US Revokes Over 600 Visas in Global Crackdown on Birth Tourism
The US government has launched a major effort to curb birth tourism, cancelling more than 600 visitor visas issued to foreigners who used the route to secure citizenship for their newborns. Officials said in early June that over 100 visas tied to networks operating in West Africa were revoked, along with more than 400 in Europe and over 100 in North Africa. Investigators uncovered sophisticated schemes involving fraudulent documents, visa fixers and coaching services that arranged housing and delivery plans in the US. All identified operations have been shut down, visas cancelled, and several fraudsters permanently banned from entering the country. Consular officers coordinated with local authorities and used data analytics to expose and end these illegal birth tourism schemes.
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