Silverberry1331

Thank you so much for your input. I have never heard of this before.

Ah thanks so much for asking this. That is my mistake. I used the term interchangeably. Doh! Do you still feel the same way upon hearing this? I appreciate you chiming in and asking for clarification.

Hi everyone! I hope you all can help me. My sister and Joe (from Lagos) have been married for just under two years (and were together a year before that). She has had several visits and mom and dad went over once too when they got married. They are in the process of petitioning for spousal visa. He received his interview (passport not taken) and was put into AP about six months ago. They have received very little word in terms of updates since then. Now something very strange has happened: Yesterday, Joe's mom said that a man came to the door asking all sorts of questions about him. The man was not really clear about who he was or why he was asking these questions. Naturally, she refused to answer. Upon finding this out, Joe asked around and was told by a few neighbors that a USCIS agent came out and was asking all sorts of questions about their relationship and my sister. Joe is now in the process of asking his employer if he has heard anything. This is crazy! I have heard of background checks and AP. My own husband, who is from Morocco, went into AP temporarily, but he was only in there for less than two weeks. He has been here for a while and has since naturalized (but he came in 2011 and naturalized in 2017, so I get that things could have changed sin then). Has anyone had this happen to them? Was it this extreme? Can the COs actually do this? This sounds invasive. I tried searching for this on VJ and elsewhere. I have seen some others on the boards mention "home visit" and "field investigation" but I haven't seen much detail, so I don't know if this means that. Then there is the issue that his mother's refusal to answer questions (understandably not wanting to talk to a total stranger who wouldn't really identify themselves). What do you recommend they do? I really appreciate your wisdom!