Canadian immigration and law enforcing authorities have charged a group of people for their alleged involvement in the immigration fraud through sham marriages for gaining permanent residence in Canada. Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) charged 39 people this Tuesday August 28th, 2012 for their role in the bogus marriages in which women of Canadian nationality [...]
Rep. Michael Grimm’s supporter during 2010 congressional election campaign has been detained in New York on charges of violating immigration laws as claimed in a number of media reports. Businessman Ofer Biton, an Israeli national, assisted the Congressman in fund raising to the tune of thousands of dollars. Businessman Ofer Biton has been charged with [...]
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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has laid 61 charges against Carol Massoud, 23 charges against Bradley Jacobson and 8 charges against Kendall Schmidt under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and the Criminal Code. Ms. Massoud appeared at the Montréal courthouse where as Bradley Jacobson and Kendall Schmidt appeared at the Winnipeg Provincial Court. The [...]
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The biometric data matches revealed that a shocking number of 1300 out of 2000 failed refugee claimants in Ireland were caught up in identity swapping on previous occasions. Ireland denied their refugee claims after finding the previous immigration histories through biometric data sharing with United Kingdom. Ireland has visa waiver program for nationals of 14 [...]
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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has issued arrest warrants of an immigration consultant and an employee for alleged involvement in counselling misrepresentation to commit residency fraud to obtain Canadian citizenship. One employee is already under arrest. The immigration consultant Ziad El Shurafa and his employee Mohammed Elhajabed each face eight counts of counselling misrepresentation whereas [...]
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New Zealand Immigration was able to bar a number of criminals and fraudsters entering New Zealand by using biometric information sharing system during the year 2011. New Zealand immigration checked the biometric data of about 440 people using the biometric immigration identity system in 2011. The immigration department was able to identify 37 applicants attempting to [...]
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According the Australian Immigration Department, the number of fraudulent applications for Australian immigration as member of family are increasing and department is working hard to weed out the bogus visa applications. A former employee of the immigration department who worked at the High Commission of Australia in Pakistan revealed in a television program that she [...]
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Spouses who came to Canada and became Canadian permanent resident or citizens will be unable to submit a sponsorship application to bring a new spouse within a period of five year of gaining the permanent resident status effective March 2, 2012. Canadian government has been working to deter the immigration frauds involving marriages and it [...]
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