Paying the visa application fee (HELP!)

[Magnolia31 0]

OK, I am trying to go tomorrow and pay my 85 Euro application fee. On my instructions, it says to just transfer the fee to the Bank in Berlin and it has all the bank info. Then I end up here at the embassy site to check if the current fee is still 85 euros, and read this:

http://berlin.usembassy.gov/germany/visa/processing_fee.html

Visa Processing Fee and Application Procedures

Persons applying in Germany for a visa to travel to the United States are required to complete an online payment confirmation form in order to obtain a secure receipt for the visa processing fee.

Please tell me I don't have to do this online thing because I don't understand it. It also says nothing about this on my instructions that I received from them. It simply states to transfer it to their bank and get a bank transfer receipt with the original stamp from the bank.

What if I don't get the type of receipt they want? I don't know what it's supposed to look like because I have always done online transfers.

And one more thing, it says to attach the receipt to my application. Ummm, THEY have my application so what the hell?

PS. I forgot to mention .... this is for the fee you have to pay before the interview. I am so lost. This whole visa process is confusing to me and I can't seem to comprehend any darn thing about it.

Edited January 25, 2007 by Magnolia31

[~Chad~ 0]

Magnolia, i wish i could help you. But i want to tell you good luck and keep us posted!!!

[Beachmouse 0]

You can pay it both ways.

But it's really easy to do it over the internet. You just have to fill out the form (it looks harder than it is) and they send you a E-mail with all the instructions you need to fill out "die Überweisung" and then they will send you a confirmation via Mail after they received their money. You can print out the confirmation on your computer and bring it with you to the embassy.

Hope I could help you a little.