Apply In Person

1. To Apply to Act as a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency, the applicant has to approach the USPS – United States of Postal Service link

   NOTE: Enter the zip code, select the postal office and click the “Search” button.

2. The applicant has to download the form from the following link
3. The applicant has to enter all the necessary details in the application form.
4. Make sure that the applicant has to attach all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
6. Submit the completed form and the necessary documents to the local office.
7. The office details are mentioned in the “Office Locations & Contacts” section of this page.
8. The fee for this procedure has to be paid as per the authority’s request.
9. Once all the verification process is done by the authority, the applicant receives a notification through a mail.
10. The applicant has to get the permit by visiting the postal office.
11. The processing time for this procedure is up to 1- 2 weeks.

• Identity proof
• Address proof
• Utility bill
• U.S. Permanent record card
• Certificate of Naturalization
• Application form link

USPS – United States of Postal Service
Call: 1-800-ASK-USPS (1-800-275-8777)
Hours of Operation
Monday – Friday 8 AM – 8:30 PM ET
Saturday 8 AM – 6 PM ET
Contact link
USPS State Office Locator link

NOTE: Enter the zip code, select the postal office and click the “Search” button.

• Any person who intends to apply the Act as a Commercial Mail Receiving Agency are eligible to make this application.

• The fee for this procedure has to be paid as per the authority’s request.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

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Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• The processing time for this procedure is up to 1 – 2 weeks.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
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• Applicants must complete the application form before submitting it. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicants must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

• Name of Commercial Mail Receiving Agency (CMRA)
• Name of CMRA Owner/Manager
• Street Address of CMRA (Number, street, city, state, and ZIP Code)
• P.O. Box Address of CMRA (Include city, state, and ZIP Code)
• CMRA Telephone Number
• Permanent Home Address of CMRA Owner/Manager (Number, street, city, state, and ZIP Code)
• Home Telephone Number of CMRA Owner/Manager
• Agency Manager or Contact (Name and telephone number)

• A Commercial Mail Receiving Agency (CMRA) is a private business that accepts mail from the Postal Service for recipients, keeps it for collection usually a private mailbox, "PMB", or re-mails it to another location with newly paid postage. Customers are responsible for the expenses associated with the services provided by CMRA stores such as Mail Boxes Etc., Post Net, Postal Annex, and Pak Mail.

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• A CMRA is sometimes referred to as an OBC (Office Business Centre) or a CEC (Corporate Executive Centre). A Corporate Executive Centre offers customers a small suite or private office space, as well as shared office services such as mail receipt and re-mailing.

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