OSEA Payment Options. OSEA Schedule of Fees for Summer Field Study Abroad Programs in Interdisciplinary Cultural Anthropology. TESL, Teaching English Service Learning, Ethnography of Archaeology, Heritge Ethnography, Tourism Studies, Intensive Maya Language Immersion, Learn Maya, teaching Maya as a second language acquisition, Mexico. Quetzil Castaneda is the founding director of OSEA the Open School of Ethnography and Anthropology. Specialist in Maya language, archaeological tourism and heritage, ethnographic methods, experimental ethnography and experimental fieldwork.
⇒Zelle — OSEA preferred method ⇒Venmo ⇒Cashier Checks (not accepted after May 20) ⇒Direct Wire Transfer (required after May 20)
⇒OSEA does not accept Personal Checks, Paypal, Credit Cards
Check, your own banks' Online Bill Payment service to make your payments. Balance is Due in full on May 10
Late Applicants who complete enrollment materials before April 25 must submit the Non-Refundable Registration Fee to complete enrollment.
Late Applicants who complete enrollment materials after April 30 must submit payment of balance of all costs on May 10 or within seven days of Late Acceptance.
Cashier's Check Payments
Checks are recommended for Registration Fees and payment of Balance
Please make checks payable to “OSEA”.
You will receive a receipt via email for each payment submitted by check.
Payments should be mailed to:
OSEA
2244 Martha Street
Bloomington, IN 47408
Checks that are lost in the mail, stolen, delivered late, or delivered to a different address are the responsibility of the participant. Late Payments caused by late arrival or missing checks accrue late fees. In addition, lost checks or checks sent to an incorrect address, may create a situation requiring the use of other payment methods.
Checks without funds are returned and charged an additional fee of $30. Payment must then be delivered in all subsequent occassions through online methods or direct wire transfers.
Direct Bank Wire Transfers
Bank to Bank Wire Transfers are same day deposits if sent from a US bank. Direct Wire Transfer is available for an additional flat service fee of $25 per deposit, regardless of the amount, if made from a US bank. You must make a telephone arrangement with the OSEA Director to receive the correct banking information to set up the payment. This must be one day in advance of domestic wires, 5 business days for foreign bank transfers.
If you send payment from a foreign bank you must ensure that the amount received is in US dollars at the required amount plus a wire transfer fee of $45. Your bank will also directly charge you a fee for the wire. The amount that is received must take into account the correct foreign exchange rates such that the amount RECEIVED is equal the full amount of the total due include all tuition, program fees, late fees, bank handling fees, and foreign exchange commissions.
Wire deposits require prior arrangement with OSEA’s Director, Quetzil Castañeda, by telephone.
Use your Bank's (non-Zelle) Online Bill Pay Service
Participants have the option to set up a bill payment via their own personal Online Banking Services for bill payments. This requires 14 days advance arrangement for your bank to establish the connection with the OSEA bank. Thus this requires making a secure private phone communication with the OSEA Director in order to provide you with the OSEA bank information that is required.
There are no additional fees for this type of payment from your online banking bill pay services.
