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Immigration fraud investigations establish the facts.

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OverviewWhere a case begins.

Our investigations establish the factual foundation for your case. We collect and authenticate evidence, conduct independent research, interview witnesses, and coordinate forensic analyses when needed. The result is a verified timeline and witness dossiers that drive our fraud assessments and legal strategy.

Deliverables
Verified timeline of events and witness dossiers
Timeline
Typically 2–4 weeks
Value
The factual record everything else builds on.

Timelines depend on the organization and quality of the evidence and the complexity of the issues involved. These are baseline investigations; they do not include forensic examinations, field research, or similar specialized work.

The ProcessHow a Codias Law immigration fraud investigation works.

01

Client Interview

Your investigation begins with a confidential, attorney-led interview to understand your experience, identify potential indicators of fraud, and determine what evidence and witnesses may exist. This conversation sets the strategic direction for a disciplined, fact-driven inquiry.

02

Questionnaire

You receive a streamlined, attorney-designed questionnaire that gathers legally significant information with maximum efficiency. This approach reduces cost, surfaces critical facts early, and ensures the investigation is tailored to the realities of your case.

03

Evidence Collection

You submit documents, communications, media, and other materials through a secure, encrypted portal. Centralized submission preserves metadata, prevents fragmentation, and ensures we receive the full evidentiary record needed for a reliable, legally sound investigation.

04

Evidence Organization

We take what you submit and structure it into a clean, coherent evidentiary system. Files are labeled and categorized so nothing is missed. This saves time, reduces costs, and gives us a clear, accurate picture of the factual landscape.

05

Independent Research

Our attorneys conduct discreet, independent research using lawful public records, premium investigative databases, and validated open-source intelligence. This confirms timelines, uncovers inconsistencies, and develops new evidentiary leads that strengthen the investigative foundation.

06

Witness Dossiers

We prepare concise dossiers for key witnesses, including identifiers, contact information, and relevance summaries. These dossiers support our internal analysis and, when appropriate, assist federal investigators or local counsel in identifying, locating, and evaluating witnesses.

07

Detailed Timelines

We build a clear, chronological timeline of events, each fact cited to the evidentiary record. This clarifies sequencing, exposes contradictions, reveals patterns, and provides the factual backbone for fraud assessments, legal strategy, and any necessary referrals.

08

Witness Interviews

We conduct targeted interviews to clarify events, assess credibility, and corroborate critical facts. These conversations help determine the strength of testimonial evidence and whether a formal sworn statement would meaningfully support your case.

09

Affidavits

When appropriate, we request affidavits or sworn statements from cooperative witnesses. These statements serve as substantive evidence for our internal assessments and can support any subsequent legal actions we pursue on your behalf, like a fraud report or BIA fraud appeal.

Why Codias Law?What sets our investigations apart.

An investigation is only as strong as the judgment behind it — here is what makes ours different.

  • We are attorney-led.

    Your investigation is directed exclusively by licensed attorneys — not consultants — ensuring legal judgment, evidentiary precision, and strategic insight at every stage.

  • We know what matters legally.

    Our investigations focus on the facts that matter under federal law. We separate routine background information from legally decisive evidence that shapes outcomes before DHS, the BIA, and courts.

  • We know how to get it.

    We pursue evidence through lawful, attorney-directed methods — interviews, document recovery, public-records research, and specialized inquiries tailored to your case.

  • We use professional-grade tools.

    We conduct real investigations using best-in-class resources — from private investigative databases to data and analytics platforms built for attorneys, to forensic data partners.

  • We collect it the right way.

    Every piece of evidence is gathered, preserved, and authenticated in compliance with federal evidentiary standards, ensuring it can withstand scrutiny by DHS, the BIA, and courts.

  • We protect your confidentiality.

    Because your investigation is handled by licensed attorneys, your communications and evidence are protected by attorney–client privilege — a safeguard consultants and non-lawyers cannot provide.

FAQs

What does an immigration fraud investigation involve?
An immigration fraud investigation is intended to gather facts relevant to establishing whether immigration fraud occurred. Most matters begin with a baseline investigation, which relies on information within the victim’s possession or lawfully accessible through private databases or open-source intelligence. A forensic investigation adds specialized technical work, such as forensic examination of digital evidence, and a field investigation adds on-the-ground field research; both are more intensive and are scoped separately only when a matter needs them after consultation with the client.
What do I need to provide your firm?
Immigration fraud matters will generally live or die based on the quality of the evidence. That starts with you. We conduct one or more confidential, attorney-led interviews, may send a proprietary questionnaire for particular types of fraud matters, and give you a secure link to upload your evidence. When you submit, we ask that you organize it consistent with our victim guide, How to Submit Evidence of Immigration Marriage Fraud to Your Attorney.
Who conducts the investigation?
Your investigation is managed by a licensed attorney who understands the governing statutes, regulations, case law, and the facts that matter. Attorney management is critical to confidentiality: your communications are protected by the work-product doctrine and attorney–client privilege. By contrast, a private investigator or non-attorney consultant cannot extend those protections, making communications you have with them at risk of disclosure through formal discovery processes or even federal criminal or administrative investigations.
Is my information kept confidential?
Yes, your communications and evidence are kept confidential throughout the course of the immigration fraud investigation. This is one of the most important reasons for hiring a licensed attorney to manage your investigation: an attorney’s work is protected by the work-product doctrine and your communications by attorney–client privilege — protections a private investigator or consultant cannot extend. At some point your attorney may ask your consent to share specific information developed in the investigation, for example with local counsel, federal investigators, or other third parties, but that disclosure happens only with your consent.
How does the fraud investigation relate to the fraud assessment?
An investigation produces the verified factual record; a Fraud Assessment is the formal attorney legal opinion built on investigative findings. We keep them distinct because the facts must be established and authenticated before the law can be applied — an opinion is only as sound as the record beneath it. An assessment will only take place after the completion of an investigation. We also structure it this way as a legal and ethical safeguard: as licensed attorneys, we present evidence to the federal government only after it has been validated, so we can be confident the information we provide to federal officials is true and accurate.
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