Andhra applicant arrested for falsifying degree and bank records in US visa case

A 25-year-old man from Andhra Pradesh was detained by Delhi Police after the US Embassy lodged a complaint that he had used forged paperwork to apply for a non-immigrant visa. On August 7 he visited the embassy, submitting a falsified Bachelor of Commerce in Computers degree from a Rajasthan-based university, along with a fabricated appraisal letter claiming a monthly salary of Rs 35,000 and an experience certificate covering Dec 2023 to July 2026.

He also presented a net-worth certificate showing assets of Rs 1.2 crore and bank statements indicating balances of Rs 45 lakh and Rs 50 lakh. In the visa interview he admitted the educational documents were provided by a visa agent, Nitin, in Vijayawada, and that the bank statements were created at the agent’s direction, while his family had taken loans to exaggerate the balances. He further acknowledged that he had worked only a few months at the company, contrary to the two-and-a-half years claimed. The embassy officials concluded there was probable cause of a conspiracy to obtain the visa through fraudulent documents and transferred the suspect to police, who filed an FIR at Chanakyapuri police station.