In the 1990s, PEOA
pioneered the use of 'webinars' (interactive training via the
Internet) amongst the polygraph profession.
Such interactive --and
free-- round-table discussions continue in 2009, different topics each
month.
Some of these interactive forums continue for several
days; members have the choice to either quietly observe or to jump in and
participate.
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The current on-line Continuing Education 'webinar' available to
PEOA forum members:
Using An Interpreter for Polygraph
Examinations
Participating Members Only; no fee!
Using
published Federal guidelines; this is split up into several daily postings
throughout this month.
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Last three topics: ---Polygraphing
incarcerated persons ---Objective Scoring System 3 ---Polygraphing
amputees & pregnant persons
FREE to PEOA members.
FREE two-day in-person Polygraph Workshop: 1: CE
Polygraph Fundamentals Skills Update Workshop 2: CE
Immigration Polygraph basics workshop
October 22-23, 2008 in Los
Angeles CA
Need spelling of your name in advance for your Continuing
Education certificates.
Participating PEOA Members Only; no fee!
Next 2009 Immigration Polygraph Seminars in-person schedule to be
posted here soon.
2009 Immigration Polygraph in-person 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)
Ineligibility
Inadmissibility
IRCA: Immigration Reform and Control Act
LIFE: Legal Immigration and Family Equity Act
News story, misconduct and
wrongly deporting/denying