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.
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Control of the Authenticity and Validity of Travel Documents at Airport Borders – Level 1 (MRTD-1 EN) MRTD-1 EN
190/093/MRTD INI EN
ICAO Course
Objective
Learning objectives
- 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.
Structure
- 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
Target audience
Front-line inspection officers from airport border control authorities.
