diff --git a/actualAmountPaid.go b/actualAmountPaid.go
index 902d7b99..dc8dea2d 100644
--- a/actualAmountPaid.go
+++ b/actualAmountPaid.go
@@ -36,12 +36,30 @@ func NewActualAmountPaid() *ActualAmountPaid {
 // Parse provides no guarantee about all fields being filled in. Callers should make a Validate() call to confirm
 // successful parsing and data validity.
 func (aap *ActualAmountPaid) Parse(record string) error {
-	if utf8.RuneCountInString(record) != 28 {
-		return NewTagWrongLengthErr(28, len(record))
+	if utf8.RuneCountInString(record) < 8 {
+		return NewTagMinLengthErr(8, len(record))
 	}
+
 	aap.tag = record[:6]
-	aap.RemittanceAmount.CurrencyCode = aap.parseStringField(record[6:9])
-	aap.RemittanceAmount.Amount = aap.parseStringField(record[9:28])
+
+	var err error
+	length := 6
+	read := 0
+
+	if aap.RemittanceAmount.CurrencyCode, read, err = aap.parseVariableStringField(record[length:], 3); err != nil {
+		return fieldError("CurrencyCode", err)
+	}
+	length += read
+
+	if aap.RemittanceAmount.Amount, read, err = aap.parseVariableStringField(record[length:], 19); err != nil {
+		return fieldError("Amount", err)
+	}
+	length += read
+
+	if len(record) != length {
+		return NewTagMaxLengthErr()
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -60,12 +78,14 @@ func (aap *ActualAmountPaid) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
 }
 
 // String writes ActualAmountPaid
-func (aap *ActualAmountPaid) String() string {
+func (aap *ActualAmountPaid) String(options ...bool) string {
 	var buf strings.Builder
 	buf.Grow(28)
+
 	buf.WriteString(aap.tag)
-	buf.WriteString(aap.CurrencyCodeField())
-	buf.WriteString(aap.AmountField())
+	buf.WriteString(aap.CurrencyCodeField(options...))
+	buf.WriteString(aap.AmountField(options...))
+
 	return buf.String()
 }
 
@@ -102,11 +122,11 @@ func (aap *ActualAmountPaid) fieldInclusion() error {
 }
 
 // CurrencyCodeField gets a string of the CurrencyCode field
-func (aap *ActualAmountPaid) CurrencyCodeField() string {
-	return aap.alphaField(aap.RemittanceAmount.CurrencyCode, 3)
+func (aap *ActualAmountPaid) CurrencyCodeField(options ...bool) string {
+	return aap.alphaVariableField(aap.RemittanceAmount.CurrencyCode, 3, aap.parseFirstOption(options))
 }
 
 // AmountField gets a string of the Amount field
-func (aap *ActualAmountPaid) AmountField() string {
-	return aap.alphaField(aap.RemittanceAmount.Amount, 19)
+func (aap *ActualAmountPaid) AmountField(options ...bool) string {
+	return aap.alphaVariableField(aap.RemittanceAmount.Amount, 19, aap.parseFirstOption(options))
 }
diff --git a/actualAmountPaid_test.go b/actualAmountPaid_test.go
index b420b407..51145415 100644
--- a/actualAmountPaid_test.go
+++ b/actualAmountPaid_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package wire
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ func TestParseActualAmountPaidWrongLength(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err := r.parseActualAmountPaid()
 
-	require.EqualError(t, err, r.parseError(NewTagWrongLengthErr(28, len(r.line))).Error())
+	require.EqualError(t, err, r.parseError(fieldError("Amount", ErrValidLengthSize)).Error())
 }
 
 // TestParseActualAmountPaidReaderParseError parses a wrong ActualAmountPaid reader parse error
@@ -99,3 +100,60 @@ func TestActualAmountPaidTagError(t *testing.T) {
 
 	require.EqualError(t, err, fieldError("tag", ErrValidTagForType, aap.tag).Error())
 }
+
+// TestStringActualAmountPaidVariableLength parses using variable length
+func TestStringActualAmountPaidVariableLength(t *testing.T) {
+	var line = "{8450}"
+	r := NewReader(strings.NewReader(line))
+	r.line = line
+
+	err := r.parseActualAmountPaid()
+	expected := r.parseError(NewTagMinLengthErr(8, len(r.line))).Error()
+	require.EqualError(t, err, expected)
+
+	line = "{8450}USD1234.56            NNN"
+	r = NewReader(strings.NewReader(line))
+	r.line = line
+
+	err = r.parseActualAmountPaid()
+	require.EqualError(t, err, r.parseError(NewTagMaxLengthErr()).Error())
+
+	line = "{8450}***"
+	r = NewReader(strings.NewReader(line))
+	r.line = line
+
+	err = r.parseActualAmountPaid()
+	require.EqualError(t, err, r.parseError(NewTagMaxLengthErr()).Error())
+
+	line = "{8450}**"
+	r = NewReader(strings.NewReader(line))
+	r.line = line
+
+	err = r.parseActualAmountPaid()
+	expected = r.parseError(fieldError("Amount", ErrFieldRequired)).Error()
+	require.EqualError(t, err, expected)
+
+	line = "{8450}USD1234.56*"
+	r = NewReader(strings.NewReader(line))
+	r.line = line
+
+	err = r.parseActualAmountPaid()
+	require.Equal(t, err, nil)
+}
+
+// TestStringActualAmountPaidOptions validates string() with options
+func TestStringActualAmountPaidOptions(t *testing.T) {
+	var line = "{8450}USD1234.56*"
+	r := NewReader(strings.NewReader(line))
+	r.line = line
+
+	err := r.parseActualAmountPaid()
+	fmt.Println(err)
+	require.Equal(t, err, nil)
+
+	str := r.currentFEDWireMessage.ActualAmountPaid.String()
+	require.Equal(t, str, "{8450}USD1234.56            ")
+
+	str = r.currentFEDWireMessage.ActualAmountPaid.String(true)
+	require.Equal(t, str, "{8450}USD1234.56*")
+}