This seems so silly to me.

My Husband and I have joint accounts, we needed a print out of these for our I-864, not a big deal....

Last week he goes to the bank, gets the print out. All good except all it has for identification at the top is: Produced for <Husband's Name>. No address - no mention of my name (I am the sponsor).

So yesterday he goes to the bank again - tells them what he needs, no-can-do - if your wife was here in the bank we could print her name on it, but she's not so we can't. They printed another one out while he was still standing there - he isn't sure why, maybe trying to print one with our address? It came out with zero identifying info on it. He walked out.

I call the bank today (TD btw). I tell them what I need and why I need it. No-can-do. Can't print a statement with both your names on it, don't really have the facility to print your address either. She said this was because of the Canadian privacy act and I should really call my MP and complain (as an aside).

She then said she could have a letter written up by tomorrow with the information I needed. Even so, she will have to write 2 separate letters, one with my name and one with his - but it will state it is a joint account - uh huh. I have asked that it be done today, she will call me right back (an hour ago....).

She said I could have had said statement - in the mail - if we received mailed statements (which we don't). Have I just got some kind of kooky bank or have any of you experienced this?

OK I may be wrong here but I believe Canadian Bank accounts/Assets cannot be included in your I-864. It has to be US funds/Assets. Hopefully someone else who had gone through IR1/CR1 will be able to confirm or correct me if I am wrong.

Good luck

Hi thanks,

Yes, I think it will be ok. I actually pm'd someone who has recently had their visa approved and they just had to get a print out of their Canadian bank accounts.

From their reply:

"They didn't care where the $$$ was located (Canada/US) - all of our accounts were in Canadian Accounts"

I'm going to put my two cents in here but advise you not to take it at face value and to do more research.

IF I am remembering correctly, and IF things have not changed, then I would encourage you to ensure that the USC's name is on the banking information (if you have to choose one or the other) becuase though there are circumstances under which the intending immigrant's assets can be used, I have read of people being turned away at the consulate and told to go find a co-sponsor. I wish I could remember even a single name to point you to, but hopefully someone else will chime in.

Good luck!

Mo

Yes, absolutely. The original print out did have my Husband's name on it (and it is his money too!), however I figured it would just be simplier to claim it as 'mine'.

The person did call back from the bank yesterday (unbeknownst to me it was actually the bank manager I was talking to - which is amusing in hindsight as I had started our original conversation with 'I need to speak to someone who REALLY knows what they are doing' - haha).

She left a letter for me at the desk which included a bank statement with my name on it and a letter with both our names and address AND bank balances and an explanation as to why she couldn't print out a statement with our address etc.

Very efficient - I like that!

The I-864 is in the mail.