MFRittman

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3 minutes ago, Luckycuds said:

We used a local bank, Liberty Bank, (if you aren’t in CT then this doesn’t apply) and my husband had no problem opening up a joint account without a SSN.

Like you stated legally she doesn’t have to supply her SSN but it is the banks policy. That is why I suggested finding another bank.

OK, thanks.  I've contacted six banks and have been told they need her card.  I can try a few more I guess.

34 minutes ago, NikLR said:

Lots of banks don't require an SSN.

I don't think you understand.  She has a social security number and can supply it if needed.  She filed taxes last year.  She has her EAP and can work here.  Her social security card was lost in the mail.  The " W-8BEN is a required document when making Non-U.S. Source Income payments to a Nonresident Alien."  She is a resident of the United States, not a nonresident.

I don't think you understand.  She has a social security number.  She just doesn't have a card.

6 minutes ago, Luckycuds said:

Find another bank.

Do you specifically know of any bank that has different policies than the mainstream, or is this just a neglectful comment?

My wife applied for a social security card when she came to the United States last December.  She received her social security number at the office, but her card was lost in the mail.  Because the social security offices are closed, she was told to send in her original passport, birth certificate, and other documents to receive a new card.  She does not feel comfortable doing that.  The banks I do business with require my wife to produce her social security card to open an account.  Legally, she isn't required to do so, but the banks policies that I know of require it.  Anyone have any suggestions for her to open a bank account?

I was laid off a week before my fiance moved to the US on a K1 visa.  We married a couple days after she arrived, and then we filed the i-134 papers.  Because I was laid off, I needed a joint sponsor.  My employer brought me off of layoff since then.  I now have enough income to satisfy any financial support requirements to my spouse.  Is there any way to free the joint sponsor of legal and financial obligations to my spouse?  My spouse's green card interview is next week.

What kind of child custody papers do I need for the green card interview as the husband of an immigrating spouse?  My ex-wife and I never filed any formal custody papers.  We had one son and he is staying with his mother.  My ex-wife has custody but we agreed our son could stay wherever he wanted.  He will be eighteen next February and will be graduating from university next June.  There is a child support agreement in the divorce papers.  I pay her $400 per month.

I've always had to show my social security card to my employers at work when I get hired.  When she gets her work authorization, I would imagine she will need to show her card to work too.

My fiance arrived in the United States on a K1 visa in mid-December.  We married and she applied for permanent residence and work authorization.  At the beginning of February, we went to the Social Security office to get her a card.  They said she would receive a Social Security Card in the mail within the next four weeks.  After not receiving it, we returned to the social security office at the beginning of March.  The Social Security office said they had made an error in our address.  The card had been returned to their office and they would resend it.  They did give my wife the SSN issued to her.

We did not receive a card.  We received a letter.  The letter says:

"We cannot issue you a Social Security Card at this time because:

YOUR I-94 HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE WITHIN 14 DAYS OF PROCESSING. PLEASE

PROVIDE AN UPDATED I-94 WITH YOUR PASSPORT."

She already has a Social Security Card issued to her, but it was lost in the mail to an SSA error.  Getting an updated I-94 would require her to leave the country and come back?  Any other way to get her card resent?

Earlier this month,

1) My fiance came over on a K1 visa with her 9-year-old son.

2) I was laid off from my job as an IT analyst.

3) My fiance and I married.

I have my own 16-year-old son.

I have no current income, so I lack the necessary income to support a family of four.  My savings and assets are less than required as well.  I require a joint sponsor.

A retired family member who rents out rooms for extra income agreed to joint sponsor me on the i-864 documents.  Through a combination of retirement plans, social security, and room rental, she should be able to joint sponsor my wife and her son based on income.  Although she would be able joint sponsor me based on assets, the documentation to prove such assets would be extremely difficult.

I am thinking she would be required to show enough income to support three (herself, my wife, my wife's son)--$26,662.  She would not have to show enough income to support me and me son as well.  Is my thinking correct?

Question 2: Any caveats about how she should best support her income?

What happens if the sponsor gets laid off right before filing the i864? The sponsor currently has little savings, no property, and is receiving only unemployment (current income is below the poverty line).  However, the sponsor has an excellent income history and a lot of available credit.  Can the beneficiary be forced to return because the sponsor is laid off?

Yes.  She does have a vaccination record of her son, but it is incomplete.  As far as her medical, she received a sealed envelope to give to customs at arrival.

My stepson and fiancee had physical exams (a couple months ago) for the fiance visa before they left their home country.  They were tested for various conditions and received any inoculations that were missing.  My fiancee brought the medical exam in a sealed envelope and gave it to customs on her arrival.

We went to register her son for school today.  The school requires the same tests and inoculations to be done before her son can go to school.  Is it possible to get the results and inoculation records from the visa medical exam for her son?  If so, how?  Or does her son need to get examined and inoculated again?