Originally Posted by
newyorkgeorge
When I got my visa in 2008 a postal money order only was accepted as payment. I doubt that a postal money order can be gotten from a bank.
Originally Posted by
GUWonder
USPS money orders are purchased via USPS facilities. Unless someone here knows of a bank that is a USPS franchise location or which is leasing space to a USPS, you have to get them at a USPS facility.
For years now -- last year too -- Brazil's NYC consulate has required USPS money orders.
Apparently my memory of when the requirement for USPD money orders was implemented is incorrect.
I also doubt that banks sell USPS money orders. I asked, though, because the post I responded to was otherwise very helpful and accurate. Enough so that I thought I should double-check whether or not it is possible to get USPS money orders elsewhere.