Security Checks

[texasseoul 0]

I just returned, Sat Morning from South Korea. I am the USC, petitioning for my fiance under a K-1 visa.

I was stopped by custom and border security due to a warrant for someone else who stole my identity two years ago and is using my information as an alias. They were very professional through the whole process and it only took about 10 minutes for them to verify that I am not the guy they are looking for.

To start from the beginning. Two years I received a call from an FBI agent stating they a person in custody that had all of my ID on him, drivers license, social security card, checks, credit cards and even business cards. I ask them to send me a letter show I would have proof of this occuring. Fortunately he did not do me much harm other than me receiving hospitals charges from a city I have never been for the delivery of a baby. I was able to the hospital cleared up and changed many other items to protect myself.

Well, the NCIC system has a name hit me on now and they were waiting for me to exit the airplane and had a whole file on this guys using my name. I asked why this not happened before upon my return. I have been to Korea more than 10 times in the last year.

It was because he wrote a hot check two years ago and a new warrant was issued for him. The check had his real name and real drivers license # and none of my personal data. They said that since he once used me as an alias, that I will permanently remain on his criminal record and it can not be changed.

I asked what I should do and they gave me a contact with the NCIC division of the FBI and said good luck and doubted that I could anything other than a standard letter clearing my name and suggested I always travel with a copy of the letter proving the identity theft. I then explained I had petitioned for a K-1 visa for my fiance and was concerned that this would significantly delay their adjuciation. He said he pulled the information up this morning on the name hit with the airline itinerary and had alll the necessary documents in minutes. The file was at least 1 inch thick. He could not release any data to me though, but made the suggestion of going through the FBI and then taking what data I can retrieve to my congressman to forward to USCIS. He said they should not have a problem figuring this out, but it would to point it out.

My plan, contact the FBI monday morning and go to congressman monday afternoon and then forward everything to the USCIS.

Any thoughts, experiences or advice????

Please help!!! SOS!!! She is going crazy with us not being together and the continued trips are very expensive.

David

[pnd629 0]

Wow, what a story! So sorry you have to deal with this problem.

I hope you get it sorted out soon!

[texasseoul 0]

Thnks for the support!

Trying remain positive is very difficult. Maybe this will all be cleared up very easily. I'm not the criminal, just the victim.

I have told her this yet. Trying to keep her spirits up. The first week after we part is usually very tough for both of us. I already have another trip planned to go back in September though. Hoping to maybe bring her home with me before the end of the year though.

Thanks for listening.

[dwar49 0]

Sorry to hear about the problems with the identity theft. I would definitly get as much paperwork as you can from the FBI to have ready to give to immigration if needed. Remember even with IMBRA it doesnt stop your petition if you have a police record. (I know isnt yours but still). You could also do a freedom of information act requesting all information held on you in the system. That would give you alot of detail about what is in the FBI system on you and would help in preparing for future problems.

We are in almost same boat as far as timeline goes. Both my fiancee and I are going nuts over this long delay which I find totally unacceptable. It should not take this long. I too am planning another trip to UK in Sept as figure no matter how fast it move nows it will Oct or Nov before she gets approval to come home. Hang in there we are all in the same boat.

[texasseoul 0]

Thanks for the words of encouragement! They are needed now more than ever. I too was hoping that maybe late October or Early November would be the Interview date and return to US date, but now I do not know.

I spoke with a good friend of mine who is an immigration attorney, actually travelling in Manilla right now.

He called me and told me not to worry that there is a special procedure for my situation that will clear this up quickly. He has offered to prepare my petition in the past, but I just him look it over. I did not want to burden him with what I felt comfortable with. However, this situation is different.

He will be returning this week and will prepared the paperwork for the procedure. I have no clue what that is or it is processed. He attended a meeting with USCIS on security procedure issues and said this was a new procedure to keep your case from falling into the dreaded Security Checks black hole if you already know the information in your file.

When I spoke with Border Security, they showed the file and that was all there was on me. My name and social security tied to this "theif" as his alias.....

I will the forum know more about the security check procedure response as soon as I get the details.

Best of luck to everyone. Thanks for the help and words of encouragement.

David

[NYPeach 13]

No advice as you seem to have a good plan in place, but I just wanted to send positive thoughts out to you. This must be frustrating and maddening to say the least!

[texasseoul 0]

No advice as you seem to have a good plan in place, but I just wanted to send positive thoughts out to you. This must be frustrating and maddening to say the least!

I am not going to let the process break us down. Yes I get mad as hell, but, I will channel that energy into a proactive push to attempt every avenue available to correct the problem.

It is a total mindf**k they do on us. Speaking with the Border Security and FBI, they felt that this should not be a problem and that it was easy for them to resolve, all within a 30 minutes of research of their records. The problem is they do not know CSC & USCIS black hole policies and how easy it is to get lost.

They had to deal with me because they had to determine if I was the person using my name as an alias. The funny thing is that I do not have a common name.

Thanks for the encouragement and together (VJ's) will not let this process destroy our future with our loved ones. I have been with my finance for over 2 years now. I would move to be with her, but her children are grown and mine are in high school, plus I have a very good job here and in 5-10 years could retire very nicely at a young age and live anywhere without worrying about working hard.

Thanks VJ'ers

[ucla_cutie26 0]

Best of luck to you as you deal with this entire identity theft process and k1 process also. Just remember to be patient as best as possible. Just think about your main goal right now: reuniting with your loved one and spending the rest of your life with her and hopefully all else will seem trivial.

[iceyspots 0]

\hope everything works out.. you do have a flag on file with the credit bureaus, right?

[texasseoul 0]

\hope everything works out.. you do have a flag on file with the credit bureaus, right?

Thanks everyone for the positive energy... It really does help to know other people care and are in the same situation.

I did take care of all the credit issues and have had to fight to remove charges to me from a hospital. All in all there have been no problems on that front. My house was burglerized a couple years ago and then soon after the call from the FBI. At the time I did not see any personal data missing, but I guess these criminals can be pretty ingenius.

Thanks everyone for the positive Karma. It will work out for all of us. Just time and insanity.....