---
title: "Screen a visa filing for fraud or willful misrepresentation of a material fact"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/screen-visa-documents-for-alteration-or-digital-creation-before-lodgemen/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A30-FL20261022-5-US"
practice_area: "Immigration & Migration Law"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Screen a visa filing for fraud or willful misrepresentation of a material fact

> From the document and the answer the lawyer has marked, record the question whether the person, by fraud or by willfully misrepresenting a material fact, seeks to procure, has sought to procure, or has procured a visa,…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Immigration & Migration Law](https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the document and the answer the lawyer has marked, record the question whether the person, by fraud or by willfully misrepresenting a material fact, seeks to procure, has sought to procure, or has procured a visa, other documentation, admission, or another benefit under the Act. Record, separately, that full and truthful disclosure of all information requested by the Department of Homeland Security is a condition of a nonimmigrant's admission and continued stay. Do not decide that a fact is material. Do not decide inadmissibility or loss of status. Do not draft a correction. |
| What the lawyer must review | The lawyer decides materiality and the consequence. 8 U.S.C. § 1182(a)(6)(C)(i) makes inadmissible a person who, by fraud or willfully misrepresenting a material fact, seeks to procure or has procured a visa, other documentation, admission, or other benefit under the chapter. 8 C.F.R. § 214.1(f) makes full and truthful disclosure a condition of a nonimmigrant's admission and continued stay, and treats a willful failure, whether or not the information was material, as a failure to maintain status under section 237(a)(1)(C)(i). The tool does not decide either consequence. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Screen visa documents for alteration or digital creation before lodgement](https://ailawframework.com/practice/immigration-and-migration-law/screen-visa-documents-for-alteration-or-digital-creation-before-lodgemen.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: From the document and the answer the lawyer has marked, record the question whether the person, by fraud or by willfully misrepresenting a material fact, seeks to procure, has sought to procure, or has procured a visa, other documentation, admission, or another benefit under the Act. Record, separately, that full and truthful disclosure of all information requested by the Department of Homeland Security is a condition of a nonimmigrant's admission and continued stay. Do not decide that a fact is material. Do not decide inadmissibility or loss of status. Do not draft a correction.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- The statute requires a material fact for that inadmissibility ground. The nonimmigrant status regulation does not.
- Do not describe this screen as an Australian document-alteration opinion. The lawyer decides what the document shows.

## Sources

- [8 U.S.C. § 1182, inadmissibility, including fraud or willful misrepresentation](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1182) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [8 C.F.R. § 214.1, admission, extension, and maintenance of status](https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/8/214.1) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*