Why since my Residency Request Process started I always get asked a million question when I go to the US?

[craftercool 7]

Hello VJ members

Let me just explain a little for your better understanding: I started my Residency Request Process in March, since then I have been requested to go to the US by my lawyer in order to make new payments, to give her more documents or stuff, I'm a Visa B1-B2 holder.

But the thing is that every time I cross the bridge to El Paso TX since this process started I have to answer a lot of questions, (Where do you live? When are you returning to Mexico? Where does your wife lives? Do you own this car? What do you do for living? Among a lot more questions) and at the end they always require me to pass through the X-Ray machine with my car, then they give me my visa and I'm free to go, after 15 or 20 minutes.

This last time I was going to my lawyer and I wanted to make it different so I crossed by walk, same thing, dozens of questions and at the end the officer wrote something like comply or compliance in a paper and pasted it in my visa, then he took me to another room, he spelled my name to another officer, they saw something in the computer, he returned to me my visa and that was all..... what is happening?

Has anyone experienced this before?

[Hypnos 6,578]

They can see that you've begun the immigration process in their system and want to make sure that you're actually going to return to your country of origin since you have now declared immigrant intent.

By law, all aliens seeking to enter the US are considered to be intending immigrants and the onus is on you to prove otherwise.

Edited October 24, 2016 by Hypnos

[craftercool 7]

They can see that you've begun the immigration process in their system and want to make sure that you're actually going to return to your country of origin since you have now declared immigrant intent.

By law, all aliens seeking to enter the US are considered to be intending immigrants and the onus is on you to prove otherwise.

I see... do you know anything about that thing the officer wrote and pasted to my visa (something like comply or compliance)?

I've googled it but can't manage to find what it means.

[NikLR 13,232]

Do you have your ead? Are you adjusting status or applying for a visa?

[craftercool 7]

Do you have your ead? Are you adjusting status or applying for a visa?

Hi there, I don't have an EAD and I'm not adjusting status, I'm applying for a Green Card via embassy, I'm living in Mexico, my wife is living in Texas.

[NikLR 13,232]

Ah ok. Thank you for clarifying.

[ColGil 126]

I traveled into the US once after we submitted my I-130. I arrived by air. I was taken into secondary inspection, all the contents of my suitcase were removed and inspected and I was asked many, many questions. They called my husband to validate my responses, then I was permitted to enter but with the advice/warning that I should not attempt to enter the US again until I have my visa/GC. There was a slight issue with me in that I had received a new passport and was travelling into and out of the states with two separate airlines. The first (inbound) airline had my current passport information, but the return flight was still showing my old passport. What this meant to immigration officers was that it looked like I had not booked a return flight, so they figured I was planning to immigrate illegally. I've heard many stories from others, some had no issues, some were questioned. I haven't heard of anyone being denied entry though.

I don't know about the "comply" part of your question. I assume it just means that you complied with them and answered all their questions without resistance etc, or that your case complies with the immigration laws. I don't think it's anything to worry about.

On the advice I was given, try to limit your travel to US as much as possible until you have the visa, just to avoid raising suspicion. If you are travelling, have your lawyer and wife's contact information to hand in case the immigration/border control want to validate any responses you give.

Best of luck with the process