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Did any of you fellow legal immigrants get overcharged for services?
For example do you have to pay 50% more for home insurance than your neighbor for a nearly identical home? Or car insurance, or hospital bills, or contractor estimates...
Did any of you fellow legal immigrants get overcharged for services?
For example do you have to pay 50% more for home insurance than your neighbor for a nearly identical home? Or car insurance, or hospital bills, or contractor estimates...
How would a contractor know you are an immigrant, legal or otherwise? Especially in Florida: 21.8% of the households in Florida reported speaking Spanish at home as the primary language.
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If you feel your home insurance was higher than it should be, that could be the result of a poor credit score. Insurance companies incorporate your credit score into the premium rating. A poor or low credit score could raise your premium.
Did any of you fellow legal immigrants get overcharged for services?
For example do you have to pay 50% more for home insurance than your neighbor for a nearly identical home? Or car insurance, or hospital bills, or contractor estimates...
Yes, my car insurance was ludicrous. Technically not because I was an immigrant, but because I had NO credit (because I was an immigrant) and if I recall correctly, they also treated me as an inexperienced driver because I had no prior insurance in USA
Yes, my car insurance was ludicrous. Technically not because I was an immigrant, but because I had NO credit (because I was an immigrant) and if I recall correctly, they also treated me as an inexperienced driver because I had no prior insurance in USA
You were treated exactly the same as a citizen who had no prior history. I mentioned this in my post; insurance companies incorporate your credit score and credit history is setting rates.
The OP is looking for tales of discrimination where there aren't any.
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