Credit card statements

[chiquitabanana 0]

We are working in AOS for my husbands, and the attorney requested 12 months of statements of bank accounts, 401k, etc.  Now they are also asking for credit card statements.  Are any of these statements sent to the USCIS?  I am curious for the credit card one.

[kris&me 572]

hopefully lawyer knows what he is doing

i sent statements to show i had paid for my trip to meet (not needed now but was suggested by a lawyer i consulted)  

and one thing i did was to take magic marker and blacken out the account # /  no one needs to see that    / all they need is name and address and the rest of the statement (but if immigration wants it, it has to be all pages as it says page 1 of 3 or 1 of 4 and page 4 may just be a bank ad  but they need to know that)

[chiquitabanana 0]

I guess is to check the balances and see if I make the payments (so I don't have a debt), but I also uploaded my credit report, and I don't know if they will want to check all the details of what I am spending with my credit card.

[HandmadeTurnip 150]

40 minutes ago, chiquitabanana said:

Are any of these statements sent to the USCIS?  I am curious for the credit card one.

Why else would the attorney want them?

[NikLR 13,227]

Have no idea about the credit card statements.  But If the attorney is using assets, they would need bank statements and 401k.  However if the husbands makes more than enough on a w2 or self employed then there is zero need for bank statements.  Unless you have a joint credit card I have no idea why they'd want those either. 

1 hour ago, chiquitabanana said:

I guess is to check the balances and see if I make the payments (so I don't have a debt), but I also uploaded my credit report, and I don't know if they will want to check all the details of what I am spending with my credit card.

credit report wasn't necessary at all.  Nor do they care what you're buying with your credit cards. 

[chiquitabanana 0]

We don't have a joint credit card, only a joint bank account.    He, as the applicant alien,  added his debt and liabilities (notas household, as a guide said) in i-964, but I didn't see an equivalent question for me as US citizen sponsoring and signin i-864.

[Wuozopo 4,293]

12 hours ago, chiquitabanana said:

We don't have a joint credit card, only a joint bank account.    He, as the applicant alien,  added his debt and liabilities (notas household, as a guide said) in i-964, but I didn't see an equivalent question for me as US citizen sponsoring and signin i-864.

I don’t see a reason for credit card statements for the I-864. Your tax return is required. An employer letter or pay stubs are optional. Or as said earlier, if you didn’t make enough at a job and needed to sponsor on assets, the bank account. If you have a good job, you can leave the asset part blank. 
 

You should ask the lawyer for details on exactly why he wants that information and how it helps the AOS process. I wouldn’t be turning over all my personal info to him.

Edited July 19, 2020 by Wuozopo

[Cndn 98]

I would definitely ask the lawyer for clarity on why these things are being requested.

[Nitas_man 3,100]

22 hours ago, chiquitabanana said:

We are working in AOS for my husbands, and the attorney requested 12 months of statements of bank accounts, 401k, etc.  Now they are also asking for credit card statements.  Are any of these statements sent to the USCIS?  I am curious for the credit card one.

If you are not using assets why does he want them

Why 12 months?

[Allovertheworld 355]

On 7/18/2020 at 11:11 PM, NikLR said:

Have no idea about the credit card statements.  But If the attorney is using assets, they would need bank statements and 401k.  However if the husbands makes more than enough on a w2 or self employed then there is zero need for bank statements.  Unless you have a joint credit card I have no idea why they'd want those either. 

credit report wasn't necessary at all.  Nor do they care what you're buying with your credit cards. 

Why would they need bank assets and 401K?  I used assets, I never furnished bank accounts and I don't have a 401K

[Allovertheworld 355]

On 7/18/2020 at 8:56 PM, chiquitabanana said:

We are working in AOS for my husbands, and the attorney requested 12 months of statements of bank accounts, 401k, etc.  Now they are also asking for credit card statements.  Are any of these statements sent to the USCIS?  I am curious for the credit card one.

Credit Card? I would call them and ask why?  

 

Maybe they are trying to figure out if your in debt or not and maybe charge you more money

[NikLR 13,227]

10 hours ago, Allovertheworld said:

Why would they need bank assets and 401K?  I used assets, I never furnished bank accounts and I don't have a 401K

Sometimes people use assets as well as their salary. 

[chiquitabanana 0]

We don't own assets (besides my car) and I have a good salary (my husband was laid off 2 months ago but still has savings). Today we talked to the lawyer and she told us that she was going to add my credit card info in the i-944  ,but we told her it seems to meant only his (as applicant) and not the household, although it shouldn't hurt in our case because I pay my credit card in full every month and I don't have a debt on it, and he doesn't use his credit card that much either.

[NikLR 13,227]

2 hours ago, chiquitabanana said:

We don't own assets (besides my car) and I have a good salary (my husband was laid off 2 months ago but still has savings). Today we talked to the lawyer and she told us that she was going to add my credit card info in the i-944  ,but we told her it seems to meant only his (as applicant) and not the household, although it shouldn't hurt in our case because I pay my credit card in full every month and I don't have a debt on it, and he doesn't use his credit card that much either.

Yea the I-944 is meant for US credit information for the foreign spouse. It has to be used there if it exists.