Being careful to include all necessary information is important when addressing a letter to a relative, business partner, friend or anyone else living in Mexico. It currently costs nearly a dollar to send a letter to this North American country and the clearer the information, the less the chance you'll need to do a costly re-send.
Instructions
Writing the Address
1. Write the name of the person you are sending the letter to on the front of the envelope. It should be located in the upper middle portion of the envelope. Be sure to include any title like Dr., Prof., or Sra. (for Senora) at the front of the name to distinguish the addressee from others who might have a similar name.
2. Put the name of the department right under the name of person if they are part of a university, business or some other large organization. Then place the name of the organization under this.
3. Write the street name for the business or residence on the line below the name. This is called the street line. Write the street number after the street name. Note that this is the opposite of how addresses are written in the US.
4. Write the name of the district, if you know it. It might have a Col., meaning Colonia, before its name, according to Frank da Cruz of the Kermit Project. An example of a district name is Col. Centro. The 5-digit postal code, or Codigo Postal, is on the next line. It can be preceded by the abbreviation CP, as is C.P. 06080. Below this is the city line on which the name of the city your letter is going to is written. Use accent marks as needed.
5. Put the name of the state your addressee is located in, if you know it. Look it up if you don't know. The more information on the letter, the better its chance of being delivered. The final address line should have the name MEXICO written in capital letters. Do not abbreviate it. Add accent marks to aid delivery. If you are using a computer to type in the address and your word processing program does not allow you to write accents, manually write them in after you print the envelope.
6. Note: the following is an example of write an address for a Mexico-bound letter:
Sr. Felix Gómez
San Lupe 24525
Zona Río C.P. 22320
Tijuana
MÉXICO
7. Notice that the due to space constraints the district and postal code were on the same line and abbreviations like Col. are not in the address. There are some differences in the way addresses may be written. The above is just a general illustration.
