Check/Money Order Payment Policy:  Effective immediately, checks or money orders drawn from a foreign financial institution will not be accepted as a form of payment for transactions with the Department of State; any document submitted with such a payment will be rejected and returned to the filing party.  Only checks or money orders that are drawn from a United States financial institution will be accepted.

 
Refund Policy:  Effective April 1, 2011, the Department of State will no longer refund an overpayment for a transaction with the Department if the overpayment of the transaction is $20.00 or less.  If a document filed with the Department is rejected, the fee submitted with the document will only be refunded if the fee exceeds $20.00.  No overpayments or fees for rejected documents may be applied to future transactions with the Department.