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Multiple Cbp Letters Coming To My House For People Who Never Lived Here — Can I Return Them To Sender?

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Location: CA

Hi everyone, I’m looking for advice on what the correct thing to do is here.

Over the last few weeks I’ve started receiving several letters from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) addressed to different people who do not live at my house and have never lived here. The envelopes say things like “Invoice Enclosed.”

What happened is that various family members used my home address for immigration paperwork connected to the CBP One application process. They never actually came to live here, and at this point they’ve stopped communicating with us and are basically ignoring us.

Because of that, I don’t really want my address tied to whatever their situation is, and I don’t want to keep receiving official government mail for multiple people who aren’t here.

My question is:

Is it okay for me to write “Return to Sender – Not at this address” on the envelopes and put them back in the mailbox?

I obviously won’t open them since they’re not addressed to me. I just want to make sure returning them is the correct thing to do and that I won’t cause problems for myself by doing that.

Has anyone dealt with something similar with CBP or government mail?

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