Filing fee's

[supG 0]

Hello Everyone,

Was just wondering, what is the best method of payment for filing fees? I was thinking that if one were to pay by Postal Money Order they would consider this a confirmed reciept of payment as opposed to a Personal Check, which must "Clear" the Applicant's bank to assure reciept of payment. Do you think this would have an affect on the approval time?

[YuAndDan 153]

Either way is fine, Postal mony order is as good as cash, you can verify with the post office that it has been cashed, If your bank returns your canceled checks you may consider using a personal check because there will be case number on the back.

It makes no difference which method of payment on processing time. They don't wait for a check to clear before processing.

[simple_male 1]

Hello Everyone,

Was just wondering, what is the best method of payment for filing fees? I was thinking that if one were to pay by Postal Money Order they would consider this a confirmed reciept of payment as opposed to a Personal Check, which must "Clear" the Applicant's bank to assure reciept of payment. Do you think this would have an affect on the approval time?

USCIS accept personal check for I-130, I-129F. When your personal check is cleared, then you would know that your NOA-1 is on its way.

Edited September 15, 2006 by simple_male