Paying the filing fee for Petition I-130 outside of USA

[Cris_ac1 0]

We are just staring the process to file the Petition for Alien Relative and we are outside of USA. We are trying to figure out how to pay the filing fee of the Petition outside of USA.

Reading the instruction in the USCIS webpage it only says that "Bank drafts, cashier's checks, certified checks, personal checks, and money orders must be drawn on U.S. financial institutions and payable in U.S. funds", so we are not sure how to proceed if we are not in the United States.

 

Appreciate your comments! 

[Jorge V 195]

I had my mom, who resides in the US, take out a cashier's check for me. 

[Nitas_man 3,100]

10 minutes ago, Cris_ac1 said:

We are just staring the process to file the Petition for Alien Relative and we are outside of USA. We are trying to figure out how to pay the filing fee of the Petition outside of USA.

Reading the instruction in the USCIS webpage it only says that "Bank drafts, cashier's checks, certified checks, personal checks, and money orders must be drawn on U.S. financial institutions and payable in U.S. funds", so we are not sure how to proceed if we are not in the United States.

 

Appreciate your comments! 

 

Anyone with a US bank account can pay the fee for you.

 

My main comment is that in preparation to return to the US it is suggested that you (USC) start to establish ties there.  A US-addressed bank account is one good way to do that.

[TarKenkari 22]

We had to reply on family in the US. We paypal'd them the money, then they paid the fees from their US account

[Lee & Lei 42]

My wife and I have done the entire CR1 process abroad. I carried my checkbook for my US bank account with me when I went abroad to work, so I just wrote a paper check and included it in the package. 

 

Another benefit to doing this is that it lets you see exactly when they scanned your package in because you can see on your account that your check was cashed by USCIS. 

Edited November 29, 2017 by Lee & Lei

[OnOurWayToUS 0]

My wife and I filled her Petition and we payed at the Embassy with a Credit Card. I hope this helps.