Lara45

At last all the forms, copies, etc have now been done - just one last quick question though - who do we make the cheques payable to on the I-131, I485 and I765? First of all INS, then BCIS - Id hate to send this lot off and have it all returned because we'd put down something we shouldn't have. The instructions for the I-485 sayd Immigration and Naturalization Service ... Im just double checking again!

SecretGarden

USCIS---- "United States Citizenship and Immigration Services" is what they are called now.

Some local offices do not accept personal checks---you need to submit a cashier's check or money order instead. Make sure you check your local office's requirements before sending it off, and make a copy of EVERYTHING you submit! Each application should have it's own separate payment. Hope this helps.

~SecretGarden

katesuiter1

I believe they're going by the name USCIS nowadays, but I think BCIS is also acceptable.

Kate. xxx

mstuckaNOSPAM

Lara45 <member8242@british_expats.com> wrote:
    > At last all the forms, copies, etc have now been done - just one last
    > quick question though - who do we make the cheques payable to on the
    > I-131, I485 and I765? First of all INS, then BCIS - Id hate to send
    > this lot off and have it all returned because we'd put down something we
    > shouldn't have. The instructions for the I-485 sayd Immigration and
    > Naturalization Service ... Im just double checking again!

We just got a bunch of forms rejected, but the money orders did come back
stamped "Citizenship and Immigration Services" oiver what we wrote, which
was typically something like "US Citizenship and Immigration Svcs"

Double-check your I-485 fee. The __instructions are wrong__, and we didn't
include the $50 fingerprinting fee. If you go to the Web page where you
downloaded the I-485 itself, it'll tell you what the fee is -- I think
$255, but, again, please double-check everything.

As someone pointed out, money orders or cashier's checks may be the only
thing accepted. My wife got the first round for free at her bank; I paid
$0.99 each at a CVS pharmacy last night. I needed cash to get the money
orders; no credit cards accepted.

I think some places limit you to how much cash you can withdraw in a
24-hour period on your ATM card, sometimes like $300. It's safer to go to
your bank and buy them, because you can write your bank a check directly.



Mike, with wisdom born of pain

--
Mike Stucka / mstucka at math.luc.edu
This person runs on ethanol, an environmentally friendly alternative fuel.

Lara45

Many thanks for that!! We've now sent off the papers so fingers crossed ...........