I made regular July 25, 2015 how long will I have to wait to transfer out of state? I've been told I would have to wait 12 months to transfer out of state and 18 months to transfer within district! Can someone explain please. I need to know the correct way, before I start my own process lol!!!!

I would contact your local union rep.

this is from the ELM
351.6 Mutual Exchanges
351.61 General Policy
Career employees may exchange positions (subject to the provisions of the
appropriate collective bargaining agreement) if the officials in charge at the
installations involved approve the exchange of positions. Mutual exchanges
must be made between employees in positions at the same grade levels. The
following employees are not permitted to exchange positions:
a. Part-time flexible employees with full-time employees.
b. Bargaining employees with nonbargaining employees.
c. Nonsupervisory employees with supervisory employees.
351.62 Rural Letter Carrier Employees
The mutual exchange of regular rural letter carrier employees of different
Post Offices is permitted in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
USPS-NRLCA National Agreement. The following mutual exchanges are not
permitted:
a. Between regular rural letter carrier employees in the same Post Office.
b. Between rural letter carrier employees and members of other crafts.

This is from our contract Art. 12.3.A.1.d
When rural carriers of different post offices agree
upon a mutual exchange of offices and if all installation
heads involved approve, the position currently
occupied and to be vacated by each rural
carrier will be posted for bid within each of the
respective offices. Mutual exchanges may not
be approved in an office to which a rural carrier
has retreat rights or to an office that has
excess rural carriers.