Interviews

[lem 0]

Hi,

I've noticed not everyone has to interview to have the conditions removed from their residency. Does anyone know what the deciding factor is for USCIS to want to do an interview?

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Could be alot of things.

Age difference, what country the beneficiary came from (high fraud countries will trigger more than non-fraud), similar things like that.

[YuAndDan 153]

Including a lot of evidence that you are living together after 2 years of residency, is one factor.

[cookiee 0]

Marriage fraud factors

Other issues involving marriage revolve around the "marriage fraud factors" passed by Congress in 1986 to discourage "sham" or marriages of convenience to get around the immigration laws and illegally obtain federal immigration benefits.

A list of factors that contribute to a determination by an examiner for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) that the parties got married to get around the immigration laws follows:

* Rapid sequence of events (marriage, divorce, claimed death prior to filing petition ? adverse action by INS).

* Age difference -- 10 years or more.

* Prior marriages by petitioner to aliens or by aliens to U.S. citizens or lawful permanent resident aliens.

* Marriage outside ethnic or religious group.

* Marriage to "entry without inspection" alien not of the Western Hemisphere.

* Witnesses to marriage are same nationality as beneficiary.

* Beneficiary and petitioner claim separate address; beneficiary departed U.S. after marriage.

* Confidential marriage. This is a special proce-dure in California where the parties can request that their marriage not be recorded in the public record.

* Beneficiary has minor children residing abroad.

* Inconsistent or nonexistent petitioner identification.

* Excessive documentation in support of the application (e.g., Forms I-864, Affidavits of Support, submitted by relatives other than spouse).

http://www.visaus.com/marriage.html

[waiting-1 0]

Marriage fraud factors

Other issues involving marriage revolve around the "marriage fraud factors" passed by Congress in 1986 to discourage "sham" or marriages of convenience to get around the immigration laws and illegally obtain federal immigration benefits.

A list of factors that contribute to a determination by an examiner for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) that the parties got married to get around the immigration laws follows:

* Rapid sequence of events (marriage, divorce, claimed death prior to filing petition ? adverse action by INS).

* Age difference -- 10 years or more.

* Prior marriages by petitioner to aliens or by aliens to U.S. citizens or lawful permanent resident aliens.

* Marriage outside ethnic or religious group.

* Marriage to "entry without inspection" alien not of the Western Hemisphere.

* Witnesses to marriage are same nationality as beneficiary.

* Beneficiary and petitioner claim separate address; beneficiary departed U.S. after marriage.

* Confidential marriage. This is a special proce-dure in California where the parties can request that their marriage not be recorded in the public record.

* Beneficiary has minor children residing abroad.

* Inconsistent or nonexistent petitioner identification.

* Excessive documentation in support of the application (e.g., Forms I-864, Affidavits of Support, submitted by relatives other than spouse).

http://www.visaus.com/marriage.html

The one highlighted in red seems to be strange. So they dont want people to submit enough documentation? i dont understand that one

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Marriage fraud factors

* Excessive documentation in support of the application (e.g., Forms I-864, Affidavits of Support, submitted by relatives other than spouse).

http://www.visaus.com/marriage.html

The one highlighted in red seems to be strange. So they dont want people to submit enough documentation? i dont understand that one

I think it infers if a lot of people (other than the primary petitioner/sponsor) try to sponsor the beneficiary, that is a red flag.

(like they payed off the petitioner to bring the person here, and they are going to cover the sponsorship to seal the deal)

[ricebird 0]

Marriage fraud factors

Other issues involving marriage revolve around the "marriage fraud factors" passed by Congress in 1986 to discourage "sham" or marriages of convenience to get around the immigration laws and illegally obtain federal immigration benefits.

A list of factors that contribute to a determination by an examiner for the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) that the parties got married to get around the immigration laws follows:

* Rapid sequence of events (marriage, divorce, claimed death prior to filing petition ? adverse action by INS).

* Age difference -- 10 years or more.

* Prior marriages by petitioner to aliens or by aliens to U.S. citizens or lawful permanent resident aliens.

* Marriage outside ethnic or religious group.

* Marriage to "entry without inspection" alien not of the Western Hemisphere.

* Witnesses to marriage are same nationality as beneficiary.

* Beneficiary and petitioner claim separate address; beneficiary departed U.S. after marriage.

* Confidential marriage. This is a special proce-dure in California where the parties can request that their marriage not be recorded in the public record.

* Beneficiary has minor children residing abroad.

* Inconsistent or nonexistent petitioner identification.

* Excessive documentation in support of the application (e.g., Forms I-864, Affidavits of Support, submitted by relatives other than spouse).

http://www.visaus.com/marriage.html

* My husband is more than 10 years older than me

* All witnesses to our marriage are of my nationality (we are married in my country)

* I am outside of my husband's religious group

Do I have the "factors of marriage fraud"?

We have a 15-month old daughter, we are claiming same residence address, my husband solely signed the affidavit of support and I don't have excessive documentations to support my application (I hope I will not get an RFE ).

I don't mind going to an interview anyway; I bet it would be fun especially if the IO is mean

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Do I have the "factors of marriage fraud"?

We have a 15-month old daughter, we are claiming same residence address, my husband solely signed the affidavit of support and I don't have excessive documentations to support my application (I hope I will not get an RFE ).

I don't mind going to an interview anyway; I bet it would be fun especially if the IO is mean

*Ding* you win!

They look very highly on births after you come here, with the petitioner

[ricebird 0]

Do I have the "factors of marriage fraud"?

We have a 15-month old daughter, we are claiming same residence address, my husband solely signed the affidavit of support and I don't have excessive documentations to support my application (I hope I will not get an RFE ).

I don't mind going to an interview anyway; I bet it would be fun especially if the IO is mean

*Ding* you win!

They look very highly on births after you come here, with the petitioner

Whew, that's a relief

My husband thought that all people who has business with USCIS have to do interviews all the time - so he will likely not to complain if I drag him along (plus a tot who keeps tailing daddy around) in case I will get one.

Thanks for the info

[Mrs.J06 4]

USCIS is also pulling a certain percentage of I-751 applications randomly from the computer for "quality assurance". If you get called for an interview, it does not necessarily mean your evidence isn't enough or they suspect fraud.