Please follow these steps to properly enter and format your address, per local standards.

• RESIDENTS

  • Line one should include first and last name.
  • In line two, input the street address or Post Office Box (PO BOX) number. Include apartment, suite or room number if applicable.

  TIP: Include directional words as N, S, E, W and abbreviate street types, such as ST, AVE or RD.

  • In line three, add the city, two-letter state abbreviation and ZIP Code™. Separate city and state with a comma and a space. Separate the state and ZIP Code with two spaces.

  Example:

  JANE SMITH
  1960 W CHELSEA AVE
  ALLENTOWN PA 18104

  TIP: See examples and related articles on the United States Postal Service website.
  
  

  MILITARY ADDRESSES

  • Overseas military addresses must conform to domestic addressing standards. To prevent mail from entering foreign mail networks, do not include city or country names in these addresses.
    
    
  • The delivery line (second line from bottom in the address) must show one of the following: UNIT, CMR (Community Mail Room), PSC (Postal Service Center), OPC (Official Postal Center), UPR (Unit Postal Room) and number; and unit or box number assigned.
    
    
  • The last line must contain the APO (Army Post Office) or FPO (Fleet Post Office) designation, state abbreviation, AA, AE or AP followed by the ZIP+4®* or five-digit ZIP Code™* number (when applicable, United States or USA would be the country name utilized).
    
    
  • AA refers to Armed Forces of the Americas and replaces the previous designation of Miami (340).
  • AE refers to the Armed Forces of Europe and replaces the previous designation of New York (090-098).
  • AP refers to Armed Forces of the Pacific and replaces the previous designation of San Francisco (962-966).

  Example:

  SGT. JOHN SMITH
  UNIT 2340 BOX 132
  APO AE 09350

  Learn more on the United States Postal Service website.

  *ZIP Code and ZIP+4 are registered trademarks of the United States Postal Service.

• • In line one, include the first and last name.
  • In line two, include the street address.
  • Line three should include the municipality, province and postal code. Separate the municipality from the province (or territory) with one space; separate the province (or territory) from the postal code with two spaces. For the postal code, separate the first three characters from the last three characters with one space.

  Example:

  JOHN JONES
  10-123 / 2 MAIN TE
  MONTREAL QC  A1A 1A1 (Do not use hyphens. These can cause delays.)

  Don’t use punctuation unless it is part of a proper name. Example: ST. JOHN’S.

• • In line one, include the recipient’s name.
  • In line two, include the street name and house number.
  • In line three, include the neighborhood or district name.
  • In line four, include the city or province name.
  • In line five, include the country name.

  Example:

  JUAN PEREZ
  CALLE PALO HINCADO NO. 123
  ZONA COLONIAL
  SANTO DOMINGO, DISTRITO NACIONAL
  DOMINICAN REPUBLIC