The current on-line Continuing Education
'webinar' available to PEOA forum members:
Using An Interpreter for Polygraph Examinations
Participating Members Only; no fee!
Using the published Federal guidelines; this is split up
into a series of daily postings throughout this month.
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
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)
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)
--- Dates and specifications are subject to change---
MOST RECENT SCHEDULED AND
PAST IN-PERSON EVENTS:
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
Need spelling of your name in advance
for your Continuing Education certificates.
Participating Members Only; no fee!
FREE two-day Polygraph Workshop:
Polygraph Fundamentals Refresher
January 17-18, 2008 in Van Nuys CA
Including hands-on with all 4 polygraph manufacturers!
Need spelling of your name in advance
for your Continuing Education certificate.
Participating Members Only; no fee!
FREE two-day Polygraph Workshop:
'Polygraph Skills Update'
December 12-13, 2007 in Los Angeles CA
Brush-up on basic theory and technique,
and also learn some new information.
Need spelling of your name in advance
for your Continuing Education certificate.
Participating Members Only; no fee!
FREE one-day Polygraph Workshop:
'Limestone Laboratory'
October 19, 2007 in Los Angeles CA
See newest model; speak with veteran users;
learn some little-known 'tips and tricks'.
Need spelling of your name in advance
for your Continuing Education certificate.
Participating Members Only; no fee!
FREE two-day Polygraph Workshop:
1: Polygraph Fundamentals Skills Update Workshop
2: Immigration Polygraph Workshop
July 11-12, 2007 in Woodland Hills CA
Including hands-on with all 4 polygraph manufacturers!
Need spelling of your name in advance
for your Continuing Education certificate.
Participating Members Only; no fee!
FREE one-day Polygraph Workshop:
Manual Chart Scoring using the
DACA Numerical Evaluation Scoring System
November 15, 2006 in Los Angeles CA
and
April 1, 2007 in Los Angeles CA
and
July 1, 2007 in Chicago IL
Learn more exacting techniques than
those taught at typical civilian polygraph
academies; this is formatted straight from
DACA's excellent 70-page scoring manual.
Need spelling of your name in advance
for your Continuing Education certificate.
Participating Members Only; no fee!