Sending $US to the US

[Joel Bernstein]

On 6 Oct 2009, at 14:45, Ovid wrote:

> So, in order to get married, I need my birth certificate.  Texas  
> requires, since I live outside the US, that I mail all of my  
> paperwork to them, along with $27 US (not surprisingly, they don't  
> accept pounds).  That's about £17. My bank charges £20 for the bank  
> draft, plus the £17 face value.

I don't mean to state the obvious, but a Google search for "texas  
birth certificate outside USA" shows a bunch of private companies[1] 
[2] who provide them for a fee as well as TexasOnline[3] who seem to  
offer the "official" service you refer to. Might one of them not be  
able to help you? I imagine they might have more sensible payment  
methods.

/joel

[1] http://www.birthcertificatesusa.com/state/brusa_texas.html
[2] http://www.usavital.com/birth/usav_birth_texas.html
[3] http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/VS/reqproc/certified_copy.shtm