How to Forward Post Office Mail
When a person moves to a new city they’ll need to have their mail forwarded to the new address. Moving can be a very stressful process, but the United States Postal Service usually makes forwarding your mail a pretty simple process.
Items needed:
- Change of address form from the Post Office
- Computer with Internet
- Your new and old address Information
1. Visit your local post office to get a change of address form or go online to the United States Postal Service Website to fill one out.
2. Decide whether or not you’re new address will be where you will stay for a significant about of time or if it will only be a temporary change. You’ll need to indicate this on the form by checking the appropriate box.
3. Figure out the exact date that you’d like to start receiving mail at your new address and include this date on the form.
4. Check what kind of move you’ll be making on the form. Will the entire family be moving to the new address? Is this a business move or just an individual move? Include this information on the form.
5. Enter all of the new and old address information. You’ll need to provide them with the street, city, state, zip code and apartment number if you’ll be living in an apartment. Also, include your full name on the form.
6. Provide the United States Postal Service with your email address if you’re filling out the form online. This will allow them to confirm that they have changed the address through email. If you filled out a change of address from that you got from the post office, just return it to a United States Post Office location and they will begin forwarding your mail to the new address.