PS Form 3615 at a glance
What it is: Mailing Permit Application and Customer Profile: this form creates a comprehensive file about customers who use these services.
Who signs: Box 3, Applicant's Signature: signature of person completing form.
A filled-in PS Form 3615 example: a print shop applies for a permit imprint
How to fill out PS Form 3615, box by box
Mail owner, date, signature and email
In box 1, Mail Owner (Individual or Company Name), enter applicant's name and company/agency name under which mailings will be entered.
In box 2, Date, enter the date application was completed.
Box 3, Applicant's Signature: signature of person completing form.
Box 4, Email Address (required if known): applicant's email address or contact email address.
Address and other names
In box 5, Address, enter the complete company mailing address.
In box 6, Other Names Under Which Company Does Business (If applicable), enter all other names under which company does business.
Two forms of identification
Two forms of identification are required when submitting this application. One form of ID must contain a photograph of the applicant(s). The applicant must enter the two ID numbers on line 8a and line 8b which is subject to verification by the postal employee completing the application. Social Security cards, credit cards and birth certificates are not acceptable forms of identification.
Contact method, contact person and telephone
In box 7, enter method(s) of contact.
In box 11, Contact Person, enter the name of the contact person (a person with whom Postal Service personnel can discuss mailing differences, etc.).
In box 12, Telephone No. (Include area code), enter the telephone number (include area code) of contact person named in item 11.
Federal agency cost code and plant verified drop shipment
In box 9, Federal Agency Cost Code (If applicable), complete if applicant is a federal agency presenting mail under Official Mail Accounting System (OMAS).
Box 10, Will Present Plant Verified Drop Shipment (PVDS)?, indicates whether mailer is or will be presenting plant verified drop shipments (PVDS) (For informational purposes only).
Type of permit: permit imprint
In Section B, Check Applicable Type of Permit/Authorization Requested, complete 1 if mailer will mail using a permit imprint.
Will you be mailing anything that is liquid, fragile, perishable, or potentially hazardous? See DMM 601 Yes No
In Section B, complete 3 if mailer will mail using a postage evidencing system (Meter/PC Postage).
In Section B, complete 4 if mailer applies for a Business Reply Mail permit.
More rules for PS Form 3615
You may use one form and update it as needed. If files are kept in separate locations, you may use a separate form for each service.
Customers should keep the coupon(s) along with their copy(ies) of PS Form 3544, Post Office Receipt for Money, which they will receive after paying the required fee.
Common questions about PS Form 3615
Are there fees?
Annual fees apply to presort or destination entry mail.
Sources
[1] PS Form 3615 (August 2020), Mailing Permit Application and Customer Profile, United States Postal Service (the Official source link on this page).
