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IMM Revision: Termination of International Postal Money Order Service

Effective October 21, 2021, the Postal Service™ is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM^®), Exhibit 371.2, to reflect that the exchange of international postal money orders between the Postal Service and Trinidad and Tobago Postal Corporation (TTPost) will be discontinued as of January 1, 2022.

Effective January 1, 2022, TTPost will stop selling international postal money orders destined for the United States. Likewise, effective January 1, 2022, the Postal Service will stop selling international postal money orders destined to TTPost. A customer who wishes to purchase an international postal money order destined for Trinidad and Tobago must do so before January 1, 2022.

Effective January 1, 2023, TTPost will stop cashing international postal money orders issued by the Postal Service. Likewise, effective January 1, 2023, the Postal Service will stop cashing international postal money orders issued by TTPost. Consequently, in accordance with IMM 371.5, a customer in possession of an international postal money order issued by TTPost must cash it at a U.S. Post Office™ facility by the validity date on the money order or before January 1, 2023, whichever comes first.

A customer who is in possession of a USPS-issued international postal money order but who does not cash it before January 1, 2023, may redeem it at a U.S. Post Office facility at face value.

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 exhibit to add new footnote 5 for Trinidad and Tobago:]

 

Albania1	Dominica2	Mali1
Anguilla2	Dominican Republic1	Montserrat 2
Antigua and Barbuda2	Ecuador1	Peru
Bahamas2	El Salvador ($500)1	Saint Kitts and Nevis2
Barbados2, 3	Grenada2	Saint Lucia 2
Belize	Guinea1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2
Bolivia1	Guyana ($500)1	Sierra Leone 1
British Virgin Islands2	Honduras1	Trinidad and Tobago4, 5
Cape Verde1	Jamaica2, 4

(1) Albania, Bolivia, Cape Verde, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guinea, Guyana, Honduras, Mali, and Sierra Leone will not issue money orders for payment in the United States.

(2) Effective October 1, 2021, the foreign post will stop selling international postal money orders destined for the United States. Likewise, effective October 1, 2021, the Postal Service will stop selling international postal money orders destined to the foreign post. Effective October 1, 2022, the foreign post will stop cashing international postal money orders issued by the Postal Service. Likewise, effective October 1, 2022, the Postal Service will stop cashing international postal money orders issued by the post.

(3) 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.

(4) Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago will not issue money orders in U.S. dollars.

(5) Effective January 1, 2022, Trinidad and Tobago will stop selling international postal money orders destined for the United States. Likewise, effective January 1, 2022, the Postal Service will stop selling international postal money orders destined to Trinidad and Tobago. Effective January 1, 2023, Trinidad and Tobago will stop cashing international postal money orders issued by the Postal Service. Likewise, effective January 1, 2023, the Postal Service will stop cashing international postal money orders issued by Trinidad and Tobago.

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Although effective October 21, 2021 (even though the policy itself is not effective until January 1, 2022), the Postal Service will incorporate this revision into a later edition of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer^® at pe.usps.com.

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