In the 1990s, PEOA (Polygraph Examiners Of America) pioneered the use of 'webinars': interactive training via the Internet amongst the polygraph profession.
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.
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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 on-line CE 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
January 14-15, 2011 in Van Nuys CA
Need spelling of your name in advance for your Continuing Education certificates.
Participating PEOA Members Only; no fee!
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