Immigration Corner | Does my wife and I need a joint bank account?

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Immigration Corner | Does my wife and I need a joint bank account?

Dear Mrs Walker-Huntington, I got your email address from The Gleaner. My wife lives in the United States and wants to file for me to get my residency, but someone is telling her that we have to have a joint account before that can happen. My...

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7

1942

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20

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4

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1

1993

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3

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21

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4

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12

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19

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15

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15

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23

1951

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2

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16

2002

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2

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23

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12

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19

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4

1927

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12

1945

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