Changing Your Mailing Address

Whether you’re a first time home buyer or relocating to a new home or apartment for rent, moving can be chaotic. As you wade through moving boxes and supplies, check out moving and storage companies, load up the moving truck, and complete tasks on your moving checklist, don’t forget to change your mailing address.

Putting in a change of address as early as possible will help you stay connected during a move. You won’t miss your monthly statements for credit cards, digital phone, digital television, or high-speed Internet; and you won’t miss a single issue of your newspaper and magazine subscriptions.

Change Your Mailing Address with the U.S. Postal Service Online

Changing your address with the post office is easy. You used to have to go in person to the post office, fill out a card, and leave it at the counter. But not anymore! Now you can change your address online at the U.S Postal Service website: www.MoversGuide.com. Once you submit your request, the Postal Service will send you confirmation that your address change is active either by sending a Change of Address Move Validation Letter to your old address or, if you’ve moved already, a Confirmation Notification Letter and a Welcome Kit to your new address. For anyone who feels more comfortable changing their address in person at the post office, that option is still available.

Stay Connected to Cable, Internet, Phone, and Utilities When Changing Your Address

When you move you’ll have to transfer service or start up new accounts in order to connect your cable service, connect your Internet service, connect your phone service, and connect your utilities. Simply by contacting these providers to transfer, discontinue, or begin new service, you’ll be changing your address with each one.

Moving Checklist? Add a Change of Address to the List

In the busy time before a move, it’s a good idea to make a list of everyone you need to change your address with: your cable, phone, and high-speed Internet providers, credit card companies, banks, employers, schools, other creditors, groups or clubs you’re involved with, and so on. And don’t forget friends and family – you wouldn’t want great-aunt Mary’s holiday card to be returned to her. Many of these companies provide a variety of options for changing your billing address (and new phone number if you have one): you can change the address on the monthly statement they send, make the change through your online account, or you can give them your new information over the phone with their customer service representatives