Mail should begin forwarding 7-10 days after that date and will continue for the following 12 months. For my international folks, just check with your particular mail service. You’ll be able to specify the exact date when you want your mail forwarded. When you know your exact moving date, my American friends can update it with the Post Office HERE. Luckily, I’ve got something to help you with that! But first, when do you make the switch? It’s astounding how many places keep your address on file, and you never even realize it until you have to update them ALL. Moving comes with it’s own set of stressors (psst… here are 8 Moving Tips Guaranteed to Make It Stress-Free!), and changing your address just might be the most time-consuming one. Just the other day, I panicked because my default address with belonged to our Florida apartment (where we no longer live) and I totally missed it during the checkout process!Īfter spending the majority of my afternoon on the phone with UPS and JCPenney (the latter could not stop my shipment), I convinced UPS to hold my package at the warehouse until I could drive there to pick it up.īut even then, I had a small window of time to do so before they would deliver it to whoever now lives in apartment 204.
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At some point in each moving process, I inevitably forget to change my address somewhere. Since getting married, we’ve moved to five different addresses ( we’re about to add a sixth!). You never realize how many companies keep your address on file until you move to a new place and need to give them a heads up! This change of address checklist printable organizes your important contacts into one mega list so you can easily keep track of who to notify.