How do i stop mail being sent to my home address
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Wester
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not sure if this is the right place to ask this question
I live in a rooming house with about ten other people in separate rooms and all our mail is sent to the same address and it is not safe as some of my letters have gone missing
My question is how do I stop my mail being sent to the address where I live and instead collect it in some Post Office or Office ?
I live in a rooming house with about ten other people in separate rooms and all our mail is sent to the same address and it is not safe as some of my letters have gone missing
My question is how do I stop my mail being sent to the address where I live and instead collect it in some Post Office or Office ?
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You can set up mail redirection to some other address e.g. friend/relative/place of work, or you can set up a PO Box - details of how to do both are on Royal Mail website, but I believe there are charges.0
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The common name for the service is Poste Restante which the Post Office offers.
https://www.postoffice.co.uk/mail/poste-restante
There are other services such as MailBoxes that offer the same service. However certain organisations won't accept PO Boxes / PR so check before you change.Unlike some here, I am not omniscient. If I am wrong correct me. I won't take offence.
The law is like an ocean - have a swim but don't drown.0 -
Is there an address you can access which you know would be safe for your mail? If so, and it's benefits related mail, contact DWP and they can use the alternative address.0
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I called PIP yesterday with a similar issue and they set up a "correspondence address" where my mail is now being sent but they said it works across all the benefits you are claiming so it's all or nothing (I prefer that anyway).
Never went through the post office or paid anything...0 -
"Correspondence address", thanks eskimo26. I couldn't think of the term yesterday.0
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You can set up mail redirection to some other address e.g. friend/relative/place of work, or you can set up a PO Box - details of how to do both are on Royal Mail website, but I believe there are charges.
The problem has come up again with my mail being stolen so now I must stop my mail being sent to the address where I live
The mail collect service is no longer available so the only other options are mail redirection or a PO Box
My question about mail redirection is can I have my mail sent to my friends house and collect it there while still living at my present address ?
My question about the PO Box is when I set up a PO Box do the royal mail send the confirmation and details about the PO Box to me by post or by e-mail . If is sent to me by post it will probably be stolen and I will be back to square one again . If the confirmation and details are sent to me by e-mail that should be ok
Somebody please help me on the subject as I am worried this is not benefits related0 -
The problem has come up again with my mail being stolen so now I must stop my mail being sent to the address where I live
The mail collect service is no longer available so the only other options are mail redirection or a PO Box
My question about mail redirection is can I have my mail sent to my friends house and collect it there while still living at my present address ?
My question about the PO Box is when I set up a PO Box do the royal mail send the confirmation and details about the PO Box to me by post or by e-mail . If is sent to me by post it will probably be stolen and I will be back to square one again . If the confirmation and details are sent to me by e-mail that should be ok
Somebody please help me on the subject as I am worried this is not benefits related
I would expect a postal confirmation to be sent for po box.
There will be for a redirection.
More to the pint,why didnt you set up a mail collect?
This would have been live till September 2020.0 -
I would expect a postal confirmation to be sent for po box.
There will be for a redirection.
More to the pint,why didnt you set up a mail collect?
This would have been live till September 2020.
Because I would have needed proof of address and the only proof of address that I could provide would have been a Bank Statement from my Bank and I had two of them already stolen in the space of a couple of weeks when I was trying to get the problem sorted out
All the Utility bills are in my landlords name
And it would not be safe for a postal confirmation for a PO Box or redirection sent to my address
On the subject of redirection could I have my mail sent to a friends house where I could collect it0 -
AFAIK you can have a redirection to any address you chose, they do charge for this though
https://www.royalmail.com/personal/receiving-mail/redirection0
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