USPS Hold Mail® service can hold your mail safely at your local Post Office™ facility until you return, for up to 30 days. To hold your mail longer or to reroute your mail, please sign up for a forwarding service. You can make your request up to 30 days in advance or as early as the next scheduled delivery day.
How do you put your mail on hold?
To request a mail hold, call 1-800-ASK-USPS or complete a “hold mail” form at the post office. You can make the request up to 30 days in advance or as early as the next-scheduled delivery day. The postal service will hold mail from three to 30 days.
What does it mean to put a hold on mail?
USPS Hold Mail Service Lets You Stop Mail for between 3 and 30 days. USPS Hold Mail Service allows your local Post Office to stop mail delivery if you’re out of town or otherwise need to suspend home delivery for at least three days and for a maximum of 30 days.
Can I do a Hold mail online?
You can do a hold mail request via online at HoldMail.USPS.com. As you fill out the form, it will verify if a hold mail request is available in your area. Once that is confirmed, you can fill in the dates and submit to start your mail hold.
Can I put my mail on hold and pick it up?
Can I authorize someone else to pick up my USPS Hold Mail? You have the option to authorize a third party to pick up your held mail by providing written permission to the appropriate Post Office™ location. The third party that you authorize will need to present Acceptable Forms of Identification.
How do I stop a hold on my mail?
How Do I Cancel A USPS Mail Hold?
Visit the official USPS Hold Mail service page.Click the “Edit/Cancel Your Hold Mail Request” option on the right side of the page.Enter your phone number or email address and the confirmation number on the pop-up menu that appears.
Where do I pick up my held mail?
Where can the customer go to pick up mail that is being held? Customers may go to their local Post Office pickup location based on the information on the back of their Redelivery Notice. Customers may go to the Post Office to pickup the item on or after the date and time indicated on the PS Form 3849 delivery notice.
How long does it take for hold mail to take effect?
Hold Mail requests must be for a minimum duration of 3 days. The maximum duration for Hold Mail requests is 30 days. If you need mail held longer than 30 days, please contact your local Post Office™.
Will USPS hold mail longer than 30 days?
The post office will hold your mail forever. They just will not accumulate more than 30 days of held mail.
Is USPS hold mail free?
USPS Hold Mail Service offers vacationers peace of mind
If you’re going away for an extended period, the Postal Service recommends taking advantage of its Request Hold Mail Service. The service is free and we’ll keep your mail safely at your local Post Office until you return.
What is USPS hold for pickup?
A Hold For Pickup package is shipped directly to a Post Office, instead of being left at the recipient’s address. The package is then held at the Post Office until picked up anytime during office hours, at the time most convenient for the recipient.
