INS home visits??

[shusterman 0]

Hi! I recently got married (A little over a month ago) and we're in the process of filling out all the necessary packages. (It's a bit confusing, filling out all the forms, but that's for another post. )

Anyway, I just saw the movie "Green Card" with Andy McDowell and it got me wondering, besides the required forms, do immigration officers (or INS representatives) still make home visits? Has anyone ever had any experience on this? (Yes, I know that movie is so old and most likely, outdated but, still.)

Thanks!

[heartbeat 0]

Yes, I have heard of a case when INS came home to somebody's house. They were married and he came here on a K3 and did not do Adjustment of Status yet. Their marriage did not work and they visited him and told him to go home in 30 days. I am not sure if it is true though.

Why are you asking?

[dani_christine 0]

gosh, could you imagine?

that would sure beat sitting in those chairs in the lobby waiting for them to call your number!

remember...hollywood doesn't really understand the visa process.

[Dr_LHA 3]

Hi! I recently got married (A little over a month ago) and we're in the process of filling out all the necessary packages. (It's a bit confusing, filling out all the forms, but that's for another post. )

Anyway, I just saw the movie "Green Card" with Andy McDowell and it got me wondering, besides the required forms, do immigration officers (or INS representatives) still make home visits? Has anyone ever had any experience on this? (Yes, I know that movie is so old and most likely, outdated but, still.)

Thanks!

A friend of mine who had a Green Card got visited a couple of times by INS officers. He was a dodgy case though, as he lived in the USA illegally for 8 years before getting married and applying for his green card. However, his marriage was real (they're a great couple, love them to bits) so he didn't have anything to worry about. However it definitely can happen.

[Clownies 2]

wouldn't it be easier that way? After all, where can you prove your relationship better than in your own home? With the pictures hanging, the personal stuff, the clothes, ...

[Peter Miami 0]

I have heard that this has happen but it is rare to hear of this in this form.

Good luck,

Peter Miami

[EsOrEnNa 0]

never heard of it..

[Dr_LHA 3]

never heard of it..

Regardless, it does happen.

[diadromous mermaid 36]

never heard of it..

Regardless, it does happen.

More often than not, the home visits from the USDOJ are related to immigration benefit fraud, however, marriage-fraud investigations are conducted where the Service deems fit. While it is not completely out of the ordinary for these impromptu visits to occur at any stage in the process before the permanent residency without conditions is conferred, they are more likely prior to the adjustment of status approval, and are prompted by certain discrepancies, information or if the office has reason to believe that the parties' comportment is not as man and wife. Comporting as man and wife, is not the same as living in the same residence. There are situations when an alien and his/her spouse may not live together for some time, due any number of reasons to include to professional or educational pursuits.

[babybunny 2]

never heard of it..

Regardless, it does happen.

More often than not, the home visits from the USDOJ are related to immigration benefit fraud, however, marriage-fraud investigations are conducted where the Service deems fit. While it is not completely out of the ordinary for these impromptu visits to occur at any stage in the process before the permanent residency without conditions is conferred, they are more likely prior to the adjustment of status approval, and are prompted by certain discrepancies, information or if the office has reason to believe that the parties' comportment is not as man and wife. Comporting as man and wife, is not the same as living in the same residence. There are situations when an alien and his/her spouse may not live together for some time, due any number of reasons to include to professional or educational pursuits.

I never thought the embassy for example in our case - show up at my husbands familys

homes. they did so 2 random times.

there was a girl on here. that got a visit once from

ICE and FBI. her husband was from Algeria. anyways dont know what happend to her.

[Jun1 0]

I saw that movie already and i will be happy if INS came to my place and see what we really are and said that you are approved.

[isleta521 5]

Please come visit me INS, ICE and and anyone else that has doubts. In fact, Your invited to dinner anytime you wish.

[nayalamb 0]

Please come visit me INS, ICE and and anyone else that has doubts. In fact, Your invited to dinner anytime you wish.

heh heh... they are more than welcome to come here... but they'll have to bring dinner after the thousands of dollars spent with them from jigga's citizenship to my k1 to my EAD & AOS...

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

they are most welcome for a surprise visit to my house -- once they saw my husband's socks and papers strewn over the floor they would see a valid relationship and approve us in an instant.

[Peter Miami 0]

Please come visit me INS, ICE and and anyone else that has doubts. In fact, Your invited to dinner anytime you wish.

Peter Miami