A-1 General Information

Five versions of the clearance documents are currently in use — an image of each form with highlights of critical fields is available on the PVDS Web site at http://blue.usps.gov/procops/pvds/pvds.htm; unter “Job Aids,” click on PS Form 8125 Version Templates:

1. PS Form 8125, PVDS Verification and Clearance. This form can be printed and provided free by the Postal Service. A current PS Form 8125 must be used. This form can be downloaded from the Postal Service Web site (www.usps.com). PS Form 8125 is used to report a single PVDS that the mailer will transport from origin to a destination facility. PS Form 8125 proves to the destination facility that the mail presented by the mailer was verified and paid for at origin. An image of PS Form 8125 is available at http://about.usps.com/forms/ps8125.pdf.
2. PS Form 8125-C, PVDS Consolidated Verification and Clearance. This form can be downloaded from the Postal Service Web site (www.usps.com). A current PS Form 8125-C must be used. PS Form 8125-C provides a standardized format for reporting multiple PVDS mailings that are prepared by an individual mailer and cleared at origin on the same day for entry at a single destination facility on the same vehicle. An image of PS Form 8125-C is available at http://about.usps.com/forms/ps8125c.pdf.
3. PS Form 8125-CD, PVDS Consolidated Verification and Clearance -DSMS. This computer-generated form can be created by mailers upon approval from the Postal Service. PS Form 8125-CD provides a standardized format for reporting multiple PVDS mailings that are prepared by an individual mailer and cleared at origin on the same day for entry at a destination facility. Information from an electronic file is used to create PS Form 8125-CD. PS Form 8125-CD does not bear the authorized signature of the Postal Service acceptance employee or a Post Office round-date stamp.
4. PS Form 8125-CP, PVDS Verification & Clearance for Periodicals Paid Under Centralized Postage Payment (CPP). PS Form 8125-CP is used by Periodical mailers under a centralized postage payment program for daily publications, such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Investor’s Business Daily. PS Form 8125-CP does not bear the authorized signature of the Postal Service acceptance employee or a Post Office round-date stamp.
5. PS Form 8017, Expedited Plant-Load Shipment Clearance. This form is currently used as an expedited clearance document for non-eInduction mailings that are paid for at the administering BMEU and transported by the mailer to a downstream postal facility (no entry discount claimed). In these instances, mailers are required to have an Expedited Shipment Agreement for Plant-Load Mailings on file at the administering BMEU. An image of PS Form 8017 is available at http://about.usps.com/forms/ps8017.pdf.