Hopefulnomad

43 minutes ago, Zach2015 said:

My now wife lives with me in my apartment. She came over on a k1 visa. She is not on my lease because they weren't willing to add her, but I added her on my renters insurance and everything else I have, to show USCIS when it is our time to interview. I am pretty confident that her not being on the lease will not deny her AOS when she is on everything else.  Good luck!

Thank you for the reply I appreciate it. So i take it that for your apartment management it was not a problem the fact that your wife could not be added on the lease even though she could live there with you? The reason I ask is because I thought it was required for every occupant living in the apartment to be on the lease. 

9 minutes ago, geowrian said:

VJ members often ask questions about their evidence of status/authorized stay not being accepted, not so much about being out of status and looking for a place to live.

 

As noted, you can try to find somebody who doesn't verify status. They are well within their rights to do so, barring if local laws state otherwise. It is illegal to knowingly harbor an illegal alien and it's not something many landlords want to get involved with.

I understand. I appreciate your response. 

59 minutes ago, Cathi said:

Are you not here legally? 

Correct. Otherwise I wouldn't be asking such a question. 

33 minutes ago, Duke & Marie said:

We had a similar issue, seems the problem in most cases is to do with credit reporting with SSN... eg failed to pay rent etc.. he just explained our situation, they added me no problem.. 

 

try explaining situation, or find a different realtor 

Right I understand. I guess we will keep looking for other apartments that don't question immigration status. 

Me and my girlfriend looking for apartments to rent and the application forms we got from a couple of apartments in Dallas area have a requirement that foreign residents need to show their current visa for valid verification. So I'm confused because I was thinking my immigration status won't matter while renting an apartment as my girlfriend is the one with income but we both need to be on the lease to show uscis, you know. So how do we overcome this issue and be on the lease together as I'm out of status with expired student visa? 

16 hours ago, geowrian said:

1. Ignore the tax returns for now (their income is required to be disclosed + a copy of at least the most recent one), but she needs current income to qualify as a sponsor. That would be based on her current, part-time employment. Interviews and even job offers won't satisfy an I-864....she needs current income to meet the minimum first, or suitable assets, or a joint sponsor.
2. My suggestion is to get in before the rule goes into effect. She may need a second job or something in the meantime, or to really dig deep for a joint sponsor.

Your overstay isn't an issue for AOS as the spouse (well, soon-to-be spouse) of a US citizen.

Thanks for the clarification, which is due to the fact that she is not making enough at her current position, even her most recent tax return from a job she did quit a month ago, does not matter. Looks like she did quit her job at such a bad time right before this public charge rule goes in effect. Anyway we better deal with the consequences whatever they may be.

Hello there VJ community, it feels good to be a part of this community after being a visitor for so long! 

So my girlfriend who will be my wife soon does not currently make enough to fulfill the income requirement as the sponsor since she moved in with me last month after finding a part time job in the city I live in as this was the only way we could be together. Her most recent yearly income was around 25k. And we have no one to ask to be a joint sponsor.

1-What I wonder is, can she still sponsor me based on her most recent income(25k) and the previous year(22k) and we hope that she will find a full time job soon since she is actively applying for full time jobs and has some interviews coming up?

2-I'm also concerned about this update on public charge rule and its possible effects on my adjustment of status application that we will eventually send once we find the funds to do so but it won't be before the rule becomes effective which is October 15. I hear various things about this update and whether it could affect us since we are not in financially stable situation, due to the fact I'm not authorized to work without a SSN and she has hearing loss which makes it harder for her to find a job even though she has a PhD in criminal justice so Im concerned about the possibility of USCIS considering all these factors while making a decision on our case.

Fyi, I have been overstaying my f1 visa for a few years so therefore I think it's better to have a lawyer assisting us with this case as we would not want to make a mistake and mess things up.

Thanks in advance for your valuable opinions!