How to pay I-130 fees from outside the US

[liz&andrew 0]

Hi!

We are ready to send of our I-130 package for the CR1 visa for my husband, but I'm not sure what the acceptable methods of payments are for the $420 fee if we are not in the United States. It is my understanding that in the UK they don't have money orders, and I don't have any of my personal checks from the States here with me. Is it possible to simply write a personal check from a bank here in the UK (HSBC)? Can anyone who's done this before help us out?

(Just to let you know, I am aware of the direct consular option, but that won't work for us because I am still here on a tourist visa.)

Thank you so much,

Liz and Andrew

[Laure&Colin 557]

Hi!

We are ready to send of our I-130 package for the CR1 visa for my husband, but I'm not sure what the acceptable methods of payments are for the $420 fee if we are not in the United States. It is my understanding that in the UK they don't have money orders, and I don't have any of my personal checks from the States here with me. Is it possible to simply write a personal check from a bank here in the UK (HSBC)? Can anyone who's done this before help us out?

(Just to let you know, I am aware of the direct consular option, but that won't work for us because I am still here on a tourist visa.)

Thank you so much,

Liz and Andrew

You can only use a check from a US based bank account. What we did was have my mother in law send his checkbook to my husband in France by UPS, so he could write a check from his US account.

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

TIC

Edited February 3, 2012 by LIFE'SJOURNEY

[imranjenny 1]

we been through this trouble,ask any one from usa to send them money order by your name.and send that friend or relative money by western union.remember they need to make money order by your name.your name mean sender as your name ( not the actual sender).this is way we had to use after big struggle.

Hi!

We are ready to send of our I-130 package for the CR1 visa for my husband, but I'm not sure what the acceptable methods of payments are for the $420 fee if we are not in the United States. It is my understanding that in the UK they don't have money orders, and I don't have any of my personal checks from the States here with me. Is it possible to simply write a personal check from a bank here in the UK (HSBC)? Can anyone who's done this before help us out?

(Just to let you know, I am aware of the direct consular option, but that won't work for us because I am still here on a tourist visa.)

Thank you so much,

Liz and Andrew

[BCN_CAL 0]

Hi everybody,

I have the same situation like Liz&Andrew.

We are preparing our documents for sending, but I don´t know how we can pay from outside of USA.

We live in Spain and I don't have personal check from states.

Can anyone who's done this before help us out? (My uncle lives in states, can he help us?)

(DCF is not applicable in Spain)

Thank you so much,

BCN-CAL

[LIFE'SJOURNEY 970]

Whose family is living in the USA. Send the US family the paperwork with a request for them to send a check or money order with your documents to the orrect P.O. box.

Each and everone of you will be using a co-sponsor so why is it that they can't aid in this /

Before some ask the question check do have to be from the petitioner, no as long as it is drawn on a US bank check. Therefore anyone in the US who has a US bank checking account can assist you in this matter.

It will not matter if it is DCF or not, all petitions are sent to a US P.O box address.

Note, check must be cashable, and written to be drawn on a US bank.

Some countries have US banks such as TD bank, Citicorp, Bank of America.

Do some research within your country of stay to see if there is a US base bank there.

Edited June 12, 2012 by LIFE'SJOURNEY

[bsd058 296]

I called USCIS and they told me that as long as it's an international money order in US dollars we should be fine because when the money order is made, the money is transferred to a US bank account from where the money is drawn. I use Toronto Dominion Bank and they draw on a Wells Fargo account in the US for their US money orders. But then, I haven't received my NOA1 yet, so don't take my word for it.

I know the guide states the money has to be drawn on a US bank account, but I think that if you are in Canada and you send a money order from a Canadian Bank, that the bank draws from your foreign (in my case, Canadian) account to put into their (the bank's) US bank account (Wells Fargo for Toronto Dominion Bank), and then they write up a US money order in US funds for the US Department of Homeland Security to draw from when they receive the money order. The same might be true for UK Banks.

I called TD Canada Trust and they informed me that all of their US money orders are drawn on a Wells Fargo account located in the US. I've also read somewhere online that US Money Orders from TD Canada Trust are issued by Wells Fargo. You should check with your bank first to see if this is true for them. If it is true, then technically the money order IS drawn from an account located in the US.

Edited June 12, 2012 by bsd058