When you move, there are a lot of things to do. But one of the easiest and quickest — is having your mail follow you to your new home.

The easiest, quickest, and most efficient way to change your address is through the Postal Service Web site at www.usps.com/moversguide. You also can obtain a Mover’s Guide from your letter carrier or local Post Office. Both methods will provide you with what you need to change your address, but the Mover’s Guide contains additional change-of-address forms for subscribed publications, helpful moving tips, discounts for moving-related products and services, and answers to the most commonly asked questions about permanent and temporary mail forwarding.

If you choose to use the Mover’s Guide, complete Form 3575, Change of Address Order, and return the completed form to your letter carrier or your Post Office. Whenever possible, notify your Post Office at least 30 days before you move, to ensure uninterrupted service.

You must include the effective date of the change on all notification forms. It’s important to indicate whether it is an individual or an entire family moving, and whether the move is temporary or permanent. Your complete new address should include any directional designation (N, E, W, S, etc.); the correct suffix (ST, AVE, RD, etc.); apartment number, rural route number, or box number; and correct ZIP Code or ZIP+4 Code.

All Express Mail, Priority Mail, and First-Class Mail (such as cards and letters) are forwarded for one year. There is no charge for this service.

Magazines and newspapers are forwarded at no charge for 60 days from the effective date of your change-of-address order. Publishers are required to subscribe to our address correction service. Normally, your magazine will not need to be forwarded for longer than 60 days. But you should notify publications as well, using Mover’s Guide change-of-address forms.

The Postal Service’s address correction service applies to permanent moves only. Publishers are not provided address correction information for temporary moves. So, if you file a temporary change of address and would like to receive your newspapers and magazines at your temporary address, you need to notify publishers in advance of your move and again before you return.

If you go away for less than 30 days, you may want to use the Postal Service’s hold mail service. Your local Post Office can provide additional information and guidance regarding temporary changes of address and holding mail.

Forwarding of advertising mail varies greatly, depending on the level of service requested by the sender. Contact your Post Office for more information about forwarding this class of mail.

The Postal Service does everything possible to provide you with efficient, uninterrupted mail service when you move. All you need to do is simply begin the process that gets your mail to you at your new address.