How to track your second stimulus check and other shipments through the USPS app? | The State

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He Internal rents service (IRS) began mailing the second stimulus check. If you qualify for another direct payment, there are three ways you could receive it. But if you haven’t received a direct deposit from the IRS yet, you will receive a paper check or an EIP card in your mailbox.

As a way to discourage fraud and theft of stimulus checks, the envelope with your money can not clearly showing that it contains a check. That’s where a free app of the United States Postal Service (USPS) can help you. Sign up for the service will allow you to track where your second stimulus check or EIP card is and when could it arrive preventing you from accidentally throwing away the envelope containing your check or card thinking that it is garbage.

There is another thing you should know. Although the second stimulus check seems to be coming faster this time, there is a deadline to receive your check, the January 15. If you don’t receive your payment in the mail by then, you will need to file a claim during tax season to get your money. That is called Recovery Refund Credit and it may delay the deadline for receiving your next check. Now we will explain how you can use the service of USPS to track your stimulus check.

Free USPS Tracking Tool

Informed Delivery is a free email tracking service from USPS that automatically scans your letters and that can alert you with a picture every time a letter with your name is about to be delivered, including your second stimulus payment.

You should bear in mind that the tool will show you all the documents scanned by the post office, not just your stimulus payment.

How can you trace the letter that contains your stimulus check?

This app can take three business days to activate your account after setting it up. Once it is active, you will receive an email every morning, Monday through Saturday, if mail is scheduled to arrive a notification in your email account will be delivered along with an image grayscale of the front of the letter.

The free application of the “Informed Delivery” service is available on the Android and iOS platforms.

The service is available for a large number of PO box addresses in the United States and although it is enabled for people not available for companies. It may also not work for some buildings where the USPS has not identified some properties.

Related: Which group of people will get the second $ 600 stimulus check first?

How to check if the service is available in your area?

1.Go to the Informed Delivery page of the Postal Service and press the button and register for free.

2.Enter your postal address and tap on the “Continue” option. If the service is available, you can create an account.

In addition, you must establish the delivery address and configure your account:

• You must register on the Postal Service Informed Delivery page.
• After entering your postal address and confirming that it will work with the service, you must accept the terms and conditions and tap Continue.
• On the next page, you must choose the Username, password and security questions. Then you must enter your contact information and press Continue.
• Then you should verify your identity. You will receive a verification code on your phone or request a code. If neither method works, you may also have the option of visiting a post office to verify your personal identity.

So far the tool of Internal rents service (IRS) “Get My Payment” is not enabled on their website that allows you to track the status of your payment. second stimulus check. The agency is expected to enable its service in the course of the week that begins.

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