Hope you guys don't mind my posting a question in the Canadian forum (I'm not Canadian, but he is)- we haven't sent in our I-130 yet but I have a question I hope you can help answer.
We wanted to go ahead and get a joint bank account down here to show "joint financial co-mingling", among other reasons. I put in a call to my Washington Mutual branch, but I live in a very small town and they are having to research it for me, how to add him without a SS# or residence/US ID yet. Have any of you added or been added as a Canadian fiance/spouse to your USC's bank account before being a resident of the US? If so, what did you have to provide for that and which bank did you use?

My husband's bank just used his SSN until I got one, and used my passport as ID.

Oh, and you don't have to be a Canadian to post in the Canada Forum. We're a pretty easy-going lot here.

Same here. I only had my passport and WaMu made no fuzz.

All depends on the bank!! some will do it without a SSN, some won't!!

I was added to my husbands bank account before we were even married (and before we even started our immigration process and I still live in Canada) and had no problem. I don't remember what they used, I think it was just my B.C. drivers licence and another piece of id. That was with a small credit union in Bellingham called "Whatcom Educational Credit Union". The branch Manager just recently told me when I finally get my permanent resident card and SSN (after I move down there) to come and they will add the information to the account.

Bank of America just asked for my Passport as ID and we set up one just fine

I was added to Mel's before I got my SSN.

I was added and got my own Visa Check card before we were even married - they just used my passport:). We are with Wells Fargo. The lady we dealt with didn't actually know what the rule was - she decided to just try entering my info into the computer without a SSN and it worked.

The same goes for us: no SSN was required from my husband in order for him to be added to my bank account.

Thanks everybody for the replies - we will go in when he comes down in 3 short weeks...

I'm sure you've had enough replies to your question....but here's our 2 cents worth LOL...

my US hubby added me as joint to his US Bank of Washington account with just passport and picture ID (BC DL)

Good luck!

Oliver's Virginia Commerce bank wouldn't add me to the account until I had my SSN AND state-id.

My credit union will not add my husband until he has a SSN either... and were also so lucky that we both have to take the written and driving tests all over again to get our licenses!...grrrr

david and i were able to open a joint account at chase without issue. all they asked me for was my social insurance number until i had a social security number.

My husband's bank was VERY strict about it and he wasn't able to add me to his account until I had a SS#. The quoted the Patriot Act as their reason. When I finally did get a SS# they wanted FOUR pieces of photo ID faxed to them as well as my SS card.

I tried on Friday to get on my husbands account with Bank Of North Georgia. They told me I needed a state ID. I have my SSN, EAD, passport with visa, but it wasn't enough. So I'm headed to the state patrol tomorrow to see about a state ID. Funny thing was, my son, who's 4, was able to get his own account with them. How ironic is that? My husband had to be the co-signer and they don't even have the same last name. I've noticed along the way that my son seems to get everything before I do, but thats a whole other topic lol.

Mary

My husband added me to his joint account with only my passport. No hard time at all!