Mad rush of fraud visa applicants worries US

Source: Zee News-India

New Delhi, May 09: Indians aspiring to migrate to the US using "fraudulent" travel documents would be in trouble as the American Embassy here has intensified efforts to curb visa fraud in view of an "alarming" rise in the number of such applicants.

Embassy officials said the US encourages "legitimate Indian travellers" but some visa consultants and individuals have been found "misleading" the people by telling them that the US has simplified visa rules and "now is the time to get easy visas" in a clear case of "consumer fraud".

They said the US mission in India is "alarmed" by the mad rush of "clearly unqualified" visa applicants in recent weeks, creating a scarcity of visa appointments in New Delhi and in Mumbai for legitimate travellers during the busy summer travel season.

The situation has become so bad that the American Embassy here is cooperating with Indian government agencies to arrest people who turn up with false documents and try to get visas "fraudulently", clogging up the system.



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by the sheer number of applications using the name Micky Mouse with a sponsor's address in Sunset Blvd.

If this situation cropped up suddenly, I suspect a hacker is involved.
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