We have received a number of phone calls from adjustment of status applicants, informing us that someone from DHS came around for a site visit. In every case, it turned out to be a routine H1B site visit. Coincidentally, in each case our client not only held H1B status, but was also an applicant for adjustment of status.

AOS applicants who have these kinds of site visits should not read anything special into them. The DHS is trying to validate their fraud profile and to do this, they are committed to conducting more than 25,000 H1B site visits each year.

There is nothing nefarious about these visits. If someone visits your place of employment, it is just to gather data. It does not mean that you or your employer are suspected of doing anything wrong. You should not worry if this happens to you.

The purpose of the site visit program is to verify the underlying facts set forth in the H1B petition. They want to make sure that there is a real job and a real workplace. They want to verify that the workplace is appropriate for the type of job involved. They also want to try to verify income.