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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More Foreign Student Fraud at Lehigh

DHS needs to investigate the capacity of all schools to verify overseas documents

Topics: Visa Fraud, Education and Foreign Students

Foreign Student Fraud Case Highlights Serious Problems

Dangerous weaknesses in oversight at DHS, the State Department, and the university

Topics: Student Visa Fraud, Foreign Students

Questions about the Foreign Student Attempting to Breach Marine Corps Base Quantico

Topics: Student Visa Fraud, Foreign Students, National Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

Uzbek Couple Outwit the Government for 16 Years in Marriage-Related Immigration Fraud Case

But did State or DHS uncover it?

Topics: Marriage Fraud

It Had to Happen – Robberies Were Faked to Create Real Visas for ‘Crime Victims’

Topics: Visa Fraud, Criminal Aliens

Federal Policy Facilitated the Spread of HIV, Says Retired DHS Officer

Black American women bore the brunt of it

Topics: Marriage Fraud

Marriage Fraud: In Search of a Green Card

Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 132

Parsing Immigration Policy

Topics: Marriage Fraud

Another Tale of a Phony Green-Card Marriage

Topics: Marriage Fraud

Immigration Marriage Fraud in Reverse

U.S.-based alien male gets benefit of dowry, but foreign-based alien female does not get visa to U.S.

Topics: Marriage Fraud

DHS Reports Record Number of Overstays in 2022

Topics: Visa Fraud