Where do you live when you arrive?

[bukawbukaw 2]

5 minutes ago, Iwo_Jima said:

Didn't you try to find apartment or at least room via Craigslist?

Yes. Not a room though. A family with a baby can't live in a room in a house full of partying college kids. Besides, it's just as hard. Same requirements. And a room usually costs as much as an apartment. I never understood that one. I guess you share utilities. We mostly used craigslist. But finding rentals was not hard. It was finding ones that would rent to immigrants. In fact, some places said "US CITIZENS ONLY! NO IMMIGRANTS!" lol Wow OK.

 

Someone mentioned AirBnb. I don't think that was around then, but it is great advice!

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[mrmvkjts 459]

And I mean my husband is living with me in my homecountry but we still have a pretty thought thru plan for when we go back.

 

You must have had some kind of sponsor to support you and prevent you from having to go to a shelter...

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

Can definately say never have seen anywhere say "Only US citizens". There are tons of places to look. Craigslist, apartments.com , rent.com , apartmentfinder.com and endless other places where you can specifically search criteria that you desire and can afford.

[bukawbukaw 2]

1 minute ago, mrmvkjts said:

And I mean my husband is living with me in my homecountry but we still have a pretty thought thru plan for when we go back.

 

You must have had some kind of sponsor to support you and prevent you from having to go to a shelter...

No. How do you get a sponsor?

[nightingalejules 678]

We were lucky... my husband's mother let us stay with her for the first while, as we were setting up and getting jobs etc (I came here on a CR1 but my husband and I had been living together in Canada before that, so he didn't have much US credit/rental history either.

 

He did have some old credit history, so we were able to get a credit card with a small line of credit and start building up our US credit history. Yes, we had to make a fairly large security deposit on the apartment we got, but by that time we were both working and could prove income, at least. 

 

And on a CR1, you are eligible to get a SSN as soon as you arrive, so if you didn't get yours you need to contact Social Security and get one ASAP. 

 

Sorry your arrival was so difficult.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

12 minutes ago, Ben&Zian said:

All I know is the three times I've been to the Philippines, I just sweat to death hah.

True that especially up in the provinces of Mindanao. I have to change twice a day due to sweating so much.

[mrmvkjts 459]

4 minutes ago, bukawbukaw said:

No. How do you get a sponsor?

....you must have had a sponsor to be even eligable to immigrate....

 

 

now all  this just sounds like a scam..🙄

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[TBoneTX 44,787]

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[bukawbukaw 2]

11 minutes ago, Paul & Mallory said:

You said you had a sponsor. You also said you came here on CR-1, which means you married a US citizen, correct? Neither of those outlets provided any viable options? Why wouldn't you look into housing before moving over to a new country?

 

I have no idea where you're looking, either, but must not be a very broad spectrum. There's plenty of apartment and housing complexes that work with people, including legal immigrants. Sorry to hear you haven't come across those neighborhoods. According to your other thread, you think we're all just a bunch of gangsters or rednecks anyhow, so again, it doesn't seem like you've given yourself a very broad perspective of a VERY big and diverse country.

 

Best of luck to you.

Being married to an American did not seem to matter to anyone renting, no. Why didn't I look into housing before I moved? I did not know I needed to. Even my husband did not know. It was his first time being married to an immigrant. I don't know why people were offended at that thread and told me to get out of America. I am sorry if I am sometimes not good with my English. I do not mean to be mean. I am just thinking lately about my struggles here. Maybe I am venting too much? I am venting I admit. But I also want to prepare others. I am an American now so I don't have to "get out". But I also do wonder if there is a such thing as finding some peace and quiet here. I thought it was going to be quiet in America. Instead of karaoke at 3am here, it is gangster rap and I don't know what is worse! lol

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[Iwo_Jima 119]

8 minutes ago, bukawbukaw said:

 In fact, some places said "US CITIZENS ONLY! NO IMMIGRANTS!"

 

I don't believe you.

[mr&mrshinds 77]

1 minute ago, mrmvkjts said:

....you must have had a sponsor to be even eligable to immigrate....

 

 

now all  this just sounds like a scam..🙄

High expectations, ALL Americans are millionaires, no prior research for living arrangements before going to the US... Hmmm..

[bukawbukaw 2]

3 minutes ago, mrmvkjts said:

....you must have had a sponsor to be even eligable to immigrate....

 

 

now all  this just sounds like a scam..🙄

That is a visa sponsor. We were talking about a housing sponsor.

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

9 minutes ago, mrmvkjts said:

I just read all the comments but what I really don’t understand is: What did your husband tell you what it’s going to be like in the US that made you have SUCH expectations?

Has he ever been there?

 

I think some common sense would help a lot here...

Nobody is being insensitive but I feel like a lot of people are trying to understand where you, OP, are coming from...at least i am.

 

 

I am trying to understand how her husband had no credit whatsoever and what was he doing during the Visa process, was he in the Philippines as well and didn't have job to go back to? If that is the case then it's poor planning on his part. I was in Afghanistan during the process and I had a job lined up outside Los Angeles, that's why we moved literally 4 days after getting married from NC to Ca. 

1 minute ago, bukawbukaw said:

That is a visa sponsor. We were talking about a housing sponsor.

How was your asawa supporting you during the process? There is no housing sponsor.

[Ben&Zian 4,397]

1 minute ago, bukawbukaw said:

Being married to an American did not seem to matter to anyone renting, no. Why didn't I look into housing before I moved? I did not know I needed to. Even my husband did not know. It was his first time being married to an immigrant. I don't know why people were offended at that thread and told me to get out of America. I am sorry if I am sometimes not good with my English. I do not mean to be mean. I am just thinking lately about my struggles here. Maybe I am venting too much? I am venting I admit. But I also want to prepare others. I am an American now so I don't have to "get out". But I also do wonder if there is a such thing as finding some peace and quiet here. I thought it was going to be quiet in America. Instead of karaoke at 3am here, it is gangster rap and I don't know what is worse! lol

 

Like others had said about the "noise"... you seem to be picking either shady or low price areas.... I've always managed to live in very quiet areas. Sure there are some loud cars now and then and some people play music in the cars when driving by and you might hear it if you have the door open; but trust me, I know the Philippines can be very noisy at all hours of the night. 

 

And again, don't know where you're looking because no where on any application did it ask my husband about being an immigrant, or if he was a citizen, or any of that. I was already renting the apartment; but when he moved in he filled out the application just to join as a tenant basically with no issues. You seem to be gravitating towards the worst places possible if these stories of yours are true.

[doggieandsam 765]

I am confused. In order to get CR1, the sponsor / petitioner has to be a US citizen. OP has been asked if the husband was staying with her in the PH prior and moved to the US with her? But she hasnt answered that. But even then, how did the USC husband not have an SSN, knowledge of how renting works, no credit history etc? And then, the claim of landlords not renting to immigrants might be true but again the husband is USC. Some parts are missing in this story.

Edited March 27, 2018 by doggieandsam