N400- Check Payable To??

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M-476 mentions the check should be payable to Department of Homeland Security

whereas the N400-Instructions form says it should be payable to U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Which is correct?
 
M-476 mentions the check should be payable to Department of Homeland Security

whereas the N400-Instructions form says it should be payable to U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Which is correct?

Does not matter. Many still use "USCIS" or even "CIS"
though USCIS warn not to. Sometimes ago a USCIS
clerk whose name's initial are CIS collect lots of such checks
destroy applicant's packages, and deposit money into her own
bank account
 
Does not matter. Many still use "USCIS" or even "CIS"
though USCIS warn not to. Sometimes ago a USCIS
clerk whose name's initial are CIS collect lots of such checks
destroy applicant's packages, and deposit money into her own
bank account

Is that clerk the same who collected checks for Washington Bureau of Housing ?:D
 
Response to Q 12 of the M-476 Instructions clearly state

You must send the fee with your application. Pay the fee with a check or money order drawn on a U.S. bank payable to the Department of Homeland Security. Do not use the initials DHS or USDHS. Do Not Send Cash.
Residents of Guam should make the fee payable to the “Treasurer, Guam,”
and residents of the U.S. Virgin Islands should make the fee payable to the
“Commissioner of Finance of the Virgin Islands.”
 
Here is teh case. The clerk is Catherine Ileen Spear (CIS)

http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/co/press_releases/archive/2006/July06/7_13_06.html

http://laws.lp.findlaw.com/getcase/10th/case/061296.html





Catherine Ileen Spear worked as an Examinations Assistant in the United States

Citizenship and Immigration Services Bureau (USCIS) in Denver, Colorado. The USCIS

handles applications and petitions regarding various citizenship and immigration matters.

Many submissions require payment of a fee, which the USCIS collects and processes.

Spear's position included processing the numerous submissions mailed into the USCIS as

well as collecting, recording, and depositing any accompanying fees. She also was

responsible for preparing program reports, managing travel for the Denver office,

and addressing building maintenance issues. She did not have the authority to

approve immigration applications.

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In early 2005, several applicants notified USCIS that their applications had

not been processed even though their money orders had been cashed. After an

investigation, the government determined Spear had stolen the funds. She

accomplished this by covering the first two letters from the payee line on money

orders submitted payable to "USCIS," relying upon the remaining "CIS" notation

to deposit the funds into her own accounts (based on her matching initials-

Catherine Ileen Spear). Forty-six money orders from immigration applications

totaling $11,210 were deposited into Spear's personal bank account. Spear

admitted, after depositing the funds into her personal bank account, she discarded

the accompanying applications.

Spear was charged with sixteen counts of embezzlement of government

property as well as an enhancement provision that applies when the value of the

embezzled property exceeds $1,000. She pleaded guilty to two counts of

embezzlement and the enhancement provision.
 
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