Fraud fears over citizenship bids

Thu, Oct 16th 2014, 12:36 PM

 

SOME 300 applications for citizenship were returned earlier this year due to suspicions that birth certificates were fraudulently issued from the civil registry, Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell revealed yesterday.
All the certificates had to be re-certified, according to Mr Mitchell, who said the incident exposed the importance of utilising biometric data in a modern environment...

SOME 300 applications for citizenship were returned earlier this year due to suspicions that birth certificates were fraudulently issued from the civil registry, Immigration Minister Fred Mitchell revealed yesterday.

All the certificates had to be re-certified, according to Mr Mitchell, who said the incident exposed the importance of utilising biometric data in a modern environment...

 

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