[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR22.5]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 22--SCHEDULE OF FEES FOR CONSULAR SERVICES--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND FOREIGN SERVICE--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 22.5  Remittances to Foreign Service posts.

    Remittances to Foreign Service posts from persons in the United 
States in payment of offical fees and charges or for the purpose of 
establishing deposits in advance of rendition of services shall be in a 
form acceptable to the post, drawn payable to the American Embassy (name 
of city), American Consulate General (name of city) or American 
Consulate (name of city), as the case may be. This will permit cashing 
of negotiable instruments for deposit in the Treasury when not 
negotiated locally. See Sec. 23.2 of this chapter.
    (a) Time at which fees become payable. Fees are due and payble prior 
to issue or delivery to the interested party of a signed document, a 
copy of a record, or other paper representative of a service performed.
    (b) Receipt for fees; register of services. Every officer of the 
Foreign Service responsible for the performance of services as 
enumerated in the Schedule of Fees for Consular Services, Department of 
State and Foreign Service (Sec. 22.1), shall give receipts for fees 
collected for the official services rendered, specifying the nature of 
the service and numbered to correspond with entries in a register 
maintained for the purpose (22 U.S.C. 1192, 1193, and 1194). The 
register serves as a record of official acts performed by officers of 
the Foreign Service in a governmental or notarial capacity, 
corresponding in this regard with the record which notaries are usually 
expected or required to keep of their official acts. See Sec. 92.2 of 
this chapter.
    (c) Deposits to guarantee payment of fees or incidental costs. When 
the amount of any fee is determinable only after initiation of the 
performance of a service, or if incidental costs are involved, the total 
fee and incidental costs shall be carefully estimated and an advance 
deposit required, subject to refund of any unused balance to the person 
making the deposit.