(please help!) PAYMENT FOR I-129F while abroad

[sher 0]

We were just about ready to mail in our i-129f petition when I realized that the payment needed to be "drawn on a bank or other financial institution located in the United States and must be payable in U.S. currency". This is difficult as we are both living abroad at the moment and my fiancee ( the petitioner) does not have any bank accounts in the US for now, we are both currently in Southeast Asia. I heard a bit on the forum about international money orders and i'm not sure how it works exactly. Could someone please tell me and let me know what the best move would be?

[Pitaya 2,580]

We were just about ready to mail in our i-129f petition when I realized that the payment needed to be "drawn on a bank or other financial institution located in the United States and must be payable in U.S. currency". This is difficult as we are both living abroad at the moment and my fiancee ( the petitioner) does not have any bank accounts in the US for now, we are both currently in Southeast Asia. I heard a bit on the forum about international money orders and i'm not sure how it works exactly. Could someone please tell me and let me know what the best move would be?

Welcome to the forum!

Consider following the advice of the USCIS with regards to methods of payment.

Good luck.

[sher 0]

i've tried contacting the malaysian US embassy but no one is helpful, i doubt they even know what to do since it's such a rare situation, actually. Has anyone here ever done it before?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

I went to my bank in Canada and got an international money order for the amount in US funds. I had no problem.

[Lainie B 465]

Is there someone in the US that can write you a US check, and then you can reimburse them? The check doesn't have to be from you.