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Payment Method

• Pre-authorized debit
• Cheque or money order
• Electronic payment

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Pre-authorized debit

If you have signed a repayment agreement with the Centre de recouvrement

Pre-authorized debit mean that you don’t have to worry about cheques and overdue payments. You decide which day of the month the payment will be debited to your account. This payment method allows you to avoid the extra fees charged for other means of repayment.

If you haven’t signed a repayment agreement with the Centre de recouvrement

Contact an officer at the Centre de recouvrement, at (418) 643-7131 or 1-800-463-5644 (toll free).You can then sign up for pre-authorized debit.

If you opt for repayment by pre-authorized debit, you must

• complete the appropriate form (, 53 Ko);
• print out and sign the form;
• write “CANCELLED” on a blank cheque;
• mail the cancelled cheque along with the completed form to the following address:
  Centre de recouvrement
  C. P. 16300, Terminus postal
  Québec (Québec) G1K 8Y4

If you want your payments to be debited from a different account

You must indicate any changes in your account to an officer at the Centre de recouvrement, by completing the required form (, 53 Ko).

Cheque or money order

Before sending us a cheque or money order, you need to contact a recovery officer in order to conclude a repayment agreement.

Electronic payment

To facilitate payment, the amount entered on your statement of account can be paid via a Desjardins caisse or National Bank.

If you have signed a repayment agreement with the Centre de recouvrement

You can pay electronically:

• online payment (via the Internet)
• by phone, using a touch-tone telephone
• through an ATM or at a counter of any branch of a Desjardins caisse or National Bank.

Advantages

Electronic payment allows you to pay from home, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You no longer have to worry about cheques or late payments, and you avoid the extra fees charged for other methods of payment.

To qualify for e-payments

You must be a member of one of the participating financial institutions and register your MESS account number with the financial institution. Then select the method of payment.

If you haven’t signed a repayment agreement with the Centre de recouvrement

Contact an officer at the Centre de recouvrement and sign up for the electronic payment method of your choice.

Online payment

If you are a member of a Desjardins caisse or have an account with the National Bank

The online payment service is a quick, efficient, safe and secure method for paying amounts owed to the Ministère.

You must have your file number. Your file number appears on your statement of account.

National Bank (Internet banking solutions personal) 

Desjardins Caisses (Accès D )

Payment by phone

For additional information, contact a Desjardins caisses  or National Bank .