Alien dependents, payments through consular officers

In case a deceased employee whose injury or death is compensable leaves surviving dependents residing outside of the United States, the duly accredited consular officer of the country in which such dependents are residing may, with the officer's consent, be the representative of such dependents, and his office is authorized to receive and forward payments made to such dependents, such payments to be payable to the dependents on checks drawn on banks in the Virgin Islands.