Accidental damage in apartment unit

[corvusheart 163]

My husband who is the immigrant who immigrated here through marrying me and myself have lived in our apartment for a few years now. He is a conditional resident with ROC pending.

 

 Yesterday he had a pan of oil on the stove and walked away and it started to burn he picked up the pan and dropped it on the floor burning the floor.

 

 We are going to report it to the landlord soon and offer to pay damages. However my fear is getting evicted for it or it going on our rental history for the future and somehow effecting his residency like going on his record or something. I don't want him to get deported for this or have trouble applying for citizenship in the future.

 

Amy thoughts on being a resident and causing accidental damage to your rental unit?

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

 After 2-3 years general ware and tear and damages are to be expected.. thats what the deposit is for...

 

If you are willing to even cover this type of damage yourself then I don't know why it would cause any sort of issue..

 

The land lord/manager or what not obviously has the final say in what they do; but wouldn't see this as causing deportation...

[Unlockable 7,315]

I chuckled when i read your post.

 

There is absolutely nothing to worry about. Your husband is not going to be deported because an accident to your resident. Even if he is evicted, it will not effect his immigration status. Only violent crimes. Not tenant accidents.

[Ben&Zian 4,398]

Also besides this is why you have renters insurance.. forgot to ad that originally.

[f f 725]

check if your rental insurance policy covers this. also renters insurance is pretty cheap.

Edited April 13, 2017 by f f

[corvusheart 163]

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[andy78 178]

Since the renter caused the damage, and since this is not normal wear and tear, the renter is responsible for paying the the landlord the cost of fixing the damages, and your rental contract probably already says this.

The eviction is a separate issue, and of course the details of that will depend on the contract, and whether, for example, the landlord believes that having a certain renter in the property is too risky.

 

From an immigration perspective, I don't see how this situation, as you described it, can have an impact.

 

[Jojo92122 1,924]

This is not an immigration issue.  Damage to the apartment will not affect your husband's immigration status.

 

This is completely between you guys and the landlord.  Ultimately, it will be about how much you will need to pay to repair the damage.  Nothing to do with immigration.

[Cryssiekins 976]

Even if it proceeds to court (which is unlikely based on your willingness to cover the damage) it would be a small claims civil matter.  

 

It would not be cause for deportation.  The only potential "issue" would be disclosing a civil suit judgment during the citizenship application, however, just keep any documentation and realistically accidents happen.  It wasn't reckless and certainly not criminal.  

 

I know its tough and worrisome for immigrants, but like others stated above it's more or less criminal activity and violence that would make someone ineligible for citizenship.  

 

I chuckled a bit reading this bc even though I'm a paralegal and know this, if it was me, my poor husband would have to listen to me freak out about it too.  Haha. 

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

You shouldn't worry about immigration issue with this. But if you have renters insurance then I would check and see if that can pay for the damage.

[florida racer 73 200]

The worst possible thing that can happen here is you are either going to be paying for the linoleum on the kitchen floor yourselves or you will loose your security deposit when you move out!

 

Do not worry this is nothing major and it will not affect anything. 

[inloveVEN 46]

you only need to fix it, it won t affect your migration process. 

[TBoneTX 46,122]

Agreed.

 

To add a little humor (?):

A young man entered a pet store and said, "I want to order 25,000 cockroaches, please."

The clerk asked, "What do you want with all those cockroaches?"

"I'm moving from my apartment soon, and the lease says that I must leave the premises in the exact condition in which I found them."

[TBoneTX 46,122]

Just get a bunch of spiders to chase them all away.

[corvusheart 163]

I'm sorry this is an old topic. We will be moving out in September most likely to a new place, that's when we will fess up to the damage. Close friends have said not to say anything till we move since either way they will keep the security deposit. We are filing for citizenship in a few weeks. I see it usually takes 9 months. If by the time he has a interview and we've moved out and if it somehow progressed to small claims court would he have to disclose that at interview or not? And will it need to be disclosed at all even if it doesn't go to court?

Edited February 3, 2018 by corvusheart