Moving your mail - NorthWestern U.S

Amber V · 08-28-2006, 05:10 PM

How do you go about doing this if you are going to a new base "homeless"? Thanks for all you help.

Becca · 08-28-2006, 05:14 PM

We forwarded our mail to my parents house for the mean time. You can also just use "general delivery" at whatever your new zipcode is, that will send it to the post office for you to check - but I'm always afraid I'll wind up losing mail if I do it that way.

wolfspawprint · 08-28-2006, 05:15 PM

Do you know when you are going to have a place? You can have the Post Office hold your mail and then have them forward it to you when you have a new place.

Amber V · 08-28-2006, 05:15 PM

I am wondering if we can secure a PO Box for Wa before we get there.

Amber V · 08-28-2006, 05:16 PM

We leave Il in mid October and I hope to find a house with in a week of getting there.

airyn1 · 09-10-2006, 11:05 AM

Growing up we always had it sent to my mom's parents house. Our own family hasn't moved without having an address yet, but if we were to it would get forwarded to my mom's house.

Are you moving to the Bremerton/Bangor area? Are you looking to live in housing? If so, you might be able to call them and see if they can assign you a house over the phone. I'm not sure about Bangor, but Jackson Park has so many empty houses. I'm all alone in my building of 6 three bedroom units. We moved here as part of a Home Port Change and they assigned us a unit over the phone before we moved up here. I'm not sure if that was just because of the Home Port Change or what.

Heather · 09-10-2006, 11:43 AM

I asked the lady at the post office here and she gave me a form to fill out. They will hold all my mail here until we give them an address to sent it to. She said its very common.

I posted about this same thing a few weeks ago. I said Homeless to!

*Dawn* · 09-10-2006, 01:57 PM

We just do General Delivery to the zip code we are moving to and it works great...then when you get your address you just take it to the post office and they start delivering your mail to you

Amber V · 09-10-2006, 02:17 PM

hmmmm...... That gives me a few options to think about. We are probably just going to have them hold it I guess. This is the first time we have moved without and address so it is new to me.

Are you moving to the Bremerton/Bangor area? Are you looking to live in housing? If so, you might be able to call them and see if they can assign you a house over the phone. I'm not sure about Bangor, but Jackson Park has so many empty houses. I'm all alone in my building of 6 three bedroom units. We moved here as part of a Home Port Change and they assigned us a unit over the phone before we moved up here. I'm not sure if that was just because of the Home Port Change or what.

Everett has very little housing and we want a yard so it just is not an option for us. At least from what the housing office has decided to share with me via the phone.

Thank you all again

CoffeeGirl · 09-10-2006, 02:22 PM

we have fwd'd ours to the dhs new command before & then fwd'd it to our new house from there after we moved in to our place

08-28-2006, 05:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Amber V Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Everett, Wa Posts: 12,304 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 60%	Moving your mail How do you go about doing this if you are going to a new base "homeless"? Thanks for all you help. __________________ blinkies by Britt

08-28-2006, 05:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
wolfspawprint Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,633 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 67%	Do you know when you are going to have a place? You can have the Post Office hold your mail and then have them forward it to you when you have a new place. __________________

08-28-2006, 05:15 PM	#4 (permalink)
Amber V Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Everett, Wa Posts: 12,304 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 60%	I am wondering if we can secure a PO Box for Wa before we get there. __________________ blinkies by Britt

08-28-2006, 05:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
Amber V Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Everett, Wa Posts: 12,304 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 60%	We leave Il in mid October and I hope to find a house with in a week of getting there. __________________ blinkies by Britt

09-10-2006, 11:05 AM	#6 (permalink)
airyn1 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Killeen, Texas Posts: 2,729 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 67%	Growing up we always had it sent to my mom's parents house. Our own family hasn't moved without having an address yet, but if we were to it would get forwarded to my mom's house. Are you moving to the Bremerton/Bangor area? Are you looking to live in housing? If so, you might be able to call them and see if they can assign you a house over the phone. I'm not sure about Bangor, but Jackson Park has so many empty houses. I'm all alone in my building of 6 three bedroom units. We moved here as part of a Home Port Change and they assigned us a unit over the phone before we moved up here. I'm not sure if that was just because of the Home Port Change or what. __________________ Under construction... Actually highlighting everything and hitting delete was a lot easier than fixing what was here.... I'll think of something clever to put here someday....

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09-10-2006, 11:43 AM	#7 (permalink)
Heather Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: My little house on the prairie Posts: 18,598 Classifieds: (1) Activity: 42% Longevity: 66%	I asked the lady at the post office here and she gave me a form to fill out. They will hold all my mail here until we give them an address to sent it to. She said its very common. I posted about this same thing a few weeks ago. I said Homeless to!

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Dawn Big Dog Mommy Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Pueblo Colorado Posts: 4,954 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 0% Longevity: 98%	We just do General Delivery to the zip code we are moving to and it works great...then when you get your address you just take it to the post office and they start delivering your mail to you __________________ My Aaron Your Pampered Chef Consultant http://www.youdata.com/join/mommy2aaron

09-10-2006, 02:22 PM	#10 (permalink)
CoffeeGirl Java Queen Extraordinaire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Arizona Posts: 56,461 Classifieds: (0) Activity: 18% Longevity: 82%	we have fwd'd ours to the dhs new command before & then fwd'd it to our new house from there after we moved in to our place __________________ When my time comes, forget the wrong that I've done, help me leave behind some reasons to be missed. Don't resent me when your feeling empty,Keep me in your memory, leave out all the rest leave out all the rest