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### Viewing cable 06REYKJAVIK22, FRAUD SUMMARY - ICELAND

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06REYKJAVIK22 | 2006-01-18 18:06 | 2011-01-13 05:05 | UNCLASSIFIED | Embassy Reykjavik

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    VZCZCXYZ0017
    RR RUEHWEB

    DE RUEHRK #0022/01 0181852
    ZNR UUUUU ZZH
    R 181852Z JAN 06
    FM AMEMBASSY REYKJAVIK
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2516
    RUEHPNH/NVC PORTSMOUTH 0186
    INFO RUEHCP/AMEMBASSY COPENHAGEN 0283
    RUEHNY/AMEMBASSY OSLO 0205
    RUEHSM/AMEMBASSY STOCKHOLM 0118
    RUEHHE/AMEMBASSY HELSINKI 0107

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    UNCLAS REYKJAVIK 000022

    SIPDIS

    SIPDIS

    DEPT FOR CA/FPP, ALSO PASS TO KCC

    E.O. 12958: N/A
    TAGS: KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC IC
    SUBJECT: FRAUD SUMMARY - ICELAND

    REF:  05 STATE 205073

    ¶1.  Summary:  Iceland is comparatively a low-fraud country.
    No identifiable, consistant fraud patterns involving U.S.
    passports or immigrant visas currently exist in Iceland.
    End Summary

    ¶2.  This cable updates the country fraud summary for Iceland
    per ref A.

    COUNTRY CONDITIONS:  As a prosperous, democratic country
    with an extensive and generous social welfare sytem, Iceland
    is not generally characterized by the political, economic,
    and social conditions which create widespread fraud.
    Iceland has a large foreign-born population of approximately
    8 percent.  This group consists of both naturalized
    Icelandic citizens and permanent residents.  Integration
    into Icelandic society by non-native populations can vary
    widely depending on individual circumstances and factors
    such as language, culture, employment and housing.  Iceland
    participates in the Visa Waiver Program.  Most Icelandic
    passports and national IDs are machine-readable and Iceland
    will start producing biometric passports in 2006.  Obtaining
    fraudulent birth certificates or other registry items is
    difficult since all records are computerized, centrally
    stored, and easy to verify.  At the same time, Iceland has a
    large number of asylum seekers who have not been able to
    document their identity.  Most of them are able to obtain
    restricted Icelandic alien passports.  In some cases, these
    insufficently identified persons can even obtain Icelandic
    citizenship and passports, allowing them to travel on the
    Visa Waiver Program.

    The overall adjusted refusal rate was 6.3 percent, down
    slightly from last year.  A part-time FSN NIV specialist
    manages fraud prevention efforts at post.  During FY2005
    post focused its anti-fraud efforts on information sharing,
    training and management.

    ¶3.  NIV FRAUD:  Although petty NIV fraud is minimal, post
    pays careful attention to applicants seeking visas for
    extended visits (often in connection with unauthorized
    employment), young Icelandic applicants applying for a B1/B2
    (with the intention of working as baby sitters), "new
    Icelanders" (who only recently obtained Icelandic
    citizenship), third-country nationals resident in Iceland,
    and non-resident NIV applicants.  During FY2005, post
    received NIV applications from citizens from 44 countries.
    The most significant third country national groups are
    citizens of Poland (15 applications), Norway (12
    applications), Lithuania (9 applications), Romania (6
    applications), Denmark (6 applications) and Great Britain (6
    applications).

    Post receives approximately 2 turnaround reports each month,
    mainly for previous overstays on the Visa Waiver Program or
    evidence of intended illegal employment.
    Post had two NIV applicants that were suspected to have
    fraudulent passports.  After taking these passports to the
    Icelandic Immigration Authorities and using their equipment
    to examine these passports post was assured that these
    passports where genuine, just in bad condition.  One of the
    applicants obtained a new passport and qualified for a Visa.
    The other applicant was refused under 214b.

    ¶4.  IV FRAUD:  The IV units's main fraud concern is family
    based IV applications from third-country nationals with
    foreign birth, marriage and police certificates.  During
    this period there was one suspected case.  In that case
    there was a concern if a marriage between an American
    citizen husband and an Icelandic citizen wife was solely for
    Immigrant Visa purposes.  The wife had an overstay in the
    U.S. and there was a concern if the marriage was genuine.  A
    DHS officer from London came to Iceland to interview the
    couple and approved the petition.  The case will be finished
    here in Iceland.

    ¶5.  DV FRAUD:  Post did not uncover any cases involving DV
    fraud during FY2005.  The majority of DV applicants in
    Iceland are Icelandic citizens.  That makes it easier for
    the post to examine documents.

    ¶6.  ACS FRAUD:  U.S. passport fraud is minimal at post.
    During this period there was one suspected case.  The case
    involved an American soldier stationed in Bahrain whose
    Ethiopian wife obtained fraudulent documents for employment
    in Bahrain.  Their child was born in Bahrain with the
    mother's fraudulent name on the birth certificate.  The case
    is still open.  False claims to U.S. citizenship and photo-
    substituted identification documents are the main fraud
    concerns in the ACS unit.  Lost or stolen passport cases
    occur frequently as many tourists come to Iceland and lose
    their passports.

    ¶7.  ADOPTION FRAUD:  Post does not handle any adoption
    documents.

    ¶8.  ASYLUM AND OTHER DHS BENEFITS FRAUD: Post did not
    uncover any cases involving asylum fraud during FY2005.

    ¶9.  COOPERATION WITH HOST GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES:
    Cooperation between post and the Icelandic authorities
    issuing passports and investigating fraud is very good.  The
    Border Police have excellent equipment to investigate
    fraudulent documents and have willingly assisted post
    whenever post has requested it.

    ¶10.  AREAS OF PARTICULAR CONCERN:  Iceland is a transit
    point for alien traffickers and refugees from China, Africa
    and Eastern Europe.  It is relatively easy to obtain
    Icelandic refugee travel documents or alien passports even
    when the identity of the applicant is not clearly
    established.  Some refugees become naturalized Icelandic
    citizens within three to seven years, and thus are eligible
    for travel on the Visa Waiver program.  Post has also seen
    an increased number of media reports about alien smugglers
    trafficking Chinese women through Iceland to other countries
    in Western Europe and potentially to the United States.

    ¶11.  STAFFING AND TRAINING:  We do not have a Fraud
    Prevention Unit at post.  All consular LES staff are cross-
    trained in basic fraud prevention tools and tactics.  One of
    the LES staff received the Fraud Prevention training at FSI
    and held an information session at post sharing what she had
    learnt at FSI for the Consular Section and the Regional
    Security Office.  The Consular Section used the Consular
    Leadership Day in January 2005 to strengthen the
    relationship between the section and the Icelandic Border
    Police at the airport.  They showed post their equipment and
    how they make use of it.  They also informed post of the
    kinds of cases with which they had been dealing and how they
    had been able to detect these cases.  Post recommends
    additional fraud prevention training for the Consular
    Officer.

    VAN VOORST

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