CU*BASE Standards for Foreign Addresses
Following are standards for entering foreign member addresses into various screens in CU*BASE. These standards were taken from US Postal Service guidelines as of September 2002.
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The “Foreign Address” Flag
The Foreign Address flag in CU*BASE must be checked in order to enter a foreign address in the recommended format. This flag is available from all CU*BASE screens used to update member address information.
Do not check this flag for any US addresses or for any military address. How do I format a military address? Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands are to be treated exactly like a US address in CU*BASE: the foreign address flag should not be checked, and the state field should be used as usual to enter the state code PR or VI.
Using CU*BASE Address Fields
Use the CU*BASE address fields as follows. If the CU*BASE fields are not long enough to hold all of the information in a member's address, we recommend contacting the postal service or your member to ascertain if there are appropriate abbreviations for street designations, etc., that can be used to help shorten the address.
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Field Name |
Description |
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Address 1 (ADDR1) Label: Street |
Use this for the full street address, including house/apartment/PO box number |
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Address 2 (ADDR2) Label: City/Cd |
Use this for the city name and the postal code (if applicable); for Canadian addresses, include the providence/territory abbreviation (see the sample below) |
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City Label: Country |
Use this for the country name (all capital letters) |
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State |
Cannot be used for foreign addresses |
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ZIP |
Cannot be used for foreign addresses |
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ZIP+4 |
Cannot be used for foreign addresses |
Example:
THOMAS CLARK
117 RUSSELL DRIVE ¬this is the ADDR1 field
LONDON W1P6HQ ¬this is the ADDR2 field (notice the postal code)
ENGLAND ¬this is the CITY field
Canadian Addresses
For Canadian addresses, you may use the standard two-digit abbreviation for the province, but this must be included with the city and postal code in the ADDR2 field, NOT the State field. For example:
JANE SMITH
10-123 MAIN ST ¬this is the ADDR1 field
MONTREAL QC H3Z 2Y7 ¬this is the ADDR2 field
CANADA ¬this is the CITY field
Canadian Province and Territory Symbols
AB Alberta
BC British Columbia
MB Manitoba
NB New Brunswick
NF Newfoundland
NT Northwest Territories
NS Nova Scotia
NU Nunavut
ON Ontario
PE Prince Edward Island
QC Quebec
SK Saskatchewan
YT Yukon
Country Abbreviations
The US Postal Service does not allow the use of country abbreviations for addressing mail, since there is no standard, recognized set of country abbreviations. The full name of the country should always be written in capital letters on the last line of the address (using the City field as shown above).