Just had investigators at my door!

[sussemadel 16]

Just to let everyone know. I filed a Cr1 about 8 years ago. Got divorce from this guy ( from India) because of Fraud on his part. Filed again in 2006 for my present husband (syrian) a k1 visa. Had no problems with them granting the visa...only took 6 months for him to get here. We filed our AOS last year, March 08. Interviewed Dec 08. Hadn't heard one thing from them as far as approval or denial, even went to Seattle USCIS office to inquire about it when I decided it had been too long. Didn't even let us know at the USCIS what was going on, just said to wait. WELL, this morning at 6 am I get 2 Immigration officers coming to my door with badges out. I was still half asleep and asked " Am I under Arrest"?? They asked to come in, looked around at the pictures on the wall, asked to see mail with both our names on it, looked in our dirty clothes hamper and said "ok we have what we need" and left.

Just wanted all the people know that have similar situation...beware...they might come knocking at your door early in the morning...

[meowmeowmeow 1]

wow holy #######!!

[TBoneTX 45,469]

And remember your Constitutional rights! Currently, you do NOT need to let anyone in without a valid search warrant or answer ANY questions until you consult with an attorney!

[Dakine 26]

Best thing that can happen if you have a bonafide relationship.

Clothes hamper should tell it all.

Edited August 27, 2009 by Haole

[Old Dominion 26]

And remember your Constitutional rights! Currently, you do NOT need to let anyone in without a valid search warrant or answer ANY questions until you consult with an attorney!

Yep, you can refuse and as a result lose it all.

[Bobby+Umit 161]

Sounds like your past history (previous CR-1) may of had something to do with this.

As mentioned, you were under no obligation to let them in (6am!) but they have no obligation to allow your AOS, if you don't give them the information they request.

Thanks for sharing!

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

6am! Bloody Hell I would not have answered that door!!!!!! Course knowing me I couldn't have.....I once had a friend get a DUI on a friday night and apparently as soon as he was out of jail he walked to my house in the early morning so that I could drive him to his car. he said he pounded on my door for twenty minutes...I think you could have a gun battle on my front lawn and I'd still sleep through it.

Edited August 27, 2009 by lancer1655

[Linkin 0]

from 5:30 to 6am, thats alarmin' time for the Immi officers to knock da door for early morning coffee, didn't u offer them? :)Anyways...I can say thats unusuall..They have a policy to check upon you if they need to verify something in your AOS. I wouldn't call it so strange. But good thing was, you have shown what they were looking for.

My advice, whenever they come, let them in, I know that noone is going to get in without warrant, but what if they mess up with your AOS application cuz of you said no to them when they visited you. PPL, who wanna say no on their visits are actually giving them reason to reject your AOS.

Edited August 27, 2009 by Linkin

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

from 5:30 to 6am, thats alarmin' time for the Immi officers to knock da door for early morning coffee, didn't u offer them? :)Anyways...I can say thats unusuall..They have a policy to check upon you if they need to verify something in your AOS. I wouldn't call it so strange. But good thing was, you have shown what they were looking for.

My advice, whenever they come, let them in, I know that noone is going to get in without warrant, but what if they mess up with your AOS application cuz of you said no to them when they visited you. PPL, who wanna say no on their visits are actually giving them reason to reject your AOS.

Its alot easier to fight a situation where you followed the law and exercised you rights then having to try to explain something innocent they might find in the home that would be used against you such as a letter, something on a PC, your wardrobe, something about your bathroom or your bedroom etc.

[Linkin 0]

They dont have anything to do with the stuff in your house, All they would like to see, if you and the look of your house are giving them enough evidence to measure your current married life. Technically and by the law, they won't open up your pc, they won't be doing regular police job.

from 5:30 to 6am, thats alarmin' time for the Immi officers to knock da door for early morning coffee, didn't u offer them? :)Anyways...I can say thats unusuall..They have a policy to check upon you if they need to verify something in your AOS. I wouldn't call it so strange. But good thing was, you have shown what they were looking for.

My advice, whenever they come, let them in, I know that noone is going to get in without warrant, but what if they mess up with your AOS application cuz of you said no to them when they visited you. PPL, who wanna say no on their visits are actually giving them reason to reject your AOS.

Its alot easier to fight a situation where you followed the law and exercised you rights then having to try to explain something innocent they might find in the home that would be used against you such as a letter, something on a PC, your wardrobe, something about your bathroom or your bedroom etc.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

They bloody rummage through everything if they want to including your underwear.

Edited August 27, 2009 by lancer1655

[Linkin 0]

I wouldn't call it true mate, cuz I won't call them police, but Immi officers from USCIS or specifically ICE. Yes they ask you questions when they feel something is hiddin'. On top of that, they have plenty of ways to find if two of them are realy in bonafide relationship. Messin' up in the house isn't their priority

They bloody rummage through everything if they want too including your underwear.

[TBoneTX 45,469]

They dont have anything to do with the stuff in your house, All they would like to see, if you and the look of your house are giving them enough evidence to measure your current married life. Technically and by the law, they won't open up your pc, they won't be doing regular police job.

Absolutely anything that any law-enforcement officer (or Federal agent) sees, finds, or reaches "reasonable articulable suspicion" about can be used against you, including whether you yourself seem impaired or "nervous" (in the completely subjective opinion of the officer). This is why the one rule of safety that everyone should follow is to never ever allow any consensual search (meaning, one with no search warrant).

No law-enforcement officers or Federal agents are required to tell the truth about why they have come to talk to you, and in fact the courts have decided that agents of the "law" can lie about their reason. Voluntarily allowing them entry -- or answering questions without an attorney present -- is perilous and foolhardy. You can find yourself in a big hole (often of your own digging) before you realize it. And yes, once you let them into your house, they can tear the place apart before you know what's happening... and you'll be left with having to file an after-the-fact civil rights lawsuit. All of this would have been avoidable had you exercised your rights to decline consensual search and avoid answering questions without an attorney.

Edited August 27, 2009 by TBoneTX

[Linkin 0]

its like more digging, if you in anyway denied their entry, they know alot more than us, if they were in need of search warrant, they would get it before coming to your house, They usually don't bring that because they know you can't deny their entry into the house,

Why they come to your house, because,

They feel its might not be a bonafide relationship or something, and yet if you deny their entry, you are giving them reason to make you suspect in more ways. Why one wants to do that? Its just a visit, they do, but don't make you feel like a criminal in anyways. So let them do it, if you are in true relationship, then NO FEAR...

They dont have anything to do with the stuff in your house, All they would like to see, if you and the look of your house are giving them enough evidence to measure your current married life. Technically and by the law, they won't open up your pc, they won't be doing regular police job.

Absolutely anything that any law-enforcement officer (or Federal agent) sees, finds, or reaches "reasonable articulable suspicion" about can be used against you, including whether you yourself seem impaired or "nervous" (in the completely subjective opinion of the officer). This is why the one rule of safety that everyone should follow is to never ever allow any consensual search (meaning, one with no search warrant).

No law-enforcement officers or Federal agents are required to tell the truth about why they have come to talk to you, and in fact the courts have decided that agents of the "law" can lie about their reason. Voluntarily allowing them entry -- or answering questions without an attorney present -- is perilous and foolhardy. You can find yourself in a big hole (often of your own digging) before you realize it. And yes, once you let them into your house, they can tear the place apart before you know what's happening... and you'll be left with having to file an after-the-fact civil rights lawsuit. All of this would have been avoidable had you exercised your rights to decline consensual search and avoid answering questions without an attorney.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

I think your imagining that they are the men in suits at your local office. They are not. They are have been trained for a wide range of criminal activity from smuggling to counterfeiting etc. Yes they can get a warrant later but then you have a lawyer present then as well.

What can they honestly report back if you do not let them in "I was not allowed access".

You should also check this poster's other thread as I did just now. They went through her dirty laundry!