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
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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