When a person is arrested for a criminal case, how long is it before he is allowed to visit?

Under normal circumstances, family members can meet criminal suspects from the beginning of criminal detention, but it is a big problem to meet family members at the investigation stage at present. You can apply to the public security organ (when investigating) or the procuratorate (when examining and prosecuting) for an interview, but the possibility of approval is very small. Even after the trial, it is not easy for family members to meet, so this method is not very effective.

The feasible suggestion is to hire a lawyer, who has the right to meet the criminal suspect (defendant). Although meeting with lawyers is also a dilemma in criminal proceedings, the difficulty of meeting relatives is greatly reduced, because meeting lawyers is the legal right of lawyers to intervene in criminal proceedings.

1, Article 36 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that defense lawyers may consult, extract and copy the litigation documents and technical appraisal materials of the case from the date when the people's procuratorate examines and prosecutes the case, and may meet and communicate with the criminal suspect in custody.

2. Article 96 of the Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that a criminal suspect may hire a lawyer to provide him with legal advice, represent him in complaint and accusation after being interrogated for the first time by the investigation organ or from the date when compulsory measures are taken. The entrusted lawyer has the right to know the charges charged by the criminal suspect from the investigation organ, to meet the criminal suspect in custody and to know the relevant information from the criminal suspect.

It can be seen from the above two provisions that a criminal suspect may hire a lawyer to meet the criminal suspect after the first interrogation by the investigation organ, and the investigation organ shall arrange the meeting within 48 hours.