fraud

[chang]

hello cfl,

Im in a different situation than all of you, I do not have a visa case. But I came across this site, and thought it would be of some help. I know of a fraudulant case currently being proccessed. It is for sure not bonafide because I have had personal conversations with the petitioner who has admitted it. There are lots of honest people here who have trouble getting their real bonafide relationships approved, i dont want any fraud cases getting approved in their place. My question is, is there anything I should do or can do?

[Guest Rob & Jin]

just out of curiosity, why would s/he admit that to you ?

[MikeXiao]

just out of curiosity, why would s/he admit that to you ?

 

OK let's just say that they let it slip, and you caught it. What can you do about it? You can write a letter or email to the consulate that will handle the case, and let them know the specifics. When the case comes before them, they can look into it harder. Will they? That is up to them. Will they pay any attention to your letter or email? Maybe, maybe not. Just give them specifics, not hear say, that is all you can do.

[Batmaniac]

OK let's just say that they let it slip, and you caught it. What can you do about it? You can write a letter or email to the consulate that will handle the case, and let them know the specifics. When the case comes before them, they can look into it harder. Will they? That is up to them. Will they pay any attention to your letter or email? Maybe, maybe not. Just give them specifics, not hear say, that is all you can do.

 

They might just think he is a jilted ex BF and not even pay attention to the letter. Hell, maybe he is.

[Randy W]

http://candleforlove.com/forums/index.php?...st&p=165742

 

Dear CFL Members,

 

It is apparent from your posts that most of you already know just how big a problem fraud is for the Consulate. Valuable time and resources must be taken away from the process of adjudicating visas and re-allocated to combating fraud. It is illegal to engage in a sham marriage for the purpose of avoiding U.S. immigration laws and it is our job to keep this from happening. However, due to the extremely large sums of money involved many people have no qualms about breaking the law. This causes delays in the processing of your spouses and fiancées visas both here and in the U.S. and is no small part of why the wait for a visa is so long.

 

The Consulate would like to enlist your help in combating fraud. We have found that petitioners and their legitimate beneficiaries are great sources of information about fraud patterns and trends. If you are interested in helping, please post any information you might have. This is especially useful if you or your spouse is approached with shady offers. Of course, you can do this anonymously if you like by sending us letters or faxes, but we feel the information will be useful to your colleagues as well. We are not asking for what you have termed “third party correspondence or asking you to rat out anyone. We are just hoping you can help us make this process more efficient.

 

If you have read this far, a lot of you are thinking now, “why should I help these people who are the source of all our misery? Well, here are a few reasons:

 

1. You can give us suggestions as to what kind of things you and your spouses hear about so that we can combat these problems and re-devote resources to visa adjudication in order to speed up the visa process.

2. You can help your colleagues avoid falling into the trap of getting involved with scam artists. For example, one problem we have noticed is that otherwise legitimate visa applicants are sometimes convinced by unscrupulous people that they need to “purchase more evidence in order to strengthen their case. We usually catch the purchased evidence and this can make the entire case looks suspicious, where as it would have otherwise been fine.

3. You can make us aware of any problems your spouses might be having acquiring the required documents. One recent post mentioned that their spouse was being blackmailed into paying a bribe in order to obtain a birth certificate. We would really like to know the specifics on this, so that we can either take this up with the local officials to stop the practice or find some kind of alternate method for your spouse to obtain these documents, so that they can avoid being scammed.

 

Due to the extremely large sums of money involved and the high demand for immigration to the U.S., we do not see an end to fraud in the near future. We also do not have the resources to follow up on every single lead we receive. However, with your help, we can make some inroads and make it easier to distinguish between fraudulent and legitimate cases.

 

Sincerely,

 

Immigrant Visa Unit, U.S. Consulate, Guangzhou, China

 

 

 

A discussion of 3rd party correspondence with USCONGUZ

[Guest Tony n Terrific]

You can write a letter to Guz and tell them the particulars of this scammer. Maybe the will take a deeper look into the visa application.

[chang]

i am not an ex boyfriend. the petitioner is male and i am male. and he has casually said at the workplace. no one else cares but i just thought it was really wrong and they might get away with it. thanks to those who were helpful.

[warpedbored]

If you are 100% sure this is visa fraud then send a PM to GZ speaks with the petitioners name address phone.