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LynAndArt   2

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Hi,

My wife is an authorized purchaser on all of my, now our, credit cards, but her name does not appear on the statement. When I have asked to have her name added to the account I was told that authorized purchaser was the only way to go. Is there a way to have my wife added to my account such that her name appears on the statements?

Thanks,

Art

Thanks,

Lyn and Art

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Feb 17 2009 - Met Online
Apr 19 2009 - 1st Visit to the Philippines
Nov 03 2009 - 2nd Visit to the Philippines
Nov 04 2009 - Engaged
Apr 20 1010 - 3rd Visit to the Philippines
Nov 19 2010 - I-129F Mailed to Texas Lock Box
Nov 22 2010 - Received Date
Nov 29 2010 - NOA1
May 12 2011 - NOA2 Email and Text that we are approved (165-days)! Oh Thank God!
May 16 2011 - NOA2 Hard copy Received
Jul 07 2011 - Lyn and the girls pass their medicals - Thank God!
Jul 22 2011 - Interview - APPROVED
Aug 01 2011 - Picked up visas from 2GO
Aug 03 2011 - CFO Seminar
Aug 13 2011 - POE Detroit
Sep 23 2011 - Married

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May 1 2012 - Mailed I-485 for Marilyn and the Girls
May 16 2012 - NOA-1 Text and Email Received
Jun 23 2012 - REF - Need tax returns for K2s
Jan 31 2013 - GC's For Lyn and Gwen. Got a REF for Uriel's Medical
Mar 21 2013 - Got CG for Uriel. We are done for 2 years

ROC

Dec 27 2014 Mailed I-751

Jan 05 2015 NOA-1 Received

Sept 24 2015 REF - Need more info to establish residency and shared financials

Dec 05 2015 Mail Response to Ref

Jan 25 2016 Received approved NOA-1

Feb 1 2016 10 year GC's received for Lyn and the girls - on to citizenship

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Pitaya Grand Master

Pitaya   2,577

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Try starting a NEW joint account for the both of you, instead of adding her to one of your pre-existing accounts.

YMMV.

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Hi,

My wife is an authorized purchaser on all of my, now our, credit cards, but her name does not appear on the statement. When I have asked to have her name added to the account I was told that authorized purchaser was the only way to go. Is there a way to have my wife added to my account such that her name appears on the statements?

Thanks,

Art

American Express were able to do this for me -- they added my wife's name to all new statements.

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Cheezees   1,514

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Some CC/utility companies just don't let you do that. Hopefully having a joint account will work!

 

 

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Pitaya Grand Master

Pitaya   2,577

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In such cases, provide an image of both cards (showing same number for both you the owner of the account and spouse as authorized purchaser) and then throw in some random statements from the two years (which will have only your name) to show that the credit card is still active. Good luck!

Agree with Happy Chic, :thumbs: , with one exception (sorry)......

We did exactly as you described, thought all was well, until we received the RFE. As a consequence, we threw in ALL of the statements since the inception of the marriage. USCIS, with their seemingly National Enquirer-type, 'enquiring minds want to know' mentality, then seemed content with our RFE response.

YMMV.

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LynAndArt Explorer

LynAndArt   2

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American Express were able to do this for me -- they added my wife's name to all new statements.

We don't have amex and we don't want to open more accounts - its probably too late for that anyway.

Agree with Happy Chic, :thumbs: , with one exception (sorry)......

We did exactly as you described, thought all was well, until we received the RFE. As a consequence, we threw in ALL of the statements since the inception of the marriage. USCIS, with their seemingly National Enquirer-type, 'enquiring minds want to know' mentality, then seemed content with our RFE response.

YMMV.

Hmm... that will be a lot of paper, but, that seems to be what they want. I can dump a bunch of statements.... will see how we do.

Thanks,

Lyn and Art

K1 VISA
Feb 17 2009 - Met Online
Apr 19 2009 - 1st Visit to the Philippines
Nov 03 2009 - 2nd Visit to the Philippines
Nov 04 2009 - Engaged
Apr 20 1010 - 3rd Visit to the Philippines
Nov 19 2010 - I-129F Mailed to Texas Lock Box
Nov 22 2010 - Received Date
Nov 29 2010 - NOA1
May 12 2011 - NOA2 Email and Text that we are approved (165-days)! Oh Thank God!
May 16 2011 - NOA2 Hard copy Received
Jul 07 2011 - Lyn and the girls pass their medicals - Thank God!
Jul 22 2011 - Interview - APPROVED
Aug 01 2011 - Picked up visas from 2GO
Aug 03 2011 - CFO Seminar
Aug 13 2011 - POE Detroit
Sep 23 2011 - Married

AOS

May 1 2012 - Mailed I-485 for Marilyn and the Girls
May 16 2012 - NOA-1 Text and Email Received
Jun 23 2012 - REF - Need tax returns for K2s
Jan 31 2013 - GC's For Lyn and Gwen. Got a REF for Uriel's Medical
Mar 21 2013 - Got CG for Uriel. We are done for 2 years

ROC

Dec 27 2014 Mailed I-751

Jan 05 2015 NOA-1 Received

Sept 24 2015 REF - Need more info to establish residency and shared financials

Dec 05 2015 Mail Response to Ref

Jan 25 2016 Received approved NOA-1

Feb 1 2016 10 year GC's received for Lyn and the girls - on to citizenship

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divemaster19   17

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My Wife added me to her AMEX account and took the card to me in Belize while we were waiting for the I-130 to be approved.

Once I arrived in the USA I already had 7 months with the card and more importantly A CREDIT SCORE . This made it fairly easy for me to get my own credit card while we are keeping the others together to show the officers that we co-mingle finances.

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Amhara   460

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One thing I have read is that couples getting the waiver for interview (what's the acronym again?) didn't get it because they had overwhelming evidence of their relationship in the AOS. Some said they sent the bare minimum and still got a waiver. If your petition gets a waiver, then you will have time to gather more evidence during ROC. That way, you might avoid an RFE, too.

Any thoughts on just providing 'just enough' and worry about the next action after USCIS decides on what they want to do?



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