FREE two-day Polygraph Workshop:
1: CE Polygraph Fundamentals Skills Update Workshop
2: CE Immigration Polygraph basics
October 22-23, 2008 in Los Angeles CA- #1 and #2
January 31, 2009 in Los Angeles CA- #2 only
Need spelling of your name in advance
for your Continuing Education certificates.
Participating PEOA Members Only; no fee!
Next 2009 training workshops
schedule to be posted here soon.
2009 Immigration Polygraph Seminar
copyrighted material handouts
typically include:
IMMIGRATION/ASYLUM/REFUGEE POLYGRAPHS
Polygraph for Immigration / Asylum / Refugee applicants
Information on the US Asylum Program
Asylum polygraph information
Acronyms involved with
Immigration/Asylum/Refugee matters
(Know what these initials stand for, or risk looking
uninformed when dealing with immigration attorneys!)
The US Government’s definition of Asylum
The required elements of Asylum
What determines a ‘Well-Founded Fear’?
What is ‘Persecution’?
The REAL ID Act of 2005
The REAL ID Act of 2005:
Corroborating Evidence
“ . . . . may require other evidence to
corroborate otherwise credible testimony”
Key laws involving Asylum
What is a ‘Merits Hearing’?
Definition of Marriage Immigration Fraud
Sample: an actual Asylum Hearing appointment letter
Affidavit of Support (19 pages)
VAWA: Violence Against Women Act
(increasingly involved in immigration matters)
Websites of government agencies
connected to immigration/asylum
Definition of Amnesty
Amnesty information
Form I-9: Employment Eligibility Verification
The major sources of evidence
Definition of ‘Expert Witness’
Testifying in court as a Polygraph Expert
Other types of Immigration-related hearings
Glossary of Immigration terms
More asylum polygraph information
Bars to Asylum
(no exceptions:
if any of these apply to an applicant,
asylum will not be granted)
A potential bar to asylum,
and how to deal with it:
If applicant was a member of
the military in his homeland.
(As a military member, he may be
considered to be a ‘persecutor’ himself)
Ineligibility
Inadmissibility
IRCA: Immigration Reform and Control Act
LIFE: Legal Immigration and Family Equity Act
News story, misconduct and wrongly deporting/denying