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My fiance sent off his check list for the embassy in Helsinki on Tuesday and he received an email today for an interview on Monday, this is to fast for us since I want to be there. In the email they are asking him for his 2012 bank statements. My question is why are they asking for this when I'm the sponsor. Can anyone shed any light on this for me.

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KayDeeCee   4,893

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I am going to send this to your regional forum so you can get answers specific to your consulate. This is not something asked for at all consulates. I do not know why they would need bank info from the beneficiary.

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... if they are asking for his bank statements...then by all means,bring the bank statements, and make sure he also has yours...I would not worry so much about this ... Finland is on of the "easy" countries....

My fiance sent off his check list for the embassy in Helsinki on Tuesday and he received an email today for an interview on Monday, this is to fast for us since I want to be there. In the email they are asking him for his 2012 bank statements. My question is why are they asking for this when I'm the sponsor. Can anyone shed any light on this for me.

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I don't understand why they want your (Finnish?) bank records, no. The USA ones, for the sponsor to provide proof of ability to support the beneficiary, sure -- I gave my fiance a huge packet with tax and bank account info, which it turns out the embassy barely looked at, but it was requested to have along. But FINNISH assets (the beneficiary's assets??) make no sense to me, so I'm afraid I can't help. That is not at all a normal request, are you sure there isn't a misunderstanding?

The embassy was very responsive to emails -- if you email them, perhaps they'll clarify what and/or why they need any bank records at all.

Edited to add: if I recall, your fiance is not a Finnish citizen, is that correct? Is it possible they're asking for bank records in some sort of relation to his legal presence in the country, or something to do with his native citizenship? I do think it's possible you're going to get a lot more scrutiny than a natural-born Finn, which is unfortunate of course, but I still don't understand what bank records would really have to do with anything, sorry.

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Relationship since April 2006

K-1 Visa: I-129F filed November 6, 2012, NOA2 May 17, 2013, Interview and Approval July 24, 2013

POE San Diego, September 13, 2013, Wedding October 25, 2013

AOS filed November 19, 2013, EAD/AP received January 30, 2014, interview and AOS Approval on February 27, 2014.

ROC filed December 3, 2015, NOA1 12/4/15, Biometrics 12/31/15, ROC Approval on June 16, 2016, 10-Year Green Card received June 22, 2016.

N400 filed September 14, 2023, same day acceptance and Biometric Reuse notice, Interview on 2/13/24: Passed and same day oath. ALL DONE WITH USCIS.

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Detailed Timeline Below!

 

Relationship:
2006 April 01: Met online, music site, 2007 February 20: Met in person, Finland, 2007 - 2012 met several times in Finland and California

K-1 Visa:
2012 November 06: Sent I-129F (NOA1 on 11/9/2012)
2013 May 14: Contacted Congressman
2013 May 17: I-129F NOA2 Approved
2013 June 03: NVC Received (NVC left 6/6/13)
2013 June 10: Consulate Received, 2013 June 13: Medical, 2013 June 25: Sent Packet 3/4
2013 July 24: Interview in Helsinki, 2013 July 27: Visa Received
2013 September 13: POE to USA, San Diego

AOS:
2013 October 22: SSN Received
2013 October 25: Wedding, San Marcos, CA
2013 November 19: AOS, AP, EAD sent (NOA 1 on 11/22/13)
2013 December 17: Biometrics, San Marcos, CA, 2013 December 24: Online status changed to Testing/Interview

2014 January 23: Interview notice mailed (for 2/27), 2014 January 24: EAD card production, AP approval (card received 1/30/2014)

2014 February 27: Interview and Approval, GC in production (card received March 6, 2014)

 

ROC:

2015 December 03: mailed I-751 package

2015 December 04: NOA1 extension letter, 2015 December 31: Biometrics appointment

2016 June 16: Approval - Online status changed to Document Production, mailed 6/20/16

2016 June 22: 10-Year Green Card Received, done with USCIS for a while!

 

N-400 Citizenship:

2023 September 14: filed N-400 online

2023 September 14: same day acceptance notice and "Biometrics Reuse" notice

2023 December 28: notice of interview scheduled for February 13, 2024

2024 February 13: naturalization interview (five-year rule) passed, same day oath - now a US Citizen and done with USCIS!

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