Free informational seminars on mail forwarding
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Free informational seminars on mail forwarding
Two free informational seminars on mail forwarding will be hosted for the public by the USPS Consumer Advisory Council.
The seminars will assist seasonal residents by providing instruction on how to properly submit change of address requests
The events will take place Tuesday, Feb. 22 and Friday, Feb. 25 from 2 to p.m.
The Tuesday, Feb. 22 will be held at South County Regional Library, 21100 Three Oaks Pkwy. in Estero.
The Friday, Feb. 25 event will be at the Cape Coral Public Library, 921 SW 39th Ter., Cape Coral.
Forwarding mail is a big expense for the Postal Service and having mail addressed correctly the first time is as important to the Postal Service as it is to the customer. Every post office maintains its own data base, so filing a change of address with one office does not alert the other office of the change.
Temporary forwarding is available to seasonal residents for a six month period with an extension allowed for up to an additional six months. It is important for seasonal residents to maintain a permanent address from which they file a temporary change of address to prevent automatic address change updates by companies who use the national change of address data base.