Fee payment questions

[nesta37 3]

Hi ,

Hoping somebody can help me as I don't want to have our application stopped because of wrong payment. Since we live in canada we can't get a money order from the US.

If we pay by check:

1) Can it we the beneficiary paying?

2) Can the name and adress be handwritten on the check?

3) If it needs to be preprinted is it an issue that the adress is not the most recent one?

Thank you for your help.

[Zedayn 485]

This is from the payment guidelines from USCIS found here: http://www.uscis.gov/forms/paying-immigration-fees

Bank drafts, cashier's checks, certified checks, personal checks (See Check Instructions below), and money orders must be drawn on U.S. financial institutions and payable in U.S. funds.

Personal checks must be pre-printed with the name of the bank and the account holder. Also, the account holder’s address and phone number must be pre-printed, typed or written in ink on the check. All checks must be typed or written in ink.

1. Write the date you are filling out the check including: day, month and year.
2. On the "Pay to the Order of" line write: "U.S. Department of Homeland Security."
3. Write in numbers the exact dollar amount of the fee for the service you are requesting. In the example, the amount is "$595.00."
4. Spell out the exact dollar amount of the fee for the service you are requesting. The "cents" portion of the amount should be written as a fraction over 100. In this example, the amount is "Five hundred ninety-five and 00/100."
5. Write a brief description of the purpose of your payment. In this example, it is "N-400 application fee."
6. Sign the check using your legal signature.