Wife wants to magically create a bank account out of thin air a month before her mom's interview

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

2 minutes ago, junkmart said:

It was an ignorant comment. And ignorance can be overcome by education.

 

He is ranting, he even said it. People also need to stop taking things so literally and seriously.

 

If I said same thing about Filipinos, there'd be a few who would agree and a few who would scold me and tell me the same. It's simple an extreme exaggeration and he is venting about his wife's apparent "brilliant" and yet obviously stupid idea.

[tine71 12]

6 minutes ago, junkmart said:

Seriously? Please educate yourself. Also, if the money was from a joint account, it is equally her money, no matter who earned it.

I say you are an ignorant, because you say mexican(s) I do not know your mother in law, but I know about mexico, been there, have friends and all of them have assets, I am sure you never been there, do not generalize about things you do not know, that's called ignorance and stupidity 

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

I’d probably also be ranting if my spouse was planning on selling my car and putting the proceeds in a bank account belonging to someone else. The ranting is probably being aimed in the wrong direction here. Nevertheless, it’s a supremely stupid idea. It will be obvious it’s a transparent attempt to mislead, and that in itself would probably lead to a denial regardless of anything else.

 

 

 

 

[junkmart 320]

7 minutes ago, tine71 said:

I say you are an ignorant, because you say mexican(s) I do not know your mother in law, but I know about mexico, been there, have friends and all of them have assets, I am sure you never been there, do not generalize about things you do not know, that's called ignorance and stupidity 

Hi. I never said any of what you are accusing me of saying above. I"M MEXICAN! I think you meant your comment for OP, not for me. I'm on your side, remember? Please edit your response to delete my comment, which is in support of your comment.

Edited May 13, 2019 by junkmart

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

3 minutes ago, tine71 said:

do not generalize about things you do not know, 

Not defending OP’s statements but 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 the above made me laugh. Welcome to the Internet.

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

We don't know anything about the OP or his wife. Obviously sounds like they have been married for 10+ years or at least together for that long. Don't know how he met his wife, he might have done a CR-1 or K-1 to get his wife here, we don;t know. OP could have spent much time in Mexico and have a very good knowledge at least of that area where his wife's family is. So that's why taking a venting/ranting so seriously is absurd. And like @SusieQQQ said, welcome to the internet where you will find anything and everything said. Get used to it. 

 

Also please do read the initial post again, the OP's wife doesn't just want to add money to their own joint account, he said his wife wants to sell a car and make a brand new account in her mother's name in Mexico with the profits. Big big difference.

[tine71 12]

11 minutes ago, junkmart said:

Hi. I never said any of what you are accusing me of saying above. I"M MEXICAN! I think you meant your comment for OP, not for me. I'm on your side, remember? Please edit your response to delete my comment, which is in support of your comment.

I am so sorry amigo Junkmart, my comment was for visa992291

[junkmart 320]

9 minutes ago, Ben&Zian said:

We don't know anything about the OP or his wife. Obviously sounds like they have been married for 10+ years or at least together for that long. Don't know how he met his wife, he might have done a CR-1 or K-1 to get his wife here, we don;t know. OP could have spent much time in Mexico and have a very good knowledge at least of that area where his wife's family is. So that's why taking a venting/ranting so seriously is absurd. And like @SusieQQQ said, welcome to the internet where you will find anything and everything said. Get used to it. 

 

Also please do read the initial post again, the OP's wife doesn't just want to add money to their own joint account, he said his wife wants to sell a car and make a brand new account in her mother's name in Mexico with the profits. Big big difference.

I just took what he said at face value. Your adding all these extra details in your head to make OP comment seem less offensive. To me, it doesn't matter what visa she came on, how long they've been married, or whether or not OP has spent any time in Mexico. It was ignorant for him to say that 99.99999% of Mexicans don't have any assets. That is simply not true. And I was never under the impression that OP's wife wanted to add money to their joint account. It was clear that she took money from their joint account to open a separate account in Mexico. Again, there is nothing wrong with her doing that, as it is equally her money to do with whatever she sees fit. Now, if it were me, would I have discussed something like that with my husband first? Of course I would have.

Edited May 13, 2019 by junkmart
Deleted last sentence.

[Unlockable 7,306]

Thread is getting derailed. One rant is turning into other rants about the initial rant.

 

Let's stay on topic please.

 

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

The world is getting alarmingly overly sensitive to anything and everything these days, it's sad. 

Edited May 13, 2019 by Ben&Zian

[nguoivietnam2019 67]

There is nothing wrong with moving money to create strong ties to home country as long as it is moved legally. However, it just looks bad.

 

Anyway, it is $160 fee, 1/2 day for the interview, and a few hours to prepare the paperwork - just give a shot and see what will happen. 

[Russ&Caro 1,548]

As others have said, like the comment above, just have her go ahead and apply without the bank account. She'll probably do fine. They're pretty gracious with tourist visas for elderly parents. My own M-I-L had no assets, from Latin America, and was approved.

[visa992291 5]

Forgot people are so sensitive. Feel free to prove me wrong, and I'll just be guessing here, but I'll say 85-90% of Americans too cannot show $5000 in their bank account. Gonna be higher in Mexico. Maybe low 90s would be my guess? Take 100 Mexicans and maybe 8 of them have +5k in their bank account.

 

Putting all the .99999s made it ignorant cause the number I used (tying on phone dont have exact number) probably equaled 1 in 10 or 100 million have no savings 

 

It's probably more like 90-95%. 

[geowrian 22,335]

I'm still curious how having a bank account is even viewed as a strong tie to return home. Moving money is one of the easiest things to do, and one doesn't even need to do it to overstay.

[JunkTardis 183]

Whilst there is no definitive data out there on the average amount of money people have in their checking accounts, I found the following data.

 

USA: https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-the-average-bank-account-balance-4171574

Mexico: https://www.efe.com/efe/english/life/mexican-households-have-an-average-of-3-8-members-843-in-monthly-income/50000263-2666718

Take this with a grain of salt, living in one country is not better or worse than the other - it's subjective.

 

Now that this is out of the way, can we kindly get back on topic?