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Hey guys, I'm petitioning for my wife to get a green card (I-130) and the checklist says "Accepted Forms of Payment: U.S. Cashier’s Check – U.S. Dollar Money Order – International Bank Draft in U.S. Dollars Payable to:  U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (must be spelled out exactly as above)"

Can anyone tell me where in the UK I can get one of these? 

They refuse to take Credit Card, Debit Card, Personal checks, Cash or Travelers Checks. Thanks!

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Moved from What Visa Do I Need - Family Based Immigration forum to UK regional forum.

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September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
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April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
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July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
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December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

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February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

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we searched everywhere in the country I am residing in for this nothing worked we ended up begging one of my friends in the usa to get a money order for us and send it to us. we had to send money to his bank account which cost extra 40-100 in our money to send money to his account just so we could a money order then had to wait for 1 month for us to recieve the money order from my friend.

 

sn. we tried the banking cashier check in USD. they didnt accept it. it got sent back. also I do not have a bank acocunt in usa.  thats why I had to find someone in usa who could send the money order. 

 

I think they only allow american bank numbers. cannot remember 100%

 

 

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On 1/2/2017 at 7:22 PM, PurplePassion said:

we searched everywhere in the country I am residing in for this nothing worked we ended up begging one of my friends in the usa to get a money order for us and send it to us. we had to send money to his bank account which cost extra 40-100 in our money to send money to his account just so we could a money order then had to wait for 1 month for us to recieve the money order from my friend.

 

sn. we tried the banking cashier check in USD. they didnt accept it. it got sent back. also I do not have a bank acocunt in usa.  thats why I had to find someone in usa who could send the money order. 

 

I think they only allow american bank numbers. cannot remember 100%

 

 

Same thing for us in Mexico. The local USCIS office (we did DCF) only accepted cashier's checks in USD with the amount written in English. We were never able to find a bank in Mexico that could do that, even after trying 4-5 different banks. Some could write the amount in English but couldn't do USD, others could do USD but the amount had to be written in Spanish.

 

We ended up doing what you did: we sent my mom some money, had her take out a cashier's check, and then had her fedex it to us. It added extra headache and fees but in the end we felt better because a US cashier's check was pretty much guaranteed to be accepted.

Edited by Jorge V

DCF Mexico

06/04/2017: Married

06/24/2017: Mailed I-130

06/27/2017: NOA1 (technically a RFE as we were missing beneficiary ID)

07/06/2017: NOA2

07/12/2017: Case assigned by Juarez embassy

07/17/2017: Packet 3 received

08/15/2017: Interview/Approval!

08/22/2017: Visa received via DHL

09/03/2017: POE

09/16/2017: Permanent Resident Card received

 

Total days from NOA1 to approval: 49

 

I wrote a DCF Mexico guide! http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php?title=DCF_Mexico

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