tony777

We filed my wife's I-751 in September 2021 and she got a 2-year extension of her Green Card until November 2023. Next year we plan to spend five months in Latin America from February to July, so there is a high likelihood that the permanent GC won't arrive until we leave on the trip. We will have someone take care of our mail and have the online case tracker.

My questions:

1. If an interview is scheduled while we are away, how risky is it to ask to reschedule? Can you make a specific request for the new date, e.g. that it's after our planned return date? With 4 months between our return date and extended GC expiration, is that a sufficient window to have the rescheduled interview before the expiration date?

2. If the new card is issued and mailed while we are traveling (without an interview), does the old card still remain valid for re-entry?

Thanks in advance!

Thanks, everyone. We will leave this out of the application.

I understand the need for quarterly bank statements, unfortunately our joint account has had very limited use, with most shared expenses going through my individual account (as I mentioned in a separate post). This is why I was trying to come up with other pieces of evidence to supplement. 

1 hour ago, arken said:

Did you give 50K to your wife or gf at the time? That might change how one perceives the transaction.

We were already married at the time, otherwise I wouldn't even think about including it. 

1 minute ago, Timona said:

Can I only get $25K?

 

Who's ROC is this? Hers or yours?

Unfortunately polygamy is not legal in this country ))

It's her ROC, I'm US citizen

I gave my wife $50000 two years ago to pay off some of her foreign student loan. Should I include that as evidence of financial interdependence on the I-751 filing? 

I am preparing the I-751 petition for my wife and, after reading this forum, I realized that we haven't been using our joint bank account in a "fully commingled" fashion. The way we have it set up is that all her credit cards bills and occasonal debit transactions are paid from the joint account. My income goes to my individual bank account, and all the other bills are paid from that account. All her income goes to her individual account to pay off her student loans. I transfer enough funds to the joint account to cover her credit card bills.

So what should we include with the petition:

1. Include the joint account statements, highlight the transfers and include a note explaining how we use the account, or

2. Just include the statements without explanation, since the explanation is not very favorable

We do have plenty of other evidence of financial interdependence, most importantly our house is held in both our names, joint tax returns, health and auto insurance, beneficiary on retirement accounts, etc.

I am preparing I-751 for my wife. We have a 3yo son and she is 7-months pregnant with the second one. Should I include evidence of the pregnancy (such as a note from her doctor) with the application?