Why USCIS/ US Consulates might think your application is fraudulent...

[S_R 148]

Although each case is different, some common fraud indicators may present in your case prompting the USCIS/ Consulates to carefully review your file.

* Documents issued either immediately before the interview or immediately after the interview;

* Over-submission of documents;

* Staged photos;

* Suspect tax filings/financial transactions;

* Multiple applications/petitions by single applicant/petitioner;

* Common preparer, especially known shaky immigration consultants;

* Suspicious filing history of beneficiary or applicant;

Suspect documents;

* Biometric discrepancies;

* Denied for abandonment or withdrawal after RFE issued;

* Preparer and notary are the same person.

* Short time between entry and marriage

* Unusual marriage history

* Children born during marriage to other parent

* Unusual number of children and large discrepancy in age

* Unusual dates on submitted documents

* Divorce / new marriage dates close

** Unusual or large age discrepancy between spouses (when found in conjunction with other indicators)

* Unusual associations between family members

** Unusual cultural differences

**Low employment/financial status of petitioner

* Previous marriages to foreign nationals

If during your first interview, you showed: extreme nervousness, over interaction, lack of knowledge about basic questions, lack of interest/interaction, evasive or gave general answer, your case may be considered suspicious and may require careful scrutiny.

Courtesy:uscis

[Chynna/gapamix 11]

Thanks for that post, so far the most interesting thing i read today on VJ .

Chynna

[NoneYa 73]

Thank you for posting that.

[R and F 34]

Although each case is different, some common fraud indicators may present in your case prompting the USCIS/ Consulates to carefully review your file.

* Documents issued either immediately before the interview or immediately after the interview;

* Over-submission of documents;

* Staged photos;

* Suspect tax filings/financial transactions;

* Multiple applications/petitions by single applicant/petitioner;

* Common preparer, especially known shaky immigration consultants;

* Suspicious filing history of beneficiary or applicant;

Suspect documents;

* Biometric discrepancies;

* Denied for abandonment or withdrawal after RFE issued;

* Preparer and notary are the same person.

* Short time between entry and marriage

* Unusual marriage history

* Children born during marriage to other parent

* Unusual number of children and large discrepancy in age

* Unusual dates on submitted documents

* Divorce / new marriage dates close

** Unusual or large age discrepancy between spouses (when found in conjunction with other indicators)

* Unusual associations between family members

** Unusual cultural differences

**Low employment/financial status of petitioner

* Previous marriages to foreign nationals

If during your first interview, you showed: extreme nervousness, over interaction, lack of knowledge about basic questions, lack of interest/interaction, evasive or gave general answer, your case may be considered suspicious and may require careful scrutiny.

Courtesy:uscis

Please tell us where you found this information. Truly helpful. Thanks.

Edited September 3, 2011 by R and F

[AKSinghSingh79 143]

Although each case is different, some common fraud indicators may present in your case prompting the USCIS/ Consulates to carefully review your file.

* Documents issued either immediately before the interview or immediately after the interview;

* Over-submission of documents;

* Staged photos;

* Suspect tax filings/financial transactions;

* Multiple applications/petitions by single applicant/petitioner;

* Common preparer, especially known shaky immigration consultants;

* Suspicious filing history of beneficiary or applicant;

Suspect documents;

* Biometric discrepancies;

* Denied for abandonment or withdrawal after RFE issued;

* Preparer and notary are the same person.

* Short time between entry and marriage

* Unusual marriage history

* Children born during marriage to other parent

* Unusual number of children and large discrepancy in age

* Unusual dates on submitted documents

* Divorce / new marriage dates close

** Unusual or large age discrepancy between spouses (when found in conjunction with other indicators)

* Unusual associations between family members

** Unusual cultural differences

**Low employment/financial status of petitioner

* Previous marriages to foreign nationals

If during your first interview, you showed: extreme nervousness, over interaction, lack of knowledge about basic questions, lack of interest/interaction, evasive or gave general answer, your case may be considered suspicious and may require careful scrutiny.

Courtesy:uscis

What exactly counts as over-submission of documents? Because I'm planning on frontloading my I-129F with a lot of documentation due to the nature of the New Delhi consulate. I've always heard this a good thing but apparently it can be a bad thing too.

[patient2010 93]

Thanks for sharing!

[daryl&lada 8]

Interesting post. Thanks for the post!

[souleymon 27]

Obviously, a link to any of the above mentioned does not signify an outright denial,because they are all checks that needs be done on application.

Some red flags r uncoverable -such as age diff,religion diff n previous marriages etc.what count above all is genuiety in ongoing relationship.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

This list was NOT produced by USCIS. It's from an article by Baughman and Wang, immigration attorneys:

http://lawbw.com/home/why-uscis-might-think-your-application-is-fraudulent/

Please do not try to mislead people into believing advice or information comes from USCIS or any other US government agency unless you know for certain that it does. While the information may, indeed, be accurate, the source is not an official US government source.

[S_R 148]

This list was NOT produced by USCIS. It's from an article by Baughman and Wang, immigration attorneys:

http://lawbw.com/home/why-uscis-might-think-your-application-is-fraudulent/

Please do not try to mislead people into believing advice or information comes from USCIS or any other US government agency unless you know for certain that it does. While the information may, indeed, be accurate, the source is not an official US government source.

Mr JimVaphuong: I believe the attached file shows clearly that USCIS indeed issued these guidelines but i stand to be corrected.

USCIS_Fraud_Referral_Sheet.pdf

Edited September 3, 2011 by S_R

[TBoneTX 43,062]

It's been awhile since that Fraud Referral sheet has been posted, and I believe that it was in the Embassy/Consulate forum -- many thanks for that great reminder in the K-1 forum, where it's also helpful. The larger point behind Jim's post is that any official-sounding statements publicized here must have the source attributed. If the law firm (per Jim's research) failed to attribute that list of items to the Fraud Referral sheet, then those attorneys (or their website people) have committed a serious omission.

Regardless, all's well that ends well. Thanks again for posting that Fraud sheet!

Edited September 3, 2011 by TBoneTX

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Mr JimVaphuong: I believe the attached file shows clearly that USCIS indeed issued these guidelines but i stand to be corrected.

If it doesn't say ".gov", it isn't official.

It's been awhile since that Fraud Referral sheet has been posted, and I believe that it was in the Embassy/Consulate forum -- many thanks for that great reminder in the K-1 forum, where it's also helpful. The larger point behind Jim's post is that any official-sounding statements publicized here must have the source attributed. If the law firm (per Jim's research) failed to attribute that list of items to the Fraud Referral sheet, then those attorneys (or their website people) have committed a serious omission.

Regardless, all's well that ends well. Thanks again for posting that Fraud sheet!

That Benjamin note stapled to the application might be a possible intent to defraud as well.

[TBoneTX 43,062]

If it doesn't say ".gov", it isn't official.

Well, maybe not, Gov'n'r, but the typewritten line on the page bottoms says AILA (acronym of the American Immigration Lawyers Association), so that's a pretty good clue of legitimacy.

That Benjamin note stapled to the application might be a possible intent to defraud as well.

, si man.

Actually, in regard to legitimacy, it's been said that "99% of all lawyers give the rest a bad name," si man.

[S_R 148]

It's been awhile since that Fraud Referral sheet has been posted, and I believe that it was in the Embassy/Consulate forum -- many thanks for that great reminder in the K-1 forum, where it's also helpful. The larger point behind Jim's post is that any official-sounding statements publicized here must have the source attributed. If the law firm (per Jim's research) failed to attribute that list of items to the Fraud Referral sheet, then those attorneys (or their website people) have committed a serious omission.

Regardless, all's well that ends well. Thanks again for posting that Fraud sheet!

TBoneTX: I believe i quoted USCIS as the source in my original post before Mr JIM disputed it. Thanks for your post though.

[TBoneTX 43,062]

"Courtesy:uscis" is inadequate to enable people to research the material further for themselves, and it implies that the posted information came from a secondary source that may have altered or omitted key contents. Again, no lasting harm done, but complete citations (if not source URLs) are optimal in these situations.