10 Quick Tips About Immigration Scams
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Tip 1: Common Immigration Scams
https://www.uscis.gov/avoid-scams/common-scams
Tip 2: Scam Alerts
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/features/scam-alerts
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/taxonomy/term/863
Tip 3: Notario Scams
FTC.gov: How Myriam and Pedro Learned about Notario Scams (pdf)
https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/ files/articles/pdf/pdf-0203-fotonovela-notario-scams.pdf
FTC.gov: Cómo se enteraron Myriam y Pedro de las estafas de notario (pdf)
https://www.consumidor.ftc.gov/ articulos/spdf-0203-estafas-de-notario.pdf
Tip 4: Resources to Avoid Immigration Scams
www.uscis.gov/avoid-scams/resource-center
Tip 5: U.S. Government Website for Immigration Info
U.S. Embassy and Consulate websites:
http://www.usembassy.gov/
Department of State, Consular Affairs travel website:
http://travel.state.gov
Department of State, Diversity Visa Lottery website:
http://www.dvlottery.state.gov
Department of Homeland Security (DHS):
http://www.dhs.gov
DHS, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services:
http://www.uscis.gov
DHS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
http://www.cbp.gov
DHS, Immigration and Customs Enforcement:
http://www.ice.gov
Department of Labor:
http://www.doleta.gov
Tip 6: Immigrate to the United States
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate.html
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/diversity-visa-program-entry.html
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/diversity-visa-program-entry/diversity-visa-instructions.html
Tip 7: Work or Study in the United States
https://www.uscis.gov/working-us
Tip 8: Check My Case Status (and more tools)
https://www.uscis.gov/tools
https://egov.uscis.gov/casestatus/landing.do
Tip 9: Good, Low-cost Legal Aid
https://www.justice.gov/eoir/list-pro-bono-legal-service-providers
Tip 10: Report a Scam
https://www.ftccomplaintassistant.gov/
Thanks for learning more about Immigration Scams!
Have you been a victim of immigration fraud? Do you know about people who might be victims of fraud—or who are committing fraud? USCIS wants to make reporting suspected fraud easy.
email: Reportfraudtips@uscis.dhs.gov
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