Alabama - Apply for Mailing Permit or License and Customer Profile

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Procedure

Apply In Person

1. To Apply for Mailing Permit or License and Customer Profile, 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. Fee payment details are mentioned under the “Fees” section of this page.
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 15days.

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Required Documents

• Identity proof
• Address proof
• Passport size photographs
• Two copies of completed form link

Office Locations & Contacts

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 / link
Regional postal address link

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

Eligibility

• Any person who intends to Apply for Mailing Permit or License and Customer Profile are eligible to make this application.

Fees

• There is no fee to apply for a permit to mail with pre - cancelled stamps or a postage meter.
• There is a fee to apply for a permit to mail with permit imprint. This one-time only fee pays for setting up the permit imprint account. The permit imprint application fee is due when to turn in the application for a permit imprint.
• The applicant must hold a permit and pay an annual mailing fee at every Post Office where the applicant wants to enter and pay for commercial mail.
• For more information link

Validity

• The validity for this mailing permit is 2 years.

Documents to Use

• Application form link

Sample Documents

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Processing Time

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

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Instructions

• 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.
• File the form alphabetically by customer’s business name. Post Offices where records are maintained manually must use PS Form 3609, Record of Permit Imprint Mailings, to establish a corresponding numerical record of permit holders. Use PS Form 25, Trust Fund Account, for all other services. Post Offices with a mail classification automated system that provides computation and individual customer account recordkeeping need not maintain a separate manual record.

Required Information

• Mail Owner (Individual or Company Name)
• Address (Street and number, apt. or suite no., city, state, and ZIP)
• Contact Person
• Other Names Under Which Company Does Business (If applicable)
• Applicant’s Signature
• Federal Agency Cost Code
• E-mail address
• Telephone
• Permit number

Need for the Document

• A mailing permit is permission to use a certain postage payment method for commercial mailings.
• To keep the permit imprint account active, the applicant must do a commercial mailing at least once every 2 years. Once the account is in-active, the applicant has to pay the application fee again to "turn it back on."

Information which might help

For more information link

Other uses of the Document/Certificate

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e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

External Links

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