A visit from immigration officers

[~PalmTreeGurl~ 154]

Just wanted to tell the OP that I think you have a fantastic out look on the situation that has happened. I wish the best for you & for a speedy process now!

[jack.k 1]

Why shouldn't they ask about your religion or background? My uncle who immigrated here many years ago told me that back in the day they were even asking if you are a homosexual during interviews.

For another relative's case, US contacts in the home country investigated matters on foreign soil. Checking up on you in your home for a marriage application doesn't seem that unreasonable.

If you have nothing to hide, don't sweat it. Obviously they won't find anything. But if you are constantly being harassed, maybe you should hire an attorney. That's what I would do.

I'm sure you will get your oath ceremony letter very soon if your application was approved. There are many ceremonies coming up. Good luck.

[jack.k 1]

Your response is kinda harsh there Brother.

Edited April 9, 2012 by jack.k

[Brother Hesekiel 2,236]

Apparently that surprises you?

I almost always give no BS answers, direct, right to the point, brutally honest, without any presumptuous politeness, usually spiked with some irony or black humor attached.

Life is too precious to give boring responses.

[NickD 202]

Would prefer to present our case to an entire stadium full of people, even on national TV than to one paranoid, non English speaking, racist IO.

[Ban Hammer 13,293]

one post removed for tos violation and admin action taken.

Edited April 9, 2012 by charles!

[dolphin1 5]

Just wanted to tell the OP that I think you have a fantastic out look on the situation that has happened. I wish the best for you & for a speedy process now!

I appreciate your wishes. Thank you a lot

[BraveAmnay 56]

I do, and i dont mind following the law. I love where i came from and i love where i'm now.

I heard it happend to some people during Adjustment of status, but never heard about it during Naturalization.

Thank you Brotehr well said :thumbs: :thumbs: :thumbs:

[melusine 5]

Wow, that's something !

I think they thought you were someone else, a name mix-up or similar enough

Religion have definitely something to do with it (eventho there is freedom of worship in this country) but at the same time, it's not like they are going to go check on all people from that religion applying for citizenship, that wouldn't make sense.

Something was bugging and they wanted to double check if you were in a real relationship, if you knew the house you are living in etc...

Really a weird and odd situation.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Could just be a former spouse, jilted lover, or angry neighbor, decided to drop a dime to the DHS. It could also be a purely random visit to meet a statutory requirement.

[Rebecca Jo 1,962]

My first name is a common arabic/islamic name, my last name is not. There's one Moroccan Muslim family with the same last name, who lives in the same city i came from, the other family who has the same last name is a Moroccan Jewish family that lives way far in the North of Morocco. I dont think it's my name, as why then it didnt come up during the AOS or ROC? or even during the biometrics which i had done last January after applying for N400. I had biometrics on 01/09/12 and they sent me the interview letter on 01/20/12, that was fast i think. We all know that they send the fingerprints and info to the FBI after we go for our biometrics appointments, so if there was something to do with my name being same as a terrorist's it would take forever for them to send me the interview letter, i mean everything was good and clear about me that i got it fast. We dont know what was the reason, i didnt mind them coming, they can come everyday if they want and it's ok with me. It's just the experience with the IO during the interview. he wanted to see my wallet, he asked for my bank card. He didnt give me time to ask anything after giving me the RFE, in fact he was by the door waitting for me to stand up and leave. What if i had all what was in the RFE document? he didnt ask me if i had them or not before making his decision. i was pulling documents from our household when he already printed the RFE and then i saw him standing by the door. My wife told me to file a complaint against him, i really hope that the interview was recorded.

If it were just your surname they check, you might be able to deduce whether a name hit is the problem.

But as with all things immigration, it's not that simple.

Here's an article that explains how it works in layman's terms.

http://www.csoonline.com/article/218846/identity-verification-what-s-in-a-name-

"Soundex is the name-searching system still used by 90 percent of American businesses, almost every government department and major airline, even though it was originally developed for the 1890 census. It takes a person's last name, strips out the vowels and assigns codes to similar-sounding consonants to create a four character code—the first letter followed by three digits to represent the consonants. But many perfectly innocent travelers have the same Soundex codes as dangerous felons. For example, internationally sought-after terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden has the same Soundex code (L350) as Johnny "Rotten" Lydon, former lead singer of British punk rock group The Sex Pistolswhose only crimes have been against music and fashion. "