Required docs to be added to husband's lease

[Jodie876 37]

Hi everyone, 

 

 The apt my husband is currently renting and where we will be living together sent him a form requesting some information on my authorization to stay in the US. I'll be going on the CR1 visa and i'm not sure which of these on the list I actually have.  These are the options they  listed:

 

Form 1-551 Permanent Resident Card [Alien Registration
Receipt Card] (form includes photo and fingerprint).

 

Form 1-485 (Application for Adjustment of Status)

 

Form 1-94 Arrival-Departure Record (form does not
include. photo or fingerprint).

 

Other official USCIS document (describe in detail):

 

From what i've read once you enter on the CR1 you just have to wait on the SSN and the green card to be delivered. Would the greencard work in such a case like this as proof, and can the CR1 visa i'll be entering on be used in the interim, until the green card gets delivered, as I understand it can take awhile sometimes?

[Crazy Cat 41,804]

After entering the US via a CR-1 visa, you will receive a Form 1-551 Permanent Resident Card....known as a Green card.  Once you enter, your passport will be stamped, and it will be your Green Card until the plastic one arrives.

Edited September 13, 2020 by Lucky Cat

[SusnOwen 159]

I would be concerned that they are asking for proof that you have the right to stay in the US - 

[Jodie876 37]

56 minutes ago, SusnOwen said:

I would be concerned that they are asking for proof that you have the right to stay in the US - 

Oh how comes? I'm in no way versed in what are the rights/laws for leasing in the US. 

[Crazy Cat 41,804]

2 minutes ago, Jodie876 said:

Oh how comes? I'm in no way versed in what are the rights/laws for leasing in the US. 

https://www.equalhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2012-Immigration-Status-FAQ.pdf

 

6. Can landlords ask for immigration documents?

Landlords are allowed to request documentation and conduct inquiries to determine whether a potential renter meets the criteria for rental, so long as this same procedure is applied to all potential renters. Landlords can ask for identity documents and institute credit checks to ensure ability to pay rent. However, a person’s ability to pay rent or fitness as a tenant is not necessarily connected to his or her immigration status. Procedures to screen potential and existing tenants for citizenship and immigration status may violate the Fair Housing Act’s prohibitions on national origin housing discrimination. HUD will investigate complaints alleging that a landlord inquired into a person’s immigration status or citizenship to see whether national origin discrimination may have occurred. Landlords should remember that their policies must be consistent. If they ask for information from one person or group, they must ask for the same information from all applicants and tenants. Potential renters and home buyers cannot be treated differently because of their race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability or familial status.

[Jodie876 37]

3 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

https://www.equalhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2012-Immigration-Status-FAQ.pdf

 

6. Can landlords ask for immigration documents?

Landlords are allowed to request documentation and conduct inquiries to determine whether a potential renter meets the criteria for rental, so long as this same procedure is applied to all potential renters. Landlords can ask for identity documents and institute credit checks to ensure ability to pay rent. However, a person’s ability to pay rent or fitness as a tenant is not necessarily connected to his or her immigration status. Procedures to screen potential and existing tenants for citizenship and immigration status may violate the Fair Housing Act’s prohibitions on national origin housing discrimination. HUD will investigate complaints alleging that a landlord inquired into a person’s immigration status or citizenship to see whether national origin discrimination may have occurred. Landlords should remember that their policies must be consistent. If they ask for information from one person or group, they must ask for the same information from all applicants and tenants. Potential renters and home buyers cannot be treated differently because of their race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability or familial status.

Oh ok. I know when my husband was applying initially he did have to submit information for them to do a credit check. 

 

The form they gave us says that all applicants who are non-US citizens are asked to complete the form. Then directly after that they state they are committed to compliance with fair housing laws and don't discriminate based on race, colour etc. Its says the purpose of the form is to 1. to give you the option to furnish information about an emergency contact person for you in your home country; 2. to verify that you are lawfully in the United States; 3. to determine whether your right to be in the U.S. expires during your Lease Contract term; and 4. to enable us to better cooperate with government officials in the performance of their duties, when requested.

 

Does this sound like they're overstepping? 

[SusnOwen 159]

47 minutes ago, Jodie876 said:

Oh ok. I know when my husband was applying initially he did have to submit information for them to do a credit check. 

 

The form they gave us says that all applicants who are non-US citizens are asked to complete the form. Then directly after that they state they are committed to compliance with fair housing laws and don't discriminate based on race, colour etc. Its says the purpose of the form is to 1. to give you the option to furnish information about an emergency contact person for you in your home country; 2. to verify that you are lawfully in the United States; 3. to determine whether your right to be in the U.S. expires during your Lease Contract term; and 4. to enable us to better cooperate with government officials in the performance of their duties, when requested.

 

Does this sound like they're overstepping? 

It depends on where they are - I know CA and NY have laws against it, other states vary depending on if they ask all tenants, etc... - It just seemed overstepping to me, but I am not giving legal advice, just my personal opinion.

[Stacey Ann 519]

19 hours ago, Jodie876 said:

Hi everyone, 

 

 The apt my husband is currently renting and where we will be living together sent him a form requesting some information on my authorization to stay in the US. I'll be going on the CR1 visa and i'm not sure which of these on the list I actually have.  These are the options they  listed:

 

Form 1-551 Permanent Resident Card [Alien Registration
Receipt Card] (form includes photo and fingerprint).

 

Form 1-485 (Application for Adjustment of Status)

 

Form 1-94 Arrival-Departure Record (form does not
include. photo or fingerprint).

 

Other official USCIS document (describe in detail):

 

From what i've read once you enter on the CR1 you just have to wait on the SSN and the green card to be delivered. Would the greencard work in such a case like this as proof, and can the CR1 visa i'll be entering on be used in the interim, until the green card gets delivered, as I understand it can take awhile 

Why can't you show the stamp in your passport as proof?

[Jodie876 37]

32 minutes ago, Stacey Ann said:

Why can't you show the stamp in your passport as proof?

I asked him to find out about that Stacey Ann, and to explain to them that acts as a temporary green card. So hopefully they accept it. 

[Fr8dog 312]

On 9/14/2020 at 10:32 AM, Jodie876 said:

 

 

The form they gave us says that all applicants who are non-US citizens are asked to complete the form.........

That means they are not treating everybody equally and are therefor by default in violation of the equal housing act. Now, they can ask, but you have the right to decline.

 

On 9/14/2020 at 10:22 AM, Lucky Cat said:

https://www.equalhousing.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/2012-Immigration-Status-FAQ.pdf

 

6. Can landlords ask for immigration documents?

Landlords are allowed to request documentation and conduct inquiries to determine whether a potential renter meets the criteria for rental, so long as this same procedure is applied to all potential renters. ...........

Throw that at them and watch what happens. Sounds like another example of ill informed leasing staff.