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I-130 from Sweden sent via DHL refused; money order prohibited

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Has anyone else run into this? My sister went to our bank in California and got a money order for me and FedEx'd it to me a month ago. It is already made out to the Department of Homeland Security, so it's not a blank money order. My husband and I finally got our packet together and sent it via DHL last Thursday. It sat around for 4 days in Gothenburg before they called me today to tell me that money orders are prohibited. I assume they treat it like currency? They're sending it back to my service point and I'll get my money back, but I'm angry that this is going out even later than I wanted.

I didn't send it with PostNord because I straight up don't trust them. We have really terrible service in our area so I didn't want to risk it.

I called FedEx after I got off the phone with DHL and after checking with a manager, the CSR told me that as long as the money order had already been filled out and was not blank, it was okay to send! They even offered to schedule a pickup and bring supplies since we do not have a FexEx store in my town.

Has anyone else in the EU run into this sort of issue?

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DHL refused to ship it?

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http://www.ustraveldocs.com/se/se-niv-paymentinfo.asp

The Swedish US Embassy appears to only accept payments through online bank transfers, cash payments at any bank, and online debit card payments. So, yes your money order is not allowed.

This was going to the Chicago Lockbox, not the Swedish Embassy.

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http://www.ustraveldocs.com/se/se-niv-paymentinfo.asp

The Swedish US Embassy appears to only accept payments through online bank transfers, cash payments at any bank, and online debit card payments. So, yes your money order is not allowed.

OP was sending to Chicago lockbox as filing from overseas. There is no DCF in Sweden so he/she has to send to Chicago.

OP - I have heard of this before with DHL (although not in the context of visas but in my line of work - they don't accept "monetary instruments" checks, cash, money orders, credit cards or gift certificates). UPS accepted ours (I sent it myself from the UK).

Did you declare on the customs label that it contained a money order? Or did they open it and find it?

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DHL refused to ship it?

They accepted it at the drop-off point, but when it got to our nearest international sorting terminal, I'm guessing they opened it to check it. This was on a Friday but they didn't bother to call me until today. I told the guy on the phone that it's not a check, it's a money order (something that does not exist in Sweden) and that it was already made out, no one can cash it. I think they didn't care to understand that there's a difference, that it's not currency.

Their loss, FedEx gets my business now.

I didn't even think this would be an issue, lesson learned I guess, but I figured I'd post about this and see if anyone else had this same experience.

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OP was sending to Chicago lockbox as filing from overseas. There is no DCF in Sweden so he/she has to send to Chicago.

OP - I have heard of this before with DHL (although not in the context of visas but in my line of work - they don't accept "monetary instruments" checks, cash, money orders, credit cards or gift certificates). UPS accepted ours (I sent it myself from the UK).

Did you declare on the customs label that it contained a money order? Or did they open it and find it?

We had to use this Service Point service where I do everything online so when I had to fill in the contents, I think it was something ridiculous like 30 characters allowed. I only had enough room to write "i 130 documents" or something to that effect. I checked the DHL website and they prohibit currency, but this isn't actual currency. I think they just didn't care to understand what a money order is.

UPS or FedEx will always be my first choice but FedEx does pickups here and the closest UPS office is a bit difficult for me to get to so FedEx it is!

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Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to Europe and Eurasia regional forum; OP is asking about people who sent packages to USCIS from this area.

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I might be answering late but we sent our I-130 rekommenderat through postnord and when it was time to send our AOS/IV packages we used postnord again but that time we just chose spårbart. Both ways worked for us :)

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