Received K1 Visa how do we rent an apartment?

[noraliz73 243]

My fiancé received the visa and I am making inquiries into moving.  Property managers are saying no because if and when he gets a SSN, it will be too new for them to do a background check on him.  I told them that he will not have had time to have done anything criminal to check for.  I also told them that the Department of State checks applicants police records and backgrounds very thoroughly before granting a visa.  Has anyone dealt with this issue?  They also wanted an explanation for why he won’t be working.  All of this when I make more than enough to qualify to rent the apartment!     

[tanderson64 201]

You may want to consult a lawyer.  If you qualify, then the property managers cannot discriminate against you.

[payxibka 10,044]

It is not discrimination if they require a background/credit check for all parties to the lease and they are not able to get it

[Nemo/Dory 21]

Rent the apartment as a single person.  When he moves in you can deal with the application fee then.

[Maggie wallace 4]

You don't have to put his name on the lease now . It's very common that no landlord will rent a place to someone they don't know and doesn't have SSN.

So rent it  in your name . Only in your name . Then when your fiancee moved to the US and gets his SSN then you add him to your  lease . That's what me and my husband did

Landlords don't know any police record or why he isn't working . Land lords deal with papers and poeple . They don't know him and all what he has from the US a k1 visa . Nobody is going to rent an appartment with a visa photocopy . So you will be here the primary tennant . Don't even mention him when you go to rent . Then when he gets to the USA  you add him . Nobody will tell you can't have your fiancee with you. Good luck. 

Edited April 6, 2018 by Maggie wallace
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[Alabamak1 688]

I am currently in the same situation. My landlord said they will do a backgroundcheck even w/o a SSN and to me like the other posting said, sounds like discrimination that his SSN is newer and wont find anything. I have the option here to add my fiancee to my lease as someone who is just sharing the apartment or someone added to my lease as a paying tenant.

[noraliz73 243]

6 minutes ago, Maggie wallace said:

You don't have to put his name on the lease now . It's very common that no landlord will rent a place to someone they don't know and doesn't have SSN.

So rent it  in your name . Only in your name . Then when your fiancee moved to the US and gets his SSN then you add him to your  lease . That's what me and my husband did . 

There is no time.  He’s coming in two weeks.  There has to be somewhere.  I will ask him to have his police background checks from Egypt stamped by the correct officials and then translated by an internationally certified translator.  

[noraliz73 243]

2 minutes ago, Alabamak1 said:

I am currently in the same situation. My landlord said they will do a backgroundcheck even w/o a SSN and to me like the other posting said, sounds like discrimination that his SSN is newer and wont find anything. I have the option here to add my fiancee to my lease as someone who is just sharing the apartment or someone added to my lease as a paying tenant.

I guess they would be someone just sharing the apartment in the beginning.  Or, a “homemaker.”  That is a very important job.  I forgot what home-cooked food tasted like!  I will enjoy that and miss it when the work permit comes. Well, I think he’s still going to cook if I clean.  😊

[payxibka 10,044]

10 minutes ago, Alabamak1 said:

I am currently in the same situation. My landlord said they will do a backgroundcheck even w/o a SSN and to me like the other posting said, sounds like discrimination that his SSN is newer and wont find anything. I have the option here to add my fiancee to my lease as someone who is just sharing the apartment or someone added to my lease as a paying tenant.

No credit history/poor credit history or lack of background check information is NOT discrimination as long as they treat all prospective tenants the same way.  Denial based on age, sex, religion, disability or one of the other protected classes would be which is not the situation here

Edited April 6, 2018 by payxibka

[Umka36 781]

I rented a place before my wife got here. I informed them she will be a new immigrant, and they allowed us to just put my SSN on her application when she got here.

 

Recently we rented a new place just based on my SSN as my wife forgot her SSN. It may depend on the complex. As others have said, rent a place now then add your fiancé when the arrive. Two weeks is plenty of time to get a place.

[tanderson64 201]

2 hours ago, payxibka said:

It is not discrimination if they require a background/credit check for all parties to the lease and they are not able to get it

If she qualifies, then there should be no problem...

[payxibka 10,044]

8 hours ago, tanderson64 said:

If she qualifies, then there should be no problem...

It is no problem for her alone,  but she wants her fiancee on the lease and apparently it is a problem

[Nemo/Dory 21]

She can't add him to the lease because he is not here to sign. And even when he gets here he has no job so he still can't sign the lease. This is simply a criminal background check to live in the complex.  Photo copies of the documents he submitted and the passport stamps should be good enough. The complex needs to show that they did their due diligence to keep the place safe. 

[NoProblem 69]

14 hours ago, tanderson64 said:

You may want to consult a lawyer.  If you qualify, then the property managers cannot discriminate against you

No need for a lawyer.  I am a landlord myself for multiple properties.  USC here should be able to rent and add his/her fiance later to the lease or have him or her as a guest in the house for a month or longer.  Two people are allowed in one bed dwelling.  If USCs credit is shot then try putting two months deposit and perhaps deposit for the last month to get the landlord to let you have the unit.

Edited April 6, 2018 by NoProblem

[Jaquelly 1,647]

Don't list him.

 

I have an apartment. The plan is to add FH after he gets his SSN. They are aware of the situation, but they're a lot more lax and I've been a good renter.