The purpose of this course is to consolidate the competencies of front-line Inspection officers from immigration and border control authorities to examine travel documents effectively, allowing them to expedite the movements of legitimate travellers while identifying high-risk individuals.

Upon successful completion of this course, participants will be able to:

•  Describe the basic elements of a travel document;
• Identify the different types of fraud;
• Examine a travel document manually and visually to detect whether it is fraudulent or not; and
• Examine a travel document using an electronic document reader to detect whether it is fraudulent or not.

• Module 0: Introduction
• Module 1: Fundamentals of the Control of the Authenticity and Validity of Travel Documents
• Module 2: Various Types of Fraud
• Module 3: Manual and Visual Inspection of Travel Documents to Detect Document Fraud
• Module 4: Inspection of Travel Documents by Means of an Electronic Reader to Detect Document Fraud

Front-line inspection officers from airport border control authorities.