F1 Visa Cancelled due to Fake Bank Statement
November 20, 2007 by Raghu
I came across this experience from one of the forum
respected sir,
my name is sandeep. sir i have applied for a F1 visa. and i got the visa. but after i got the visa with stamping i got a call from embassy saying comeback to embassy once again with the visa and documents.
i went to the embassy and i gave my visa, my certificates, my fixed deposits, my parents pay slips and bank statement.
they did verification for 4 hours and told me that all my documents were original except the bank statement.
the bank statement was given to me by a consultant. he took large amount of money saying that he would deposit in bank but he cheated me by giving a fake bank statement.
due to this reason my visa got canceled. they gave me one form in which Section 212(a)(6)(c)(i) was ticked. it said that due to producing fake bank statement for F1 visa. the waiver is permanent evethough a waiver may be given in future under certain circumstances.its written to refer form DSL-851a for further details.
sir this has happened for me. sir i want to know whether i can apply again for H1 or B1 or L1 visa other than F1 in future.
thanks..
Response from one of the forum member
It sounds like you were caught trying to enter the country and it was concluded that you were attempting to gain entry on the basis of fraud, resulting in your being permanently excluded from the United States. (Their skepticism probably comes from thoughts like this: How much money was supposed to be in the bank account? Why didn’t you know the balance of your own bank account, or get the statement from your own bank rather than through the forger?) What type of visa were you seeking?
If you indeed wish to get a waiver, I would suggest working with an immigration lawyer.
Reply from Sandeep:
thank you for the reply. i was seeking for F1 visa i.e student visa for studyin MS in USA.
sir i have done nothing wrong from my side. i have done the same documentation which every student who wants to study in USA does.
sir many students nearly 80 students got visas from the documentation of the same consultancy which i have opted.
sir where can i get an immigration lawyer . please do tell me some details about the imigration lawyer and the procedure.
sir i dont want to go for F1. i want to know whether i can go to USA through H1B visa.
Reply from forum member:
It may be that 80 other people committed the same fraud and that you were the only one caught, but that doesn’t change the fact that it was fraud and you were caught.
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hi folk…
Its not an exceptional case first of all.. The same rule applies every other country, they ask u the financial statement because they want to be sure if u can support living urself.. It means that u have to show ur bank account statement or ur dad or mom’s account (if it is accepted).. U said he promised u to deposit the money required to obtain visa, but he didn’t.. Instead he faked the bank statement.. dude! u are in a trap.. U cant say this to american embassy, cos they never asked u to go to a consultant.. Even if u tell the migration board, they will consider that u have given a forged document with the help of a 3rd party (consultant).. It doesn’t do any good.. So i think even if u seek a immigration lawyer to sue the consultant, he might tell the same.. Those 80 students were lucky, but u were unlucky in that instant.. thats what i can say.. bad luck… Its a pretty clear situation… I hope u wont have any problems when u apply for H1 or J1 or other visas.. otherwise try to find some loop holes, if u loose ur passport???? got my point?? good luck..
hi sandeep,the same thing happened to me but some different changes,i havent issued a visa,but first the lady who was interview asked me about my parents and i said my father does moulding products businees and mother as a lecturer ,and next went to my scores and next asked my finanical assets and she has seen the first one the SBI bank statement and next gone through the transactions of SBI there she has seen the transaction in lakhs he deposited 10 laks at a time and removed 3 laks like that ,she said is this transations ur father transactions ,i said yes mam,then she asked r u sure and she underlined those transactions,nex step she said it looks like a fake bank statement and asked r u sure these transactions r ur father i said yes,yes said ,please be seated sir,i will check the statement and call u back in few minutes,then i took my place ,next she called me and said,sir it has been proved that this is a fake bank statement sir,why did u do this ,who gave this to u ,there r so many qestions not only her and another visa officer who looks like indian came and asked who provided this tell me his name how did u know and how much did he charged and said there r 2 options at these moments one is i will mark u permanent rejection or else tell me the person from which u took the fake documents,i made slight story becasue if the consultant gets caught again it will be a problem,but their misterious questions made me say the name of consultacny i said spencers consultants which is runned by madhava reddy he asked how many reddy r there like that so and so i doono sir,i covered so many qestion and talast they rejected me and gave passport by rejecting this happened on november 7th 2006 and again i made my original bank statement by my fathers account and some fiexed deposirs total of 34 laks 100 percent geunines by taking a lot of risk but next time also lady visa officer rejected saying u have been rejected financailly how can u get now original i dont belive ur sir this happened on novemebr27th of 2006 and again went on decmeber 13th i kept last expectatinon that i will get and other thing the date to go to univ has come to 4 days but i was rjected again,so in frustration i kept to uk for northumbria university with the same documents bank statement of my father and got visa ,i am doing masters in uk now,any way dont worry sandeep u can get h1b visa or someother thing actually if u try after 1yr u will get visa they think ur finacial status has changed that is my best suggestion
@ Kripakaran
You quoted that if you declare a lost passport and get a new one, apply again for a US visa, will solve the problem of permanent rejection. To elaborate this, first if you are permanently denied entry into the US, then they will enter your details in their permanent denial database, which will not allow you get a visa with another passport also, or with a different citizenship all together since they now take finger prints of all the applicants. Another case is, if you are denied a visa, but not permanently, then they will keep your data for 3 years from the date of rejection and then delete it from their temporary database. So you can go with a new passport, or even the same old passport with a denial stamp on it, and urge for a fresh application. In this case, you need to prove that your case has matured over the time and you are now a legitimate contender for an entrance.
I was denied F1 visa in december 2002 as I could explain the consular officer “how I am going to provide continued financial support for my duration of stay”. Then she said that I could go back and learn some banking from my dad so that I can explain it better. (To be quoted that I was just 17 then, and I was going for my BS.) I was so pissed off with that remark, that I decided that I will never go to the US (a nation of arrogant people, as I thought then). I continued studying in India and I obtained my engineering degree here. A year back, I was working for an American giant and I was to go to the US for project related work, the company sent my application to the consulate and in the meantime I decided not to go again and I pulled back my application without going for an interview (so there was no second stamp on my passport). Earlier this year, my new company, a very respected Indian MNC, sent my application again to the US consulate and my interview was scheduled. This time I had no choice but to go the States as I had no back up for the new project I was supposed to head. I went to the US consular office, they asked simple questions, though meaningful in determining my genuineness, like since when you are working with this company (as they had the data of my previous application a year back). Finally I was granted visa without any problems. So my final verdict is that each case varies and it depends on how you tackle each situation.
How can you say you didn’t do anything wrong. Just because everyone does fraud doesn’t mean you are not responsible for your actions. If you didn’t have enough money, it always works best to say you are taking loan than going through consultancy with the intention of doing fraud. why did you even go to consultancy for help with gettin bank statement when you didn’t have enough money. It clearly shows that you had intentions of commiting fraud. This is what that section means:C) Misrepresentation.-
(i) In general.-Any alien who, by fraud or willfully misrepresenting a material fact, seeks to procure (or has sought to procure or has procured) a visa, other documentation, or admission into the United States or other benefit provided under this Act is inadmissible.
this is applicable I think for all visa types. Its always best to be honest.
I am sad to see our country people suggesting more fradulant actions like intentionally losing passport etc. Its because of this, many honest Indian citizens applying for visa are also doubted. You guys should be ashamed of yourselves.