Effective December 31, 2014, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) Exhibit 371.2 and the Individual Country Listing for Mexico to note that Mexico will no longer accept the International Postal Money Order Form (MP1) issued by the United States Postal Service®.
The Postal Service is making this change after the Government of Mexico terminated the international agreement that authorized Post Office™ facilities in the United States to sell paper money orders to be cashed in Mexico.
U.S. customers may continue to send funds securely to Mexico by using the Postal Service’s Sure Money® (DineroSeguro®) service.
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Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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3 Extra Services
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370 International Money Transfer Services
371 International Money Orders
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371.2 Availability
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Exhibit 371.2 Countries Accepting the International Postal Money Order Form (MP1)
[Revise the list of countries and footnote 2 to read as follows (deleting Mexico from both):]
Albania
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Bahamas
Barbados1
Belize
Bolivia2
British Virgin Islands
Canada
Cape Verde2
Dominica
Dominican Republic2
Ecuador2
El Salvador ($500)
Grenada
Guinea2
Guyana ($500)
Honduras2
Jamaica3
Japan4
Mali2
Montserrat
Peru
Saint Christopher and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Sierra Leone2
Trinidad and Tobago3
(1) In Barbados, the amount of the money due for payment will no longer be handwritten on Form MP1 (the form currently states “Amount To Be Written In Words”) but will be electronically applied.
(2) Bolivia, Cape Verde, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guinea, Honduras, Mali, and Sierra Leone will not issue money orders for payment in the United States.
(3) Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago will not issue money orders in U.S. dollars.
(4) In Japan, the Form TFP1 money orders issued for payment in the United States must be shown in U.S. dollars preceded by the capital letters “USD.”
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Individual Country Listings
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Mexico
Country Conditions for Mailing
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Extra Services
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[Revise the listing for International Postal Money Order to read as follows:]
International Postal Money Order (371)
NOT Available
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Although effective December 31, 2014, we will incorporate these revisions into the next available update of the online IMM, which will be January 26, 2015. The IMM is available via Postal Explorer® at http://pe.usps.com.
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