sending money by western union using both names as sender.

[markiweiss49 4]

hi everyone. do you think that sending money back home to my wife's family in the philippines using both our names as sender can be use as evidence. the money will be sent by western union. what do you think. thanks

[Marina-Del 10]

I'd send it. I don't think that USCIS will deny or approve you based on that one document alone, but it is a doc with both names showing finances intermingling, so sure.

I don't know how USCIS would view money being sent back to her home country though...any thoughts there?

[N M 96]

You can provide whatever you want as evidence. The question is, will it help you.

For ROC, USCIS are primarily looking for evidence that:

a) You and your spouse have been living together and

b) You and your spouse have co-mingled your assets and liabilities (and the trust that is shown from this).

Ideally they want to see joint bank statements, joint credit cards, joint loans, joint leases/ mortgages, and evidence that you filed your taxes as "married". If you have a joint primary bank account that you pay your incomes into, or even add your spouse as an authorized user on your credit card, that shows trust and reduces the risk that the marriage is a scam. Especially if that co-mingling can be demonstrated over a couple of years. If you did marry for fraud - would you risk a two year period where your "spouse" could suddenly clean out your account, or run up debt in your name?

Having both your names on WU transfers doesn't demonstrate that trust. It simply shows that you both agreed to make the payment(s). Nothing more.

As an aside, there have been threads on VJ stating that USCIS rejected ROC applications, after seeing evidence of numerous WU payments back to a home country. It might be worth searching for, and reading those, before you supply WU documents as evidence.

[N M 96]

You can provide whatever you want as evidence. The question is, will it help you.

For ROC, USCIS are primarily looking for evidence that:

a) You and your spouse have been living together and

b) You and your spouse have co-mingled your assets and liabilities (and the trust that is shown from this).

Ideally they want to see joint bank statements, joint credit cards, joint loans, joint leases/ mortgages, and evidence that you filed your taxes as "married". If you have a joint primary bank account that you pay your incomes into, or even add your spouse as an authorized user on your credit card, that shows trust and reduces the risk that the marriage is a scam. Especially if that co-mingling can be demonstrated over a couple of years. If you did marry for fraud - would you risk a two year period where your "spouse" could suddenly clean out your account, or run up debt in your name?

Having both your names on WU transfers doesn't demonstrate that trust. It simply shows that you both agreed to make the payment(s). Nothing more.

As an aside, there have been threads on VJ stating that USCIS rejected ROC applications, after seeing evidence of numerous WU payments back to a home country. It might be worth searching for, and reading those, before you supply WU documents as evidence.