Hi! I moved. Who do I tell?

skybox

I moved to another state and have already called my banks and everyone I could think of that bills me monthly. Who else am I missing? I would think some kind of state organization, but I'm not sure where to look. Anyone who's moved to another state know?

embrik

Employers, health care providers/insurance, gov't (USPS, etc). If you're a male under the age of 26, you need to notify Selective Service. You can do that online here.
Also, you need to notify the DMVs, as they don't generally get change of address stuff from the post office.

Daenris

Well, if you have a driver's license from your old state, you're supposed to get a new license from your current state of residence within (I believe) 30 days of a permanent move to a new state.

Credit cards, banks, insurance, etc.

You can actually just have your mail forwarded from your previous address for up to a year, so that way if there's any place you've forgotten to change you'll still get the mail and you can change it then. You can get the mail forwarding form at the post office. You may be able to fill it out online, not sure about that though.

Edit: You know, I never actually thought about that and never changed my address while moving and under 26 for selective service. And now that I looked at the website I'm sickened by the fact that that agency had a budget of $22,000,000 this year. 22 million just to register names and keep a database of people for something that hasn't been instituted since the 70s.

Improvolone

There is a form to fill out at the post office.

Gdiguy

Daenris wrote: »

Well, if you have a driver's license from your old state, you're supposed to get a new license from your current state of residence within (I believe) 30 days of a permanent move to a new state.

Credit cards, banks, insurance, etc.

You can actually just have your mail forwarded from your previous address for up to a year, so that way if there's any place you've forgotten to change you'll still get the mail and you can change it then. You can get the mail forwarding form at the post office. You may be able to fill it out online, not sure about that though.

Edit: You know, I never actually thought about that and never changed my address while moving and under 26 for selective service. And now that I looked at the website I'm sickened by the fact that that agency had a budget of $22,000,000 this year. 22 million just to register names and keep a database of people for something that hasn't been instituted since the 70s.

Usually when you do the DMV stuff you'll also do voting registration stuff, but that depends somewhat on the state, so you may have to look into that as well. You're supposed to do it within 30 days, but I definitely let it slide a bit longer than that... at the post office they'll have a change of address kit, which is basically just a form you fill out to forward your old mail (and comes with coupons!)

And yeah, I have never changed my selective service thing either (and I have zero idea what my id # is); at least they still have my parent's home address, so it's not like I wouldn't get any mail they sent

Evil_Reaver

Improvolone wrote: »

There is a form to fill out at the post office.

Or you can do it online.

JHunz

Call your new city's clerks office and ask if you need any special vehicle stickers or to fill out any extra paperwork to live in your new area. Nobody told me about local parking stickers until I got a ticket for it.

Jake!

I know this post is pointless, so apologies for it in advance, but I opened the thread hoping the first reply would be the conspiratorial 'no one'.

skybox

Yeah, I've heard something about I'm supposed to tell the DMV within 30 days. However, I thought I remember reading something on the state's webpage that I have to be a resident for 6 months before I can actually get a new driver's license. I'll check again.

DeShadowC

skybox wrote: »

Yeah, I've heard something about I'm supposed to tell the DMV within 30 days. However, I thought I remember reading something on the state's webpage that I have to be a resident for 6 months before I can actually get a new driver's license. I'll check again.

I doubt that. Almost every state wants you having a valid state ID with a current address on it.

Daenris

skybox wrote: »

Yeah, I've heard something about I'm supposed to tell the DMV within 30 days. However, I thought I remember reading something on the state's webpage that I have to be a resident for 6 months before I can actually get a new driver's license. I'll check again.

Yeah... that's almost definitely not true. Every state I've moved to has said change it within 30 days of moving there. In fact, getting the license in your new state is one way to prove residency for some things like certain scholarships/etc that require you to be a resident for X months/years.