Control of the Authenticity and Validity of Travel Documents at Airport Borders - Level 1 (MRTD-1 EN)

Goal 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. Learning Objectives • 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. 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 Primary Target Population Front-line inspection officers from airport border control authorities.