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nebs

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Hi,

I am in 485 stage, filed in sep-02. Yesterday I had an officer from INS/BCIS come to my house to verify the discrepancy in my address. He also said this could be due to data entry error. But I had my EAD/FP notices sent to my house correctly. What is happening ? Has this happened to anyone/anyone you know? I filed 485 after moving to this address. Also sent AR-11 form at that time. Is this a random check or somthing?


Thanks,
Nebs.
 
This is very interesting indeed! They must be doing this at random for now atleast. I am wondering if there were any other triggers (other than their claim that there was an address discrepancy).....would you be willing to share some more details such as your country?
 
I am surprised

That they would have the resources or time to conduct address discrepancy checks in person. There is probably another perfectly legit reason for this although I am unable to even guess at what it could be. This is the first time I have heard of this.
 
well, i'll be...

if indeed BCIS has taken to visiting people's houses to verify addresses, i am completely floored...

of course this is completely possible that suddenly the department of homeland security has decided that, since they have NOTHING better to do, let's find something really useful for our guys to do. (yeah, right.)

on the other hand, as other folks have pointed out, this may either be a very random check that they do for (hopefully) a very tiny minority of cases, or that they just found you too interesting.

is there something in your opinion about yourself or your case that might have caught their interest?

i am just as mystified as everyone else. but in addition to your experience, somebody had posted earlier that BCIS is verifying his LC, all of which seems to suggest that the BCIS is treading on some new paths for what used to be a pretty straightforward road earlier on.
 
He showed his ID card. He was very polite. He explained me patiently that there is an address discrepancy. My case is flawless. This personal enquiry looked very odd for me, as there are lots of cases with address problems, they may either send a mail enquiry or contact the attorney or somthing like that. god only knows what was it about... May be changing rules....!!

Thanks,
Nebs.
 
Country is India. I don't think any specific reason (for your guess!) to pick my case!

-Nebs.
 
Maybe you should call either your local office or the Nebraska center and ask if this is something that they have started doing...
 
I think its a good idea to call your local INS\BCIS office and verify if they have started anything like this. If someone shows me an id that has some prints about BCIS, I would be forced to believe since I havent seen a valid BCIS ID. (same thing goes for police etc.. man, if someone comes to my door and shows *some* id, how am I to know if its genuine or not?)

Please keep us updated about your findings.
 
I guess the person should have come from your local BCIS office. If so you can get whether such activity is going around from local BCIS office for sure. But it is very tough to ask such question to them also. It is better to wait till someone else reports that kind of thing.
 
strange! where do they get money to

pay these in home service? are they collaborating with the local
police forces? This is a first of such case.
 
This definetly is Strange!!....

And My company (good size public company since abt 15 yrs..meaning considerably big) last week sent out a mail saying to re-file AR-11 and BCIS want it .
I contacted my Lawyer and he said I have to file it even though I sent out the AR-11 for the same address some time back.
The last date specified was 04/26/2003. ie day after tommrow.
 
It all sounds very Kafkaesque..

While it is very much possible that something about your background caught the fancy of the BCIS profilers trying to follow the thread of some investigation, here is another possibility - I have heard (take this with a pinch of salt) that the INS used to conduct surprise checks on applicants they suspect are fradulently using marriage as a tool to obtain permanent residency. This would not normally apply to people that have applied for AOS based on employment.

What you have experienced is certainly not usual and you are well advised to discuss the situation with your lawyer if you have one. If you do not have one, try to get the counsel of the local office of the ACLU. Of-course, nothing is as it should be these days what with all the screwy technology being available to snoop on all and sundry.
 
Just an afterthought.. if you are an investigator with the DHS, you would want to monitor forums such as this, which are often frequented by immigrants (a suspect group in general) for any unusual comments / activity. In the current environment, the security agencies err on the side of caution. Even harmless and inadvertent comments can raise alarm bells when taken out of context and may result in a visit. Try to think back and see if there may be something like this.
 
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