Visa Fraud

"Most visa processing posts are woefully understaffed, which results in very brief interviews. Managers value speed of adjudication over clarity of decision making, so many borderline visa cases that deserve closer scrutiny end up being issuances."

- David Seminara, CIS Fellow

Student Visa Fraud

Tourist Visa Fraud

Diversity Visa Lottery Fraud

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Handling an Immigration-Related issue, Child Marriage, in an Odd Way

Why not fix one federal law instead of 50 state ones?

Topics: Marriage Fraud

The NY Times/George Santos/Immigration/Marriage Maze

Many unanswered questions

Topics: Marriage Fraud, Politics

A Small Victory for the Anti Marriage-Related Immigration Fraud Forces

Topics: Marriage Fraud

What Happens When a Marriage-Related Immigration Fraud Ring Is Busted?

Topics: Fraud and Immigration, Marriage Fraud

More on the Demise of ACICS

Alien Students Lose Some Benefits

Topics: Student Visa Fraud, Education and Foreign Students, Foreign Students

Media Covers Two Obscure Immigration Topics, with Mixed Results

NYT misses on imported shepherds, while UK tabloid gets it on marriage fraud

Topics: Marriage Fraud, H-2A Nonimmigrant Visa Program

Advice to Marriage-Related Immigration Fraudsters: Do Not Try for Citizenship

Topics: Fraud and Immigration, Marriage Fraud

How Some Aliens Seek to Defraud the Visa Lottery

Topics: Marriage Fraud, Diversity Visa Lottery Fraud

Universities that lie about their foreign students are putting America at risk

Topics: Student Visa Fraud

Illegal Migrants Don't Just Enter at the U.S. Southern Border

Topics: Visa Fraud, Nonimmigrant Visas