Training, assistance,
and referral services available.
FREE two-day Polygraph Workshop:
1: CE Polygraph Fundamentals Skills Update Workshop
2: CE Immigration Polygraph basics workshop
October 22-23, 2008 in Los Angeles CA- both #1 and #2
January 31, 2009- #2 only
Need spelling of your name in advance
for your Continuing Education certificates.
Participating PEOA Members Only; no fee!
Next 2009 Immigration Polygraph Seminars
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
TPS: Temporary Protected Status
Terrorism
U-visa
Human Trafficking
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
Typical technique used, asylum polygraph examination
Report example, asylum polygraph examination
Example:
declaration, under penalty of perjury
(when submitting a polygraph report into court evidence;
often done on ‘pleading –numbered- paper’)
Sample sheet: pleading paper
(you can photocopy)
News story involving immigration and polygraph
Example:
website of an Immigration/Asylum polygraph specialist
Using an Interpreter
(Federal training)
Using an Interpreter
(additional Federal training)
Federal Rules of Evidence
(Article VII: Opinions and Expert Testimony)
Federal Rule of Evidence 702
(Testimony by Experts: qualified by knowledge,
skill, experience, training, or education)
Immigration/Asylum textbooks
(build your library)
and more!
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