I am posting this, maybe it will be helpful for somebody.

I emailed the Vancouver consulate today. My question was:

"...Visa application fee. The checklist I faxed earlier mentions paying through Scotiabank, but the appointment letter mentions cash only. Should I pay at the bank or bring $100 cash with me at the day of my interview?"


Answer from the consulate:
"Fee – Effective July 01 2007, you must pay the fee at the Scotia bank before your interview. "

They want cash... US dollars $100.00 no more no less it has to be exactly $100.00 cash they will ask for that right away.
Allie & Lorry

They want cash... US dollars $100.00 no more no less it has to be exactly $100.00 cash they will ask for that right away.
Allie & Lorry
PS Sorry I did not read where you had put the Quote from the Consulate you should do what they tell you to do.
Also I would take a $100.00 with me just to be on the safe side.

I printed off the deposit slips from the website indicated on the checklist, and made payments with them last week. There are 3 copies of the deposit slip that the teller has to stamp, and they keep the 1 copy ("1 - "Branch") and I have the other 2 stamped copies ("2 - U.S. Consulate" and "3 - U.S. Consulate") in my briefcase for the interview next month.

Unless you deal with the Scotiabank, you still have to have the CDN equivalent cash to deposit to the US Treasury account. I went up to the teller, she told me that she needed the cash, and that (in my case as there are 3 of us) she needed $324.xx (I can't remember the exact amount) to make $300.00USD. I went to their bank machine and withdrew the cash (and ate the service charge!) and went back to the wicket they held for me until I got back. Then I was watching closely making sure the teller stamped all 3 copies of all 3 deposit slips. All in all, a painless process. There is no option for debit or credit, though. Like I mentioned before, it's probably easier for those that deal with Scotiabank on a regular basis as they can just transfer funds through a teller.

Just a point to note, for every person you will need to print the full PDF document of the deposit slips. So, in other words, to use my case, I had to print 3 copies of these 3 pages.

Here's the site the checklist pointed me to: http://amcits.com/deposit.pdf

Scott.

UGH...

Does this bother anyone else? Cash is no longer "good" enough?

I agree. lol

Ugh! What's with the $300 if it's only $100?

$100 cash USD seems a whole lot simpler.

Hopefully Montreal will still accept cash.