Post forwarding service after moving house?

[Mat_Davies]

Do you know if La Poste offer a post forwarding service after moving house?

[letsmile]

Forwarding mail to UK

We are returning to the UK after six years in France. Various reasons – family, social/cultural and medical. Details for another time. Meanwhile, trying to sort out mail forwarding. We won’t have a permanent address for some weeks [initially Adagio Aparthotel in Liverpool while flat-huntin] and it doesn’t look as though La Poste can switch addresses once I have set up forwarding. I can set up a UK address with Maildroppers or Mailbox-etc, but if I give that address to La Poste I will be paying for it – and having to collect from it – long after moving in. My solution is to give a reliable friend here in France a collection of pre-stamped envelopes [both C5/C4] with address labels – initially for the Aparthotel. Then when we find somewhere, send him a sheet of labels with our new address. Question: assuming 2 or three letters in each envelope, what price stamps do I put on them? I can’t remember the last time I sent a physical letter to the UK. If anyone has a better idea, please l…

[_Brian]

Mais oui, mon ami. C’est facile!

[Mat_Davies]

Perfect, thanks @_Brian

[Stella]

Easy Peasy @Mat_Davies a simple form to complete at your local Laposte…
EDIT: just seen this is already answered… sorry…

[Shiba]

Yes, I paid €38 for six months forwarding last year and all done online, no need to visit any post office.

[Mark]

When I did it earlier in the year, I had to go to the post office for i.d. verification

[Stella]

Similarly for a pal, a couple of months ago… but it was the Postmistress who suggested he go in personally (with me as translator) … and she gave me a list of what he must bring… including ID and means of payment…

[Shiba]

Things must have tightened up then and we did it one evening and received confirmation all in place once the debit card payment had been accepted online. Never went near a post office at all.

[_Brian]

If you have a France Connect identity, I think you can set up forwarding online. If you don’t, then you may need to visit a post office…

[Stella]

Most things can be done more than one way… thank heavens…

[Shiba]

Yes I have, need this to get on the Impôts site and others or else it dosn’t work.