Seminars
and Webinars
In the 1990s,
thePIgroup (www.thePIgroup.com)
pioneered the use of online investigative
interactive training and 'webinars':
interactive training via the Internet
amongst the investigative professions.
Such interactive --and free-- round-table discussions
continue in 2011, 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.
Some are group participation and others are one-on-one.
Also available are our on-line texts that includes simulated practice license test
questions for the California Private Investigator, Private Patrol Operator PPO,
and Repossession Agency license examinations, as well as those for the private
investigator/detective licensing tests of many other states,
a simulator to a computer-testing as it advises the time limitations to answer each.
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The current on-line Continuing Education
'webinar' available to members of thePIgroup:
'Pretexting-- when is it not OK?'
(GLB Act, CFIPA, and more)
Participating Members Only; no fee!
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Last three on-line CE topics:
---Pretexting
---Locating Assets
---'Secret' and little-known sources and techniques
For our polygraph members:
FREE two-day in-person Workshop:
1: CE Polygraph Fundamentals Skills Update Workshop
2: CE Immigration Polygraph basics workshop
January 14-15, 2011 in Van Nuys CA
Need spelling of your name in advance
for your Continuing Education certificates.
Next 2011 Immigration Polygraph Seminars
(basics and advanced combined)
in-person schedule to be posted here soon.
2011 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
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)
and more!
--- Dates and specifications are subject to change---
Study material & practice test questions for Private Investigator
PI and Private Patrol Operator PPO licensing
tests is available by visiting www.thePIgroup.com!
We can assist with California, Hawaii, New York, Florida,
Missouri, Illinois, Washington, Texas, and more.