if you choose not to submit your request online. Click the blue text ("Print your request").
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Verify that the information in the orange box is correct and select the box acknowledging that verification. Enter your name, phone number, and email address. Enter the verification code, and select "Continue."
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Print the form and mail it to the address located on the form, or bring it to any post office.
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Tips & Warnings
When submitting your form online or preparing it for printing, the United States Postal Service will offer you several catalogs and magazine subscription opportunities. If you choose not to receive these, select "No Thanks" to skip these and move on to the form submission or print screen.
You can also change your address by visiting a local U.S. Postal Service location and filling out a change of address form.
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