You can join International Pen Friends individually or with a
friend. If you would like to join with a friend, please complete
two application forms.
The printable application form can be found here.
Please complete all fields carefully.
First Name:
Last Name:
Address:
City:
Post Code:
State:
Country:
email:
*
Date of Birth:
(Day/Month/Year)
Age:
Gender:
Female
Male
Marital Status:
Single
Married
Occupation:
Male
Female
Both
English
French
German
Greek
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Yes
No
Membership Number, if known:
Animals
Antiques
Art
Astrology
Camping
Cars
Chess
Computers
Cooking
Crafts
Dancing
Environment
Exchange Holidays
Farming
Fashion
Fishing
Gardening
Genealogy
Health & Fitness
History
Internet
Languages
Literature
Movies
Music
Philately
Philosophy
Photography
Reading
Religion
Science
Social Work
Sport
Theatre
Travel
Writing
Cards
Stamps
Souvenirs
Books
(The penfriends we will choose for you will be around your own age.)
* The instructions on how to access the magazine online will be emailed to you so please ensure you have given your correct email address on this form.
**The booklet will be sent to you as a PDF file together with the address list to the email address you have provided on this application form.
If you chose the service C2, C4, C6 or C8, please give the name of the person you are joining with:
Please read carefully:
You will NOT be automatically redirected to the PayPal website. To make the payment, please click on the Paypal.me link above to pay through PayPal. Alternatively, please log in to your PayPal account ⟹ click "Pay or send payments" ⟹ choose the "Pay for goods or services" icon ⟹ give the recipient's email as payments@ipfworld.com and enter the correct amount for the service(s) required in the currency you wish to pay in. To complete the transaction, please click "Send Payments Now" and you are done.
If the payment is being made with another person's PayPal account, please give the applicant's name in the "Add a note" section so that the payment can be associated with the correct application form. Thank you!
Euro Bank Transfer through:
(Euro zone only *)
*) Bank transfers can also be made from outside the Euro zone but your bank may charge you a fee for this. All banking charges must be paid by the applicant.
If the application fee is being paid by a person other than the applicant, please give the applicant's name in the message field when making the payment so that we can associate the payment with the correct person.
There is no need to send us a receipt of the payment. Your application form will be sent for processing as soon as the payment is cleared.
Cash notes (no coins please!) by mail to:
You are welcome to submit the application form online and send the fee in the mail if none of the electronic payment methods are suitable for you. Please remember to enclose a note with your name and address so that the payment can be associated with your application.
We also accept International Reply Coupons (IRC) that can be purchased at the post office. Please use the following conversion rate: 1 IRC = 1.95 EUR. Please send the IRCs to the address shown above.
We regret we cannot accept Cheques or Money Orders due to the high cost of cashing them.
Please note that we do not offer a penfriends service for prisoners.
Important! Please check all details are correct before submitting the application!
P.S. We apologise we cannot process applications received without payment.