K1 Visa, ICE came to my house.

[Alhaji 11]

Wife came in US on k1 visa November 2018, got married January 11, 2019, I94 expired February 12 Filled AOS April 12 due to financial situation, did biometric May 16 June 26, 2019 ready for interview on USCIS site. ICE came to my house while I was at work July 5 due to I94 expired. Wife didn't get arrested but visit ICE office July 9. Took her passport and said we have to check in every month, should I be worried ???

[USS_Voyager 1,972]

8 minutes ago, Alhaji said:

Wife came in US on k1 visa November 2018, got married January 11, 2019, I94 expired February 12 Filled AOS April 12 due to financial situation, did biometric May 16 June 26, 2019 ready for interview on USCIS site. ICE came to my house while I was at work July 5 due to I94 expired. Wife didn't get arrested but visit ICE office July 9. Took her passport and said we have to check in every month, should I be worried ???

Uhm, yeah. I don’t know why they took her passport. She should be in a period of authorized stay. Without her passport, she can’t fly. That would be one of my concerns. Tons of people are in her same situation, they don’t have to report to ICE every month. Maybe you need to get a lawyer and have a visit with ICE to figure out.

[Alhaji 11]

That's true, I don't know why they took her passport or came to the house in the 1st place since we got married before 90 days and our paperwork work is in progress, which is a very slow process for everyone. Def in the process getting another lawyer to solve 

[geowrian 22,337]

It’s not unheard of ICE stopping by if the I-94 has expired and AOS was not filed yet. It is odd that they came by after AOS was filed, and that they want you to check in every month.

[Alhaji 11]

@geowrian I was shocked, my wife doesn't have a criminal record what so ever, neither do I ... She came here legally, spend thousands of dollars on paperwork just to be harass by ICE like she's a criminal

[Crazy Cat 41,848]

23 minutes ago, geowrian said:

It’s not unheard of ICE stopping by if the I-94 has expired and AOS was not filed yet. It is odd that they came by after AOS was filed, and that they want you to check in every month.

I have never heard of this check-in requirement.....Have you, @geowrian ?

[Crazy Cat 41,848]

13 minutes ago, Alhaji said:

@geowrian I was shocked, my wife doesn't have a criminal record what so ever, neither do I ... She came here legally, spend thousands of dollars on paperwork just to be harass by ICE like she's a criminal

There must be more to this story......Why would they single out your wife?  This is very odd, to say the least....

[payxibka 10,045]

Just now, missileman said:

I have never heard of this check-in requirement.....Have you, @geowrian ?

Something is amiss, she is either in a period of authorized stay or not.  Checking in monthly serves no purpose 

[Alhaji 11]

@missileman only thing I can think of is I been having problem putting my wife on my apartment lease so I can have it ready for our Green card interview and been having problem doing it with my leasing office, maybe they called or a neighbor. But I don't have anything to hide especially she's here legally and we ready to start a family

[Daphne . 1,856]

12 minutes ago, Alhaji said:

@geowrian I was shocked, my wife doesn't have a criminal record what so ever, neither do I ... She came here legally, spend thousands of dollars on paperwork just to be harass by ICE like she's a criminal

Okay, so you guys should be fine then, right? As you stated, all the paperwork is sent out and you were lucky that it did not happen in the couple of months that she was temporarily out of status.

As inconvenient (having to check in every month) and weird as it is (them having her passport most importantly) the word ‘harass’ is maybe a little over the top but that’s just my opinion..

[geowrian 22,337]

Yeah, the check ins are the unusual piece. The rest of it not so much (they might not have known AOS was filed yet at the time they were assigned to stop by).

 

The amount of time or money spent on the process is not a concern for them.

[Crazy Cat 41,848]

So, do they have her passport now?

[xyz12345 260]

27 minutes ago, Alhaji said:

That's true, I don't know why they took her passport or came to the house in the 1st place since we got married before 90 days and our paperwork work is in progress, which is a very slow process for everyone. Def in the process getting another lawyer to solve 

 

Everyone should know their rights regarding ICE. Unfortunately, your wife gave her passport to ICE. She needn't too. But then again, I wasn't there and I might have done the same. I hope your lawyer can get her passport back especially since she wasn't formally arrested and detained.

 

http://www1.cuny.edu/sites/citizenship-now/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/media-assets/Section-8-Know-Your-Rights.pdf

 

 

[Dashinka 24,494]

15 minutes ago, geowrian said:

Yeah, the check ins are the unusual piece. The rest of it not so much (they might not have known AOS was filed yet at the time they were assigned to stop by).

 

The amount of time or money spent on the process is not a concern for them.

That is what I was wondering.  Another example of doing anything possible to get the AOS filed before the I94 expires.

 

38 minutes ago, Alhaji said:

@geowrian I was shocked, my wife doesn't have a criminal record what so ever, neither do I ... She came here legally, spend thousands of dollars on paperwork just to be harass by ICE like she's a criminal

Did your wife show the ICE agents the AOS NOA when they visited the house?

 

 

[Alhaji 11]

@Bill & Katya they know and they even ask her if she was married before 90 days, she said YES. And I have all documents from i129 documents, NOA from 485, etc