You typically cannot get a mortgage unless you have a H1B or TN visa. There are some pretty strict limitations as to who can get a mortgage visa status wise.
No, you only need a work authorization to open a bank account. Students on J1 or F1 visas open bank accounts all the time. Obviously the person at the bank has no idea what they are saying.
My husband open a bank account on day one he arrived with a J1. He also got a SS card, driver's license, and bought a car. My BIL when he arrived on an F1 did the same. I helped him.
What is going on is your fiancee isn't really in the US "working", basically you have visiting you on "vacation". I don't know if he's working during that time, but basically he's a vacationer.
That makes getting stuff like a bank account a lot harder because he has no permenant address, etc. How long are you planning on having him commute in?
And if you are together and getting married get ready for a major change in taxes for him. Probably for the worse for both of you. You'll end up with a lot more in bills.
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