Complete USPS Form 1583

USPS requires every customer of a mail center to file PS Form 1583, Application for Delivery of Mail Through Agent, with two current IDs. It authorizes the mail center to receive mail for you. Your address can be used and your mail released once the mail center verifies the form. Only the mailbox owner can file it.

Fill in the form

Open Your mail and select Verify your identity on your mailbox. The form has these parts. Each part has its own Save button, so save each one before you move on.

1. Step 11About you: your name, phone and permanent home street address. It must match the address on your second ID.
2. Step 22Your business (business mailboxes only): the business name, Kind of business, address and State where it is registered.
3. Step 33Names that receive mail: see Add people who can receive mail.
4. Step 44Your two IDs: see Upload your two IDs.
5. Step 55Sign and choose how you are verified: choose how your signature is witnessed, type your full name under Type your full name to sign exactly as on the form (first and last name), and select Sign and send.

After you sign

The form shows Sent to the mail center. They will check your IDs and witness your signature. and can no longer be changed. The mail center witnesses your signature the way you chose: see Choose how your form is witnessed.

• If the mail center asks for a change, you get an email and the form shows The mail center asked for a change: with their note. Fix that part, save it, and sign and send again.
• When the form is verified, it shows Verified. Your address is ready to use. Your mailbox becomes active, your address appears on Your mail with Copy address, and your mail can be released.

Mail that arrives while you wait is logged and kept for you.