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To ensure the best service, always use USPS.com for all change of address activities. The Change of Address Order (PS Form 3575) is available at your local Post Office within the Mover's Guide® packet.

You can: Go to USPS.com/move to change your address online. You do not need to pay a separate company to change your address. Scammers may charge $40 or more to do what you can do for just $1.10 using the "Who is moving?"

National change-of-address and mail forwarding records are retained 4 years from the effective date. Delivery units access COA records from the Change-Of-Address Reporting System (COARS) database, which retains 2 years of information from the COA effective date.

In general, a change of address takes seven to 10 business days from the date that you initially registered the change for your home or company. However, depending on the local post offices involved, it might take about two weeks before the post office recognizes this new address.

Regardless of the reason, if an address you know is valid but does not validate in our DOTS Address Validation ? US web service, reaching out directly to the USPS can remedy the issue. If you have an address that needs to be added to the USPS database, we recommend that the resident contact the USPS branch directly.

Visit your local Post Office location with acceptable photo ID. Request a free Mover's Guide packet. Fill out the PS Form 3575 found inside the packet, and give it to the retail associate.

Sometimes, an address will not validate because the address is marked as "vacant" by the USPS. Additionally, a new address, an unregistered address, or one located within a postal code primarily serviced by PO boxes, would all fail to validate.

It is likely that your usps.com® profile is not updated with your current address. The best way to prevent this issue is to submit an Official Change of Address online at moversguide.usps.com, in person at a Post Office?, or through your carrier.