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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Appellate Board Corrects Decade-Old ‘Fraud’ Waiver Mistake

The second BIA marriage fraud opinion in two weeks, which is appropriate given how readily the INA accords benefits to alien spouses

Topics: Marriage Fraud

DOJ Board Adds New Mechanism to Deter Marriage Fraud

U.S. citizen spouses duped by sham claims of love can clean up their mistakes and seek justice

Topics: Marriage Fraud

Using State Department’s Internal Fraud Reports As a Diplomatic Tool to Combat Visa Fraud

Testimony before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary

Topics: Visa Fraud

Trump Supersizes the Entry Ban

Countries with High Visa Overstay Rates Get Squeezed

Topics: Visa Fraud

Supersize the Entry Ban

President Trump should add more countries whose nationals overstay visas at high rates

Topics: Visa Fraud, Trump 2025 Executive Actions, Illegal Immigration

A Juxtaposition of Tragedies

Not all illegal-alien criminals are border-jumpers

Topics: Visa Fraud, Criminal Aliens

What H-1B Fraud?

USCIS doesn’t check whether applicants went to Indian school notorious for selling diplomas

Topics: Visa Fraud, H-1B Nonimmigrant Visa Progam

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)