[kiko88]

some friends are asking. did anyone here use dollar demand draft from a philippine bank to pay NM Department of Public Safety in connection with the fingerprint requirement? Was it accepted without delaying/affecting the application with the NM BON?

the instruction says either cashier's check or money order for $31, other forms of payment will not be accepted. The problem is that philippine banks do not issue cashier's check or money order for this type of transaction. If anyone here recently used a dollar demand draft from philippine banks, did the NM DPS accept it?

thank you for helping.

[gracediwa]

try ibank. a friend of mine got her cashier's check drawn in US bank (New York) at ibank.

[Ethan_mike]

I've a friend who applied to NM last December...she got eligible to take the exam mid January 2006, took the exam 1st week of February. 3 weeks after that, NM board sent her a little green card indicating it was her permanent license...and no she did not have an SSN.

[kiko88]

Originally Posted by Ethan_mike

I've a friend who applied to NM last December...she got eligible to take the exam mid January 2006, took the exam 1st week of February. 3 weeks after that, NM board sent her a little green card indicating it was her permanent license...and no she did not have an SSN.

hi there! how long did she prepare for the exam? did she attend a review class? where?

would you know how did she pay NM DPS for the fingerprint fee? did she use a dollar demand draft from a philippine bank? which bank?

thanks.

[kiko88]

Originally Posted by gracediwa

try ibank. a friend of mine got her cashier's check drawn in US bank (New York) at ibank.

thank you for this info.

[suzanne4]

Any large bank offers these. And they must be drawn on, or payable in US funds. Make sure that you specify that.

[kiko88]

Originally Posted by suzanne4

Any large bank offers these. And they must be drawn on, or payable in US funds. Make sure that you specify that.

thanks suzanne.

some friends are wondering what to use. the forms state that payment to NM Department of Public Safety for the fingerprint fee should be through a cashier's check or money order (no mention of demand draft). but, local banks usually issue only dollar demand draft (not cashier's check or money order) for payments to the U.S. Also, local post offices have stopped accepting international money orders.

i guess the dollar demand draft is the equivalent of a cashier's check in paying overseas transactions such as this because some local banks have offshore branches based in New York. applicants are wondering if others also used demand draft for NM DPS. others were taken cared of by their agencies. some asked their relatives in the US to do the money order or to send US cashier's check.

thank you again.

[suzanne4]

A cashier's check or money order from a bank there paid in US dollars will work the same. It means the same thing.

Yuor choice on what you wish to do, but you can use what I am telling you. The same way that it used for any of the fees that need to be paid for CGFNS, etc., in the US.

[kiko88]

the payment instruction for cgfns mentions bank draft (no problem with this because local banks issue bank draft/dollar demand draft). but the instruction for NM DPS mentions only cashier's check or money order (both are not issued by many local banks for international transactions). instructions from other state BONs mention only a check; VT mentions only that payment must be in US funds.

i guess the dollar demand draft (US funds in NY branch of local bank) is treated the same as a cashier's check.

i hope others here who have already used dollar demand draft from philippine local banks intended for NM DPS can share their experience on this.

thanks suzanne (btw, do you like the change of style? )

happy weekend!

[suzanne4]

Originally Posted by kiko88

the payment instruction for cgfns mentions bank draft (no problem with this because local banks issue bank draft/dollar demand draft). but the instruction for NM DPS mentions only cashier's check or money order (both are not issued by many local banks for international transactions). instructions from other state BONs mention only a check; VT mentions only that payment must be in US funds.

i guess the dollar demand draft (US funds in NY branch of local bank) is treated the same as a cashier's check.

i hope others here who have already used dollar demand draft from philippine local banks intended for NM DPS can share their experience on this.

thanks suzanne (btw, do you like the change of style? )

happy weekend!

Thank you, it is much easier on the eyes.enguin: