holding mail
Am wondering if it is necessary to use a mail forwarding service if we are away for say 2 months. We have gone paperless for just about everything. At this point our mail mainly consists of flyers ...
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bigblueok wrote:darsben wrote:
Yes the max is 30 days. If you can find someone to pick up you mail somewhere near the end of thirty days then just renew it for another 30 days.
Make sure to do it in person at the post office and put the name of the person picking up the mail on the form. This saves trouble if you get a nit picking person. Take an extra form home with you and fill it out except for the dates to start and stop. The person picking up can then hand this in for you when they pick up the mail.
I see where you place a hold online. I wonder if you could place another hold again this way without having someone go in person?
You can do it online but they will not hold the mail over 30 days they will either deliver it to you on the 31 day or return the first class to sender (first class is not usually junk mail) hence the need for someone to pickup the mail or receive your mail at your home for a day or two. If someone is going to pickup at PO then the paper form is the only way to put in writing that you want someone else to pick up the mail.
I have not had a problem doing it the way I outlined
