Immigration officers came to my home but...

[SalishSea 17,970]

There must be much more of a backstory here.  In the time of COVID, USCIS/ICE doesn't just drop by on a whim.....

[NikLR 13,228]

Why did you lie? What was the actual truth? 

[Lemonslice 4,917]

Reach out to your lawyer, but also learn about your rights - https://www.miracoalition.org/resources/know-your-rights/

 

It is not clear, are you and your wife still happily married, or did you separate?

[Sparkle Sparkle 914]

3 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

There must be much more of a backstory here.  In the time of COVID, USCIS/ICE doesn't just drop by on a whim.....

I agree.... They already know what they know... They just needed confirmation and your story gave it to them. 

[Carpe Vinum 2,327]

6 hours ago, Sparkle Sparkle said:

I agree.... They already know what they know... They just needed confirmation and your story gave it to them. 

...and they knew most of it before they even went to the house. 

[African Zealot 1,455]

Are you just trolling VJ members? This is so ridiculous that I don’t want to believe it’s true. If this story is true you’re so toasted you may as well pack your belongings and relocate to your home country. You’re done.

 

Lying about unimportant things is usually a sign that a person also lies about the important things, there’s no reason immigration should believe you’re genuine.

[amkhan 108]

Seems like time to go home also ur wife will be in trouble too 

[retheem 568]

Commandment number 12: Never lie  to an immigration officer. As in that's a NO NO

[Crazy Cat 41,982]

After reconsideration, I'm not sure why either person would lie about how the wife got to her Mother's house.  @faruk154, can you explain?  

[Crazy Cat 41,982]

10 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

There must be much more of a backstory here.  In the time of COVID, USCIS/ICE doesn't just drop by on a whim.....

and then both parties lie to the officers?  Something is definitely odd. 

[carmel34 3,645]

13 hours ago, faruk154 said:

my wife is older than me about 15 years. we dont have any kids yet I had 2 interview already with uscis office. than they told us we will send you guys letter about more information. my applying for adjustment of status.

Sounds like lots of red flags here, 15 year age difference, two interviews already, doing AOS, an unannounced early morning visit to your house, both of you lying to the officers, that's about all we know, and there is likely much more you are not telling us, but based on what you have posted, USCIS clearly doubts that your marriage relationship is bona fide.  This will be very difficult to "fix" even with a good attorney, but good luck as you try.  A few words of advice to add to what others have said:

 

1.  Never lie to US immigration officers.  When you do, they will doubt everything you have said in interviews, documents you have submitted throughout the AOS process, etc.  Were there other instances of lying in your two interviews, or anything you submitted before?

2.  Build up a file of documents proving that your marriage is bona fide, that you live at the same address, and have mountains of financial co-mingling evidence since the date of your marriage.  You will need it if you file an appeal or a new AOS application after denial of the first.

3.  Consider hiring a better attorney, with years of experience in difficult US immigration cases.  If you want to stay in the US and overcome a very likely denial of your AOS application, you will need the best attorney money can buy.  Even then, prepare for the worst, deportation, as a possible outcome.

 

Let us know how this turns out for you.

Edited January 29, 2021 by carmel34

[fellaamazing 72]

Faruk,

 

There are 2 things working against you.

1. Your wife is 15 year older than you. There is nothing wrong with it. But since it's not a common practice, specially among people from your region, it makes immigration officials heavily suspicious of your marriage based immigration claims.

2. Your English is terrible.  You might want to say something, but you are giving completely different meaning to immigration officials who are already suspicious of your marriage.

At this point, best course of action would be.

1. Hire a good immigration lawyer. And absolutely do not answer any further question without your attorney present. Tell the immigration officials your attorney's name. And that's it. Otherwise anything you will say, it will be used against you.

2. Register to join ESL (English as Second Language) classes. It is extremely important, otherwise you will keep using wrong words at wrong time and that will jeopardize your presence in United States.

[JonSeattle 202]

From https://www.uscis.gov/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-10#:~:text=Burden of Proof and Standard of Proof&text=In the adjustment of status,than not to be true.

 

"even if the applicant meets all of the other statutory and regulatory requirements, USCIS only approves the application if the applicant demonstrates that he or she warrants a favorable exercise of discretion."

 

The OP is going to need some very convincing evidence at this point that the marriage is genuine. The fact that both spouses lied on the same day ruins their credibility, and so any evidence they present is going to be doubted as well. The USCIS is going to expect that their relatives are motivated to try to protect the couple and so are not trustworthy either, so affidavits will be useless. 

 

Unless the OP thinks that he can produce convincing evidence that this event was simply a very unlikely coincidence, it doesn't seem to me to be worth it to even spend money on a lawyer.

[JeanneAdil 6,579]

3 hours ago, retheem said:

Commandment number 12: Never lie  to an immigration officer. As in that's a NO NO

and since you tried to tell them you drove her between 7 and 10 AM ,  it must have been a little after as they inspected the car hood to be warm 

that being said,  you would have been awake and answered the door when they knocked on the door instead of waiting for them to have to pound to get your attention and at that point ,  they would be rude (they knew someone was in the house -lights on ,  TV going ,,so many ways to know a person is there)

Police and ICE and any immigration CO's do not have to be nice,  they are paid  to investigate and protect 

 

all you write indicates you think you need to hide and lie  

so much easier to tell the truth 

if they had wanted to take you away for deportation,  they could have done it right then or called someone else in to do it

get a lawyer and pray he/she can get you out of the mess you made

 

 

[SusieQQQ 11,587]

As everyone else has said, never lie to immigration. 

 

I can't help noticing that OP seems much more worried about being deported than the prospect of being separated from his wife. Most people here I think would be freaking out about being separated again after what is usually a long wait to be together. Did your wife sponsor you while you were abroad, or did you adjust from another visa or from an overstay?

 

14 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

There must be much more of a backstory here.  In the time of COVID, USCIS/ICE doesn't just drop by on a whim.....

Yup, two interviews and an in person check.  I think even in normal times this is not common.