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Fraud Prevention Programs Bureau of Consular Affairs US Department of State The Fraudulent Use of Death Records in Visa Scams NAPHSIS Annual Meeting Portland, Oregon June 8, 2004
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Fraud Prevention Programs Bureau of Consular Affairs US Department of State
The Fraudulent Use of Death Records in Visa
Scams
NAPHSIS Annual MeetingPortland, Oregon
June 8, 2004
Fraud Prevention Programs Bureau of Consular Affairs US Department of State
Visa Scams
• What is a Visa ?
• How do you get one?
• Fraudulent death certificates used to commit visa fraud
Fraud Prevention Programs Bureau of Consular Affairs US Department of State
What is a Visa ?
A nonimmigrant visa is a document issued by the US Department of State to an alien who meets the criteria set by the US Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act for admission to the United States as a temporary visitor.
Fraud Prevention Programs Bureau of Consular Affairs US Department of State
How Does Someone Apply for a Visa?
• Apply at US Embassies and Consulates.
• Submit an application, are photographed, fingerprinted and interviewed by Conoff.
• Namechecks for known ineligibilities.
Fraud Prevention Programs Bureau of Consular Affairs US Department of State
Who Qualifies ??
An applicant for a tourist aka a nonimmigrant visa to visit the United States must overcome the presumption that he or she is an intending immigrant.
Fraud Prevention Programs Bureau of Consular Affairs US Department of State
How do they do that ?
• Must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the interviewing officer that:
• Must have compelling ties to their home country, e.g. a family, property, a job, money in the bank…
Fraud Prevention Programs Bureau of Consular Affairs US Department of State
Death Records
Faxed from the US to the visa applicant…
Submitted to lend credibility and urgency to an individual’s application for a visa......
Fraud Prevention Programs Bureau of Consular Affairs US Department of State
Fraud to Date
• Data alterations • names of immediate relatives• date of death
• Complete counterfeits
Fraud Prevention Programs Bureau of Consular Affairs US Department of State
Questions ?
Mary Alice NoyesFraud Prevention Programs
US Department of [email protected]
