Electronic Payments for USCIS Paper Filing - Checks and Money Orders Not Accepted

Oct. 28, 2025: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services will only accept electronic payments for paper-filed forms. Payments may be made either via credit card or debit card using Form G-1450, Authorization for Credit Card Transactions, or ACH debit transactions from a U.S. bank account using Form G-1650, Authorization for ACH transactions.

By requiring electronic payment, USCIS eliminates the need for benefit requestors and third-party payors to bring funds into field offices. This practice also complies with the transition to government-wide electronic payments required by Executive Order 14247, Modernizing Payments To and From America’s Bank Account.

“Modernizing financial transactions to and from the federal government is a priority for the Trump administration,” said USCIS Spokesman Matthew Tragesser. “Over 90% of our payments come from checks and money orders, causing processing delays and increasing the risk of fraud and lost payments. This is a no-brainer move.”

The account must be with a U.S. bank. We cannot accept an ACH transaction electronic payments issued by a foreign bank. There is no additional cost to pay your filing fee by ACH transaction. Please complete the e-payment form below with your checking account #, routing #, account holder name and sign in ink. One form should be completed per filing fee being submitted. So, if submitting three separate petitions with three separate filing fees, then three payment forms should be completed – one for each filing fee being submitted.