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Hello!

I am a Peace a corps volunteer currently living and working in the Dominican Republic. I am living with my Dominican fiancé in the Dominican Republic and we have all our stuff ready to send in the petition.

How do I send the money from he Dominican Republic with my package to the Texas lockbox? I do not have checks. Also has anyone had experience sending their petition from the Dominican Republic to the US? Please help!

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
Timeline

Welcome to the forum.

Here is the salient portion from the Form I-129F instructions:

  1. The check or money order must be drawn on a bank or other financial institution located in the United States and must

    be payable in U.S. currency; and

REF: page 6, http://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/files/form/i-129finstr.pdf

If your funds are available in that manner, you are good to go, otherwise, another method is required. Some folks have successfully sent their petition package to a friend or relative who lives in the US, who then writes a check, and sends the package with check to USCIS.

Good luck on your immigration journey.

Edited by Pitaya

Completed: K1/K2 (271 days) - AOS/EAD/AP (134 days) - ROC (279 days)

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: China
Timeline

Can you guys file directly at the embassy? Search on the topic of DCF at the embassy.

https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-uscis-office/international-offices/dominican-republic-uscis-santo-domingo-field-office

The DR doesn't support DCF for I-129f forms, they would need to marry and DCF an I-130 to go that route.

Click Below to View my timeline (spoiler added to reduce visible space consumption)

 

Timeline to date:

11/11/14 - Met online through eHarmony
11/12/14 - Started communication through email (1-2 emails daily)
12/20/14 - Communicating through Phone Calls and Video Calls
07/04/15 - First Trip to China to visit her (spent time at her home, her hometown, and Beijing), Met the whole family.
07/18/15 - Sadly I had to return back to the US
10/01/15 - I am returning back to China to be with her again
10/11/15 - She will accompany me back on the same flight for 30 days
11/14/15 - She returns back to China
12/01/15 - I-129F Fed-Ex'd to the Lewisville address
12/03/15 - Packet signed for by the receiver
12/07/15 - NOA1 Generated
12/11/15 - NOA1 Received
01/14/15 - NOA2 Generated (Approved)
01/28/16 - NVC Received (Still waiting papers for official date)
01/29/16 - NVC Case# Assigned (Still waiting papers for official date)
02/03/16 - Case Sent to Embassy
02/04/16 - Case Received by Embassy
03/03/16 - Packet 3 Received
03/03/16 - Packet 3 Sent back to Embassy
03/04/16 - DS-160 Fee paid
03/09/16 - Packet 4 Received (Documents were prepared in advance)
04/02/16 - I return to China to provide moral and emotional support as she goes to her Interview on the 5th
04/05/16 - Interview Date (APPROVED!!!)

04/25/16 - POE Dallas Texas (DFW) smooth sailing through customs

04/25/16 - Arrived in Nashville, TN 10pm
04/29/16 - Marriage Certificate received
SSN filed somewhere after this point (exact date is not remembered, received after a 30 minute wait)
11/16/16 - AoS packet mailed (i-485, i-765, i-131)
11/18/16 - AoS packet received
12/06/16 - Check Cashed
02/28/17 - EAD and AP Approved
03/02/17 - NOA2 for EAD and AP Arrived
03/02/17 - EAD/AP Card Arrived
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