What’s New
11/29/2024
Suspension of mail services to Canada
Effective Nov. 29, 2024, the Postal Service will temporarily suspend international mail acceptance to Canada due to the foreign postal operator indicating that they are unable to process or deliver international mail or services as a result of the ongoing national strike by the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
Customers are asked to refrain from mailing items addressed to the following country, until further notice:
Canada
This service disruption affects Priority Mail Express International® (PMEI), Priority Mail International® (PMI), First-Class Mail International® (FCMI), First-Class Package International Service® (FCPIS), International Priority Airmail® (IPA), International Surface Air Lift® (ISAL), Commercial ePacket® (CeP), and M-Bag® items.
The Postal Service is closely monitoring the situation and will continue to update customers until the situation returns to normal. Regular updates on all postal service disruptions in Canada are available at canadapost.ca/negotiations (link) or please visit the International Service Alerts page for the most up to date information:
https://about.usps.com/newsroom/service-alerts/international.
8/26/2024
Digital Mailboxes
We are a now offering digital mailboxes with iPostal1. Get a mailing address at our store for business or personal use. View and manage your mail and packages 24/7 from anywhere with an app or your laptop. When your mail arrives, we’ll take a picture of the envelope or package and upload it to your personal digital mailbox, powered by iPostal1. With a few clicks, tell us what you want to do with each item — forward, scan mail content, put it in your mailbox, discard or shred. We’ll do the rest. A great value, and no contract or setup fee. Sign up for an iPostal1 Digital Mailbox plan here in minutes.
8/28/2024
Increase to Notary Fees
Beginning in January 2024, the DOL began rulemaking considering raising the maximum fees a notary may charge for notarial acts from $10 to $15, based on a rulemaking petition and additional industry feedback.
When does this take effect?
On June 22, 2024 new fees for notarial acts went into effect under Chapter 308.30.220 WAC. You should be aware of the following changes:
- The maximum fees a notary may charge for notarial acts have increased to $15.00 from $10.00.
On November 1, 2024 we will enact this increase to in store notarial acts.
8/28/2024
International Mail Service Suspensions
Updated: Aug. 2, 2024
Effective August 30, 2024, the Postal Service will suspend international mail acceptance to Bhutan until further notice due to unavailable transportation.
Customers are asked to refrain from mailing the following services to Bhutan until further notice:
- Priority Mail Express International (PMEI)
- Priority Mail International (PMI)
- First-Class Package International Service (FCPIS)
- International Priority Airmail (IPA) Packets
- International Priority Airmail (IPA) M-bags
- Airmail M-bags
Unless otherwise noted, service suspensions to a particular country do not affect delivery of military and diplomatic mail.
For already deposited items (PMEI, PMI, FCPIS, IPA Packets, IPA M-bags, and Airmail M-bags, entered on or after 8/30/24), the Postal Service will endorse the items as “Mail Service Suspended — Return to Sender” and place them in the mail stream for return to sender.
The Postal Service™ is temporarily suspending international mail acceptance for certain destinations due to impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic and other unrelated service disruptions. Customers: please refrain from mailing items addressed to the countries listed here, until further notice.
