i-751 I-751 No Joint bank account

[KaylaKL 4]

Hello, 

I am about to file a petition to remove conditions on green card (I-751) and need a little help with documents. My husband and I have a joint bank account since 2015 but barely used it (most months don't have any activity at all), and was wondering if the documents I have will be sufficient. The documents I prepared are following:

 

- Copy of IRS tax transcript filed jointly (2015 and 2016)

- Copy of apartment lease agreement with both name on it

- Copy of car insurance both name together

- Copy of renter's insurance both name 

- Copy of health insurance both name together and designated beneficiary of each other

- Copy of Fidelity (403B) with designated beneficiary of each other

- Copy of credit card statements ( I am an authorized user under my husband but statement shows both name on it) and we use this card for grocery shopping

- Copy of PG&E bill both name together since couple months ago; other bills under my husband's name but shows same address

- Copy of pay stubs showing same address

- Copy of flight tickets/hotels (about 4-5 trips in 2 years); one of the trips was with my brother in-law and his girl friend (can provide couple pictures)

- Copy of flight ticket to my husband home which my brother in-law purchased for us

- Copy of receipts/credit care statement for gift to each other (apple watch, necklace, purse, perfume, flower delivery, wallet)

- Copy of couple wedding invitations from friends addressed to both of us with our current address

- 40-50 pictures together of past 2 years 

 

Although we don't use our joint bank account, my husband writes me a check every month for half amount of rent/utility bills. Should i include this proof in replace of joint bank account? or it will look more suspicious? 

 

Thank you in advance!!  

 

 

 

 

[military-wife 9]

So you guys have separate checking accounts? Why? Are you an authorized user on his accounts? They might question that if you have an interview. It could be viewed that you don't trust each other enough to "co-mingle" your finances. No judgments here, for the first couple of months, we both had our separate accounts + a joint savings account, but later found it much more convenient to just give each other access to our accounts. My pay check goes into my checking (that he has access) and his goes into his checking account (that I have access). So if I ever need funds I just move it between accounts. It's not that we didn't trust each other, we just never got around to adding each other to our accounts.

 

[gypsyqueen 103]

On 7/16/2017 at 2:11 AM, minjungk86 said:

Hello, 

I am about to file a petition to remove conditions on green card (I-751) and need a little help with documents. My husband and I have a joint bank account since 2015 but barely used it (most months don't have any activity at all), and was wondering if the documents I have will be sufficient. The documents I prepared are following:

 

- Copy of IRS tax transcript filed jointly (2015 and 2016)

- Copy of apartment lease agreement with both name on it

- Copy of car insurance both name together

- Copy of renter's insurance both name 

- Copy of health insurance both name together and designated beneficiary of each other

- Copy of Fidelity (403B) with designated beneficiary of each other

- Copy of credit card statements ( I am an authorized user under my husband but statement shows both name on it) and we use this card for grocery shopping

- Copy of PG&E bill both name together since couple months ago; other bills under my husband's name but shows same address

- Copy of pay stubs showing same address

- Copy of flight tickets/hotels (about 4-5 trips in 2 years); one of the trips was with my brother in-law and his girl friend (can provide couple pictures)

- Copy of flight ticket to my husband home which my brother in-law purchased for us

- Copy of receipts/credit care statement for gift to each other (apple watch, necklace, purse, perfume, flower delivery, wallet)

- Copy of couple wedding invitations from friends addressed to both of us with our current address

- 40-50 pictures together of past 2 years 

 

Although we don't use our joint bank account, my husband writes me a check every month for half amount of rent/utility bills. Should i include this proof in replace of joint bank account? or it will look more suspicious? 

 

Thank you in advance!!  

 

 

 

 

I suggest that you only include the joint bank account, and include the statements on the months where there's an activity on it.  Do not bother to show the separate bank accounts as these may just add confusion & suspicion.  Only give what they ask for, which is the joint account bank statement with transaction history.