O/T: Why Isn't Purerto Rico (PR) Listed Under States?

[Siamese-Dream.Com]

Was it intentional, or an oversight, to not list PR under the various states?

This isn't a political question (I know that Puerto Rico is a commonwealth and not a state). It's just that as far as I understand it, the USPS expects addresses in Puerto Rico to have the format of the final line of the address as:

City Name, PR, Zip Code

An example would be:

MR PEDRO O VALENTÍN
23 RES LLORENS TORRES
SAN JUAN PR 00924-1234

This example is from this page:

https://ribbs.usps.gov/addressing/do..._-_ENGLISH.PDF

In fact, in the eyes of the US Postal Service, it is more like an off-shore state such as Hawaii - where US Domestic Postal rates apply - than as a foreign country.

So... is there something I should think about before I remove PR from the list of COUNTRIES and instead move PR to the list of states?

Thanks in advance.

[Ron Frigon]

Re: O/T: Why Isn't Purerto Rico (PR) Listed Under States?

Hey Mark,

I added PR to my States list years ago. As well as Guam (GU), American Samoa (AS), US Virgin Islands (VI), Military Addresses (AA, AE, AP), as well as some other obscure Islands in the Pacific. These are all valid US Mailing addresses as far as USPS is concerned. I've also removed them from the Country list to avoid customer confusion. It's been working and returing valid rates for me just fine using the native USPS shipping module. You may want to test it on your configuration...

[TFo]

Re: O/T: Why Isn't Purerto Rico (PR) Listed Under States?

It's only a "state" if you're shipping via USPS. To Fed Ex and UPS, it's a country.

[Rick Wilson]

Re: O/T: Why Isn't Purerto Rico (PR) Listed Under States?

The reason we have it that way is a combo of legacy (that's how we've always done it) and that's how UPS and FedEx prefer it.

This is precisely why these lists are editable though.

[Siamese-Dream.Com]

Re: O/T: Why Isn't Purerto Rico (PR) Listed Under States?

OK, got it. Thanks.