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do you think immigration will check if recommendation letters are legitimate, such as calling or contacting those people or finding out if they are reputable, etc?
or, they are just going to believe who they are?

Thanks
 
I'm sure it is possible to submit fake recommendation letter. I am sure that people do it all the time and it goes undetected. AFAIK, BCIS will not call and check whether the letter is bona fide but it's liable to send an RFE and request an updated CV of the person who wrote it. It is just too much of a risk for too little a gain - should one get caught he'll be in a see of trouble, and the letters, they do not mean much in the grand scheme of things
 
hi thanks for replies
how about for EB2?

another question:
if i can get letters from my home country government officials, especially the dept. of education and technology in regards to my expertise , research and related info, will it be a good support document?

Thanks
 
Originally posted by $$01011964
In this forum, it was already discussed that the recommendation letter is not absolutely necessary for EB1 application if one can document enough first hand evidences to prove the criteria defined in the application guideline.
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And that's exactly what I meant when I said that these letters do not mean much in the grand scheme of things.
 
Originally posted by lamonte
And that's exactly what I meant when I said that these letters do not mean much in the grand scheme of things.
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I must say that it is rare to see an arguement on this side of the fence w.r.t. letters. EB-1 petitions without strong letters is indeed uncommon and should be considered an exception rather than rule.

Large scale use of fake letters will effectively shut down these categories. I think people receiving RFEs asking for government references is a sign that some of this is happening.

Brian
 
Originally posted by leroythelion
I must say that it is rare to see an arguement on this side of the fence w.r.t. letters. EB-1 petitions without strong letters is indeed uncommon and should be considered an exception rather than rule.
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Nonetheless it's true. It's entirely possible to submit an EB-1 petiotion without any letters, based on evidence only, and no amount of letters will help you if the evidence is missing. As matter of fact my RFE specifically said that submitting additional letters will not influence the decision.


Large scale use of fake letters will effectively shut down these categories. I think people receiving RFEs asking for government references is a sign that some of this is happening.

Brian
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I absolutely agree, but that's the way these things go - the easiest category gets abused, then it gets shut down. That's how we got NYSDOT, through people who were abusing NIW which was relatively easy at the time. The same thing happened to F-1.
 
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