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."
The Uniting American Families Act: Addressing Inequality in Federal Immigration Law
Prepared for the Senate Judiciary Committee
Topics: Marriage Fraud
Hello, I Love You, Won’t You Tell Me Your Name: Inside the Green Card Marriage Phenomenon
WASHINGTON (December 2, 2008) -- Each year, tens of thousands of United States citizens and Legal Permanent Residents (LPR), at both home and abroad, meet and marry foreign nationals. Spouses of American citizens have priority over most other immigration categories, making marriage the quickest way to receive a green card. As the new Obama administration prepares to take office, the long dormant debate over levels of legal immigration is sure to resurface, but that debate is unlikely to include discussion of fraud amongst the most common path to American residency.
Topics: Marriage Fraud