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How do I pay NVC fees without a US bank card?

Key answer

The NVC Application Fee is paid per applicant from the account, and in the community's experience only a US bank card goes through: the DS-260 will not open until the payment clears, and with a US card that takes about two to three business days. If you have no US card of your own, the usual workaround is to ask someone with a US checking account to pay for you and reimburse them any convenient way: crypto, PayPal, Revolut or a SWIFT transfer.

Community answers

The answers below are translated from the original Russian - the language of the community chats.

  • Until the payment goes through in their system, you won't be able to fill out the DS-260. If you use an American card to pay, the payment should go through in about two to three business days.

  • In your account, there should be everyone for whom there was an application in the I-140. Payment is made only with a U.S. bank card - separately for each applicant. After that, gather the document package and send it out.

  • Look for someone to make the payment for you, who has an American checking account. You can reimburse them in any convenient way: crypto, PayPal, Revolut, SWIFT transfer, and so on.

The answers are anonymized community experience from the public chats, not legal advice. Officers may decide similar cases differently.

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