ITIN while waiting on visa?

[payxibka 10,045]

8 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

I think that is true also.

Embassy has a SSA office so the in person requirement can be overcome.  However, they are not eligible for a SSN at the moment

[John & Rose 7,239]

5 minutes ago, javadown2 said:

Let me know how it goes when you guys setup the joint account, we want to do the same this year. 

 

Also, I'm positive (but it could be very much bank specific) that they won't let you add your wife on your bank account until she is there in person (we had to have a SSN first). But honestly this is way ahead of where you guys need to be, the CR-1 doesn't even need that kind of evidence, of course for AOS but that is part of the CR-1 right?

In the I-130 directions it actually asks for things like joint banking and joint leases or land ownership for proof of relationship.  That is difficult in our situation since we will not live together and joint accounts are difficult without SSN.  I know I'm not the first one to go through this so I know the answers are out there somewhere.  Yes, AOS is part of the CR-1 process as they can get their green cards right after POE.

[payxibka 10,045]

7 minutes ago, javadown2 said:

Let me know how it goes when you guys setup the joint account, we want to do the same this year. 

 

Also, I'm positive (but it could be very much bank specific) that they won't let you add your wife on your bank account until she is there in person (we had to have a SSN first). But honestly this is way ahead of where you guys need to be, the CR-1 doesn't even need that kind of evidence, of course for AOS but that is part of the CR-1 right?

I have opened a internet bank accounts such as ALLY.  Never once saw the bank in person

[javadown2 308]

9 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

I think that is true also.

I might be wrong on this, there is a new avenue....but you still have to have already been processed for your immigration status and come through the POE which triggers the rest of the process, it says it will be mailed to you. 

 

https://www.ssa.gov/ssnvisa/whatyou_need.htm

[javadown2 308]

2 minutes ago, payxibka said:

I have opened a internet bank accounts such as ALLY.  Never once saw the bank in person

Never hear of ALLY, I was talking about my local bank down the street. But for purposes of just having a joint account then that sounds like a good option.

[payxibka 10,045]

2 minutes ago, javadown2 said:

I might be wrong on this, there is a new avenue....but you still have to have already been processed for your immigration status and come through the POE which triggers the rest of the process, it says it will be mailed to you. 

 

https://www.ssa.gov/ssnvisa/whatyou_need.htm

Not new been around for a few years.  Problem has been inconsistency of receiving the card.  People just assume it will arrive and many times it has not.  

[javadown2 308]

4 minutes ago, John & Rose said:

In the I-130 directions it actually asks for things like joint banking and joint leases or land ownership for proof of relationship.  That is difficult in our situation since we will not live together and joint accounts are difficult without SSN.  I know I'm not the first one to go through this so I know the answers are out there somewhere.  Yes, AOS is part of the CR-1 process as they can get their green cards right after POE.

Ok, this really threw you off guard after filing the K-1, I have no idea either since we did K-1 also. 

[payxibka 10,045]

1 minute ago, javadown2 said:

Never hear of ALLY, I was talking about my local bank down the street. But for purposes of just having a joint account then that sounds like a good option.

Was GMAC before it changed its name

[Hank_ 9,174]

1 hour ago, javadown2 said:

I might be wrong on this, there is a new avenue....but you still have to have already been processed for your immigration status and come through the POE which triggers the rest of the process, it says it will be mailed to you. 

 

https://www.ssa.gov/ssnvisa/whatyou_need.htm

Yes the SS card is ordered after the person clears POE (paperwork is in the DO NOT OPEN envelope) ..    along with the green card (as long as the ELIS fee has been paid)

[Hank_ 9,174]

I opened bank accounts at USAA from the Philippines  in both my wife and my name... there is no "in person" with USAA    

Edited May 15, 2018 by Hank_

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

2 hours ago, John & Rose said:

The plot thickens!  I need something for the bank to show intermingled finances but if the COs understand that this is not as easy as it sounds I can probably just wait for the SSNs.  She wants me to become a citizen there so my name can be on her property but from what I know of the Philippines, we will be together in the states and retired before I get the Filipino passport and land changes can be made.

PI citizen?

 

I think you will have to renounce you US Citizenship,  that would be a deal killer for me.

 

Then you have to live in PI for like 5 years.

 

 

[John & Rose 7,239]

1 minute ago, Chris Duffy said:

PI citizen?

 

I think you will have to renounce you US Citizenship,  that would be a deal killer for me.

 

Then you have to live in PI for like 5 years.

 

 

I won’t do that!  I thought there was a dual citizenship possibility. 

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

17 minutes ago, Hank_ said:

I opened bank accounts at USAA from the Philippines  in both my wife and my name... there is no "in person" with USAA    

I understand Charles Schwabb will send you and application anywhere in the world and let you open an account as long as your US Citizen.

 

As far as USAA is concerned, they are outstanding customer service and best in the business

Just now, John & Rose said:

I won’t do that!  I thought there was a dual citizenship possibility. 

For you no, For her yes.

 

From my research............

[John & Rose 7,239]

1 minute ago, Chris Duffy said:

 

For you no, For her yes

That makes sense...

 

I’m still doing my research 

[Hank_ 9,174]

29 minutes ago, Chris Duffy said:

PI citizen?

 

I think you will have to renounce you US Citizenship,  that would be a deal killer for me.

 

Then you have to live in PI for like 5 years.

 

 

That is isn't true.     

 

27 minutes ago, John & Rose said:

I won’t do that!  I thought there was a dual citizenship possibility. 

Philippine citizenship through the process of naturalization in consonance with Commonwealth Act 473, or the Revised Naturalization Law. Pursuant to Section 2 thereof, your husband must meet the following qualifications: (1) He must be not less than twenty-one years of age on the day of the hearing of the petition; (2) He must be of good moral character and believes in the principles underlying the Philippine Constitution, and must have conducted himself in a proper and irreproachable manner during the entire period of his residence in the Philippines in his relation with the constituted government as well as with the community in which he is living; (3) He must own real estate in the Philippines worth not less than five thousand pesos, Philippine currency, or must have some known lucrative trade, profession or lawful occupation; (4) He must be able to speak and write English or Spanish and any one of the principal Philippine languages. In addition, he must have resided in the Philippines for a continuous period of not less than five years. (Section 2 in relation to Section 3 (3), id)

Nevertheless, it is important that your husband does not possess any of the following disqualifications: (a) Opposed to an organized government; (b) Believes in violence as a means to espouse an idea; (c) A polygamist or believes in such; (d) Convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude; (e) Suffers from an incurable contagious disease or mental anguish; Not mingling socially with Filipinos nor embraces Filipino culture, ideas and customs; (g) Being a citizen of a country with which the Philippines is at war, during the time of the war; and (h) His country does not grant naturalization to Filipinos. (Section 4, id)

 

 

The application for naturalization may be filed before the Regional Trial Court of the city or province where he has been residing for at least one year prior to his application and the same must be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in the Official Gazette and a newspaper of general circulation where your husband resides. Copies of the petition and a general notice of the hearing shall also be posted in a public and conspicuous place (Sections 7 and 9, id). Should everything be in order, the court will issue your husband a favorable decision. The decision, however, will only become final thirty (30) days after its promulgation. Your husband will also be required to take the oath of allegiance, and thereafter, he will be issued his certificate of Philippine citizenship.