Kiss and Vinegar

Oh gosh, that would have been so stressful! I'm glad it worked out at least! You situation is definitely similar. My wife was basically a dependent for the first 18 months of our marriage, as she did not have viable employment options to continue her career here. She spent the first year doing odd jobs and taking English lessons. I tried to shield her from any responsibilities with bills and contracts, so I just put her on my existing credit card and said buy what you need, and I paid for everything from my already established accounts. This all changed last year when she built up a small business and could then contribute to our finances. At that point, we started to use the joint-bank account to pay our bills. Thank you for sharing your experience - it confirms that they do want to see the full picture, even if it doesn't present the perfect "we merged everything" narrative.

Thank you, appreciate your thoughtful advice!

Yes, to your point, I am worried about muddying things by including non-joint accounts. That said, while utilities have always been in my name, but I have the following evidence for intertwined finances: 3 years of joint tax returns 3 joint leases 3 joint renter insurance policies 3 joint storage unit leases 1 joint credit card (she's authorized on mine, same card number) 1 joint auto-insurance policy (maintained throughout marriage) 2 years of joint healthcare plan She's listed as only beneficiary to all my investment/retirement accounts

Hello! I'm a U.S. citizen currently preparing the I-751 petition to remove conditions on my wife's green card. I'm uncertain whether to include our individual (non-joint) bank and credit card statements in the packet. During our initial AOS filing, we were called in for an interview specifically because: There wasn’t enough financial activity in our shared bank account We didn’t submit statements from our individual accounts The USCIS officer told us directly that these were the reasons for the interview. At the time, I had set up the joint account more as a formality. Since I already had all my financial systems in place before my wife immigrated, I hadn’t moved most of our spending over. I was also trying to shield her from financial stress during the transition. That’s since changed - we’ve now been running shared expenses through our joint account consistently, but only for the past six months. We also have strong supporting evidence of a bona fide relationship (joint leases, multiple trips together, including international travel to her home country, etc.). I’m not concerned about a denial. My only concern is avoiding: Unintentionally complicating things by including non-joint financials A delay due to a Request for Evidence Has anyone been in a similar situation? Did you include individual accounts, or leave them out?