Receiver General for Canada. any details of this institution for the bank?

[Armenak]

Hi.
I have just visited local branch of HSBC.
I showed them the payment form where it is mentioned:
Pay by certified cheque, bank draft or money order payable to THE RECEIVER GENERAL FOR CANADA or by Visa, Mastercard or American Express

But they say only this name is not enough to proceed with a certified cheque or a bank draft.
Is any additional information available about THE RECEIVER GENERAL FOR CANADA (at least the address) ?
Or maybe the bank representative was wrong and this name on the check is enough?

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

 

[Armenak]

I found a mailing address.

Receiver General
Place du Portage Phase III, 11A2
11 Laurier Street
Gatineau, QC K1A 0S5
Canada

But I am not sure if the payment will go smooth if I mention this address on a check or a draft.

 

[akbardxb]

Hi.
I have just visited local branch of HSBC.
I showed them the payment form where it is mentioned:
Pay by certified cheque, bank draft or money order payable to THE RECEIVER GENERAL FOR CANADA or by Visa, Mastercard or American Express

But they say only this name is not enough to proceed with a certified cheque or a bank draft.
Is any additional information available about THE RECEIVER GENERAL FOR CANADA (at least the address) ?
Or maybe the bank representative was wrong and this name on the check is enough?

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Sounds odd. Usually, a name is enough for a Demand Draft. It worked in the UAE for me.

 

[Armenak]

Thank you for your response.

Today I directed the same question to Receiver General and here what they say:

my request
I am writing this email to clarify information regarding payments to the RECEIVER GENERAL from outside Canada.
I am an applicant of a FSW immigration program and I am trying to send a fee payment.
Application guide is mentioning following:
Pay by certified cheque, bank draft or money order payable to THE RECEIVER GENERAL FOR CANADA .....
Today I visited Armenian Branch of HSBC bank.
Bank representative is mentioning that a payment can be sent to Canada only if I mention appropriate address for the destination organization.
Please inform me which address of THE RECEIVER GENERAL FOR CANADA should be mention to proceed the payment.

response
Your correspondence was reviewed, and it has been concluded that the matter you raised does not fall within the Receiver General for Canada's mandate. Although all payments to and from the Government of Canada are made in the name of the Receiver General, enquiries regarding payments should be made directly to the department responsible for the particular product and/or service. In this case, you would need to contact Citizenship and Immigration Canada. You could reach the CIC by internet at the following addresses: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/offices/missions/moscow.asp -http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/contacts/index.asp .

Now I have even more questions than in the beginning

 

[Matt the Aussie]

Think of the Receiver General for Canada as a special bank account that the Government holds for all of its departments to receive money from the public.

The response is telling you that, rather than get details specific to the Receiver General, you should be gathering details specific to CIC. Call CIC and ask them what they suggest you use for address details.

 

[awai ali]

Think of the Receiver General for Canada as a special bank account that the Government holds for all of its departments to receive money from the public.

The response is telling you that, rather than get details specific to the Receiver General, you should be gathering details specific to CIC. Call CIC and ask them what they suggest you use for address details.

If you are in Pakistan Simply go to Wall Street and get your draft.............

 

[Armenak]

I am trying to call them. But 1-800 call center is not available from my country (Armenia). They redirect me to embassies or consulates...
Hope I can clear this question with consulate of Canada in my country tomorrow.

 

[askhan]

Hi.
I have just visited local branch of HSBC.
I showed them the payment form where it is mentioned:
Pay by certified cheque, bank draft or money order payable to THE RECEIVER GENERAL FOR CANADA or by Visa, Mastercard or American Express

But they say only this name is not enough to proceed with a certified cheque or a bank draft.
Is any additional information available about THE RECEIVER GENERAL FOR CANADA (at least the address) ?
Or maybe the bank representative was wrong and this name on the check is enough?

Thank you in advance for your feedback.

yes you are right. The bank asks something about the beneficiary. you need to simply give them a copy of the fees payment form which you have filled for your CIC application. That would do the trick.

The bank/authority have to complete their paper work, so they need a proof for it.

 

[Armenak]

you need to simply give them a copy of the fees payment form which you have filled for your CIC application. That would do the trick.

Copy of which fees payment do you mean?
I took with me to the bank copies of Fee Payment Form (IMM 5620) and the Document Checklist (IMM 5612) with pages regarding payment info. But nothing else except name "THE RECEIVER GENERAL FOR CANADA" is mentioned. I am not sure which address of this organization I must put. And without the address the bank refuses to proceed with the payment. So I am in a closed circle.

I also called consulate of Canada in Armenia today, but they also refuse to answer me and insist that this is not their responsibility...

 

[Matt the Aussie]

I would give the address of the CIC office that is processing your application.

 

[Armenak]

Today I went to the headquarter office of HSBC Armenia.
They confirmed that I am not alone with this issue, and that previously they used address of Receiver General mentioned on their web site for this purpose. As no applicant returned yet with payment issues we used the same address.

 

[Singlemum_chennai]

Hi, I am in the same boat. Bank of america needs the address of Receiver General for Canada. What did you do finally?

 

[Armenak]

As I got a few messages from people who had exactly the same issue, I came back here to let you know about what I did.
I went to HSBC headquarters in my country. They simply used the address mentioned on the web site of Receiver General for the draft.
Here it is:
Receiver General
Place du Portage Phase III, 11A2
11 Laurier Street
Gatineau, QC K1A 0S5
Canada

Payment was accepted about 3 months later and my documents where sent to the visa office.
Hope this will help you.