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Moving Issues
Changing your
Address with the Post Office
and more...
(For information on address changes for immigration purposes, please
click here)
You can change your address with the
U.S. Post Office
on-line or by going to your local post office and filling out a
change of address postcard. You should file the change of address a
month before you move. The Post Office will forward your mail to your
new address for up to 12 months (for first class mail) and 60 days for
magazines and periodicals. For more information,
click here.
To keep receiving your mail after the
US postal service stops forwarding it, you need to send out change of
address cards to everyone you do business with. These change of address
cards are available at the post office for free.
Most of the bills you receive – from
your utilities, your credit card company, your insurance carrier – have
a section where you can update your address information. Take advantage
of it and you’ll save yourself a little trouble down the road.
Make a checklist of all the companies
that need your address (don’t forget the IRS) and all the friends and
relatives you want to keep in touch with. Keep your change of
address checklist after you’ve moved into your new home, so if you later
don't receive something you are expecting, you will know whether or not
they have your new address.
Links:
U.S. Post Office
On-Line Change
of Address Form
U.S. Post Office
Change of Address Information
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