Sending Money Order from US to India !!?

Question

I am residing in Virginia. I want to send someone a money order in India. I have never snet anyone money order. I heard that I can do this from grocery stores like Safeway. How does it work? Is it safe? How long does it take for the money to reach the receiver? What kind of details do I have to provide? Please help !!!

Answer 1

Your best bet would be to send a U.S.Postal money order.  Money orders issued by places like you have mentioned are sometimes difficult to cash in foreign countries.  Just put it in an envelope, after filling it our, of course, address the envelope, put your return address on the envelope and take it to the post office.  They will be able to tell you what it will cost to mail it to India.  It might take just a regular first class postage stamp, but I think that you'll find that countries other than the USA have terribly high postal rates.