Effective October 20, 2022, the Postal Service™ is revising the Individual Country Listing for Saudi Arabia in Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM®) to note that Saudi Post requests that the mailer include a short address as part of the delivery address for mail destined to Saudi Arabia.
This revision is based on a formal request that Saudi Post (the designated operator of Saudi Arabia) made through the Universal Postal Union via International Bureau Circular 77, dated May 30, 2022.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, International Mail Manual (IMM)
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Individual Country Listings
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Saudi Arabia
Country Conditions for Mailing
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Observations
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[Add a new entry to read as follows:]
3. Saudi Post requests that all mail sent to Saudi Arabia include a short address as part of the delivery address. The short address comprises the elements shown in the following example:
The short address is to appear as a separate line below the addressee information and above the delivery address information, as follows:
Addressee: Mohammed Dayan
Short address code: RAGI2929
Building number and
street name: 2929 Rayhanah Bint Zaid
Secondary number
and district: 8118 Al Arid District
Postcode: 13337
Locality: RIYADH
Country name : SAUDI ARABIA
The addressee’s mobile number, if available, is also required for items sent to individuals.
See splonline.com.sa/en/national-address-1.
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Although effective October 20, 2022, the Postal Service will incorporate this revision into the next edition of the online IMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Product Solutions, 10-20-22
