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Experiences opening a bank account?

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athena_ny Proficient

athena_ny   1

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Filed: AOS (apr) Country: Peru
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OK so all BOA wanted from my husband was to confirm his address, DOB and give them his email address. Apparently our accounts will be processed in 24-48 hours. :)

So BOA does (so far!) seem legal immigrant friendly. :)

They're illegal immigrant friendly too, so it makes sense.

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[ts eliot]

aos timeline:

married: jan 5, 2007

noa 1: march 2nd, 2007

interview @ tampa, fl office: april 26, 2007

green card received: may 5, 2007

removal of conditions timeline:

03/26/2009 - received in VSC

07/20/2009 - card production ordered!

lynamon Rising Star

lynamon   0

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Canada
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We were able to open a joint checking account at Key bank when I was still living in Canada.

Met in Cleveland 07/07/05 ... Fireworks!!!

Emails and phone calls until first visit back September '05

Many trips to Cleveland and overnight stays in New York

Engaged 05/07/06

07/18/07 - Interview yeeehaaa .. approved

07/26/07 - received Visa from Montreal (should have received 07/24)

07/26/07 - POE Buffalo, NY (Peace Bridge) .. No EAD stamp

07/27/07 - Beautiful marriage .. now you may call me Mrs. :)

07/28/07 - Filed AOS,EAD, and AP for me and AOS and AP for my son via UPS .. received 08/01

08/16/07 - applied for ssn

09/03/07 - received ssn card

11/07/07 - AP approved and received 11/12/07 :)

11/19/07- EAD approved online and received same day (actual approval 11/07/07) :)

12/27/07 - AOS transferred to CSC

02/26/08 - 485's approved without interview

01/14/09 - Sent I-751 - removal of conditions

02/23/10 - Biometrics

03/17/10 - Removal of conditions approved .. card production ordered

"Life is not measured by the amount of breaths that we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."

Emancipation Mentor

Emancipation   2

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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Navy Federal added me with a copy of my DL and my SSN .. I applied online and faxed through the additional information later .. no restrictions on the type of account (i have both savings and checking), and no hastles at all.. I am an authorized user on my hubbies account as well.

AOS:

2007-02-22: Sent AOS /EAD

2007-03-06 : NOA1 AOS /EAD

2007-03-28: Transferred to CSC

2007-05-17: EAD Card Production Ordered

2007-05-21: I485 Approved

2007-05-24: EAD Card Received

2007-06-01: Green Card Received!!

Removal of Conditions:

2009-02-27: Sent I-751

2009-03-07: NOA I-751

2009-03-31: Biometrics Appt. Hartford

2009-07-21: Touched (first time since biometrics) Perhaps address change?

2009-07-28: Approved at VSC

2009-08-25: Received card in the mail

Naturalization

2012-08-20: Submitted N-400

2013-01-18: Became Citizen

Nikita2Charles Proficient

Nikita2Charles   32

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Dominican Republic
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Added my wife to my checking account the week after she got here with only her passport, I94 and the temp EAD from JFK. That was with Bank of America, Needless to say she didn't have social security yet, the bank manager just told us to update the account whenever we receive them. So she got her atm card 2 weeks later.

Gone but not Forgotten!

Lyuba Collaborator

Lyuba   0

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Russia
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UMB Bank is great in this respect. I opened a saving account and was added to my husband's checking account 3 days after arrival with no SSN and only state ID. No problem at all.

Drew (St. Louis, MO) + Lyuba (Moscow, Russia)

December 1, 2003 - met and fell in love in Moscow, Russia

K-1

June 24, 2004 - NOA1

September 14, 2004 - NOA2

December 2, 2004 - Interview

December 24, 2004 - Arrival to the USA

January 14, 2005 - Wedding

AOS

January 25, 2005 - applied for AOS, EAD and AP in person

June 29, 2005 - AOS interview

August 8, 2005 - Green card arrived

Lifting of conditions

April 17, 2007 - NOA1 (extension letter)

April 2, 2008 - case transferred to CSC

May 8, 2008 - 10 year Green card arrived

Naturalization

July 24, 2008 - NOA1

November 19, 2008 - Interview

January 9, 2009 - Oath

January 17, 2009 - applied for US passport

January 26, 2009 - US passport arrived

DONE WITH IMMIGRATION

TracyTN Veteran

TracyTN   237

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: United Kingdom
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OK so all BOA wanted from my husband was to confirm his address, DOB and give them his email address. Apparently our accounts will be processed in 24-48 hours. :)

So BOA does (so far!) seem legal immigrant friendly. :)

They're illegal immigrant friendly too, so it makes sense.

I believe they've changed that policy - unless what I read a few weeks ago about it was wrong.

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Anna C. Experienced

Anna C.   4

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Germany
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I could open a bank account with a J1 visa before they issued me my SSN. I showed them the visa, my letter of employment and that was it (Washington Mutual). When I then got married I just showed my SSN & marriage certificate to Bank of America and it was fine (added to hubbie's account), within 10 days I even had my credit card with a transferal credit limit from Europe (same as in EU, for clarification this is solely my card, hubbie is authorized user only). They didn't want to see a visa nor anything else - at that time I only had NOAs... No EAD, no DL, nothing....

AOS

8-4-2006 Date of NOA's

1-4-2007 Green Card in mail

Removal of conditions

9-29-2008 I-751 delivered to CSC

12-29-2008 Green Card ordered :)

Citizenship

10-15-2011 Package sent to NSC

10-17-2011 NOA Priority Date

11-25-2011 Biometrics done

11-29-2011 In line for interview scheduling... woohoo!

12-20-2011 Interview scheduled ...received letter 3 days later

01-24-2012 Interview & Oath

Done!

  • 5 months later...
Dias Melhores Enthusiast

Dias Melhores   0

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Brazil
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Just to add my comments:

I had an extremely positive experience at Wells Fargo. My wife does not have her SS#, EAD, or Green Card yet. I opened the account and they added her with no problems. All they needed to see was her Brazil Passport and driver's license.

I used to bank at US Bank, but I'm giving them "the boot"!!! Terrible service in dealing with our situation (marrying a foreign citizen). U.S. BANK SUCKS!!!

Our Story so far...

K-1

7/26/07- I-129F sent to CSC

8/02/07- NOA 1

12/13/07- NOA 2

2/12/08- Interview in Rio- APPROVED!

2/15/08- Visa Received

2/18/08- US Entry

2/20/08- Wedding Day

AOS

3/04/08- AOS, EAD and AP mailed

4/07/08- RFE

4/11/08- AOS, EAD and AP re-mailed

4/18/08- NOA's received

5/06/08- Biometrics Appt

6/14/08- AP approved

6/17/08- EAD approved

11/07/08- Greencard Approved!

11/22/08- Greencard Received

Gabriel was born on January 12, 2010!

 
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