{"id":335232,"date":"2025-01-13T13:37:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=335232"},"modified":"2025-01-13T13:37:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T17:37:02","slug":"govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t cautions against unauthorized immigration sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_335235\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335235\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-335235\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-of-Dionne-Durand-Smith-Press-Secretary-in-the-Office-of-the-Prime-Minister-of-Dominica-642x640.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"638\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-335235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dionne Durand-Smith, Press Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister of Dominica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Commonwealth of Dominica&#8217;s government urges travelers to remain vigilant and refrain from using unauthorized websites or services that claim to handle immigration or travel tasks on behalf of the Commonwealth of Dominica. It was announced via statement, that the official website, <a title=\"undefined\" href=\"https:\/\/edcard.dominica.gov.dm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/edcard.dominica.gov.dm<\/a>, is the sole authorized platform for submitting the Online Immigration and Customs Declaration Card.<\/p>\n<p>This government-operated and secure site provides a complimentary service, ensuring that travelers&#8217; information is processed accurately in accordance with Dominica&#8217;s Immigration and Customs Regulations. There are no fees associated with the completion of the online ED forms.<\/p>\n<p>Emphasizing the government&#8217;s dedication to delivering safe and efficient services to all travelers, the statement added that third-party sites may lead to misinformation, potential fraud, and delays in the processing of travel documents.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information or assistance, individuals are invited to reach out to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ministry of National Security and Home Affairs: +1-767-266-3289<\/li>\n<li>Discover Dominica Authority Concierge Office: +1-767-275-7263 or +1-767-275-7298<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Commonwealth of Dominica&#8217;s government urges travelers to remain vigilant and refrain from using unauthorized websites or services that claim to handle immigration or travel tasks on behalf of the Commonwealth of Dominica. It was announced via statement, that the&#8230;","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":335235,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[235,313,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-335232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-carousel","category-immigration","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gov&#039;t cautions against unauthorized immigration sites - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gov&#039;t cautions against unauthorized immigration sites - Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Commonwealth of Dominica&#8217;s government urges travelers to remain vigilant and refrain from using unauthorized websites or services that claim to handle immigration or travel tasks on behalf of the Commonwealth of Dominica. It was announced via statement, that the...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"Malaika\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-13T17:37:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-of-Dionne-Durand-Smith-Press-Secretary-in-the-Office-of-the-Prime-Minister-of-Dominica-e1736789463891.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"562\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730\"},\"headline\":\"Gov&#8217;t cautions against unauthorized immigration sites\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-13T17:37:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":196,\"commentCount\":1,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/Image-of-Dionne-Durand-Smith-Press-Secretary-in-the-Office-of-the-Prime-Minister-of-Dominica-e1736789463891.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Homepage Carousel\",\"Immigration\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\\\/\",\"name\":\"Gov't cautions against unauthorized immigration sites - Dominica News Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/Image-of-Dionne-Durand-Smith-Press-Secretary-in-the-Office-of-the-Prime-Minister-of-Dominica-e1736789463891.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-13T17:37:02+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/Image-of-Dionne-Durand-Smith-Press-Secretary-in-the-Office-of-the-Prime-Minister-of-Dominica-e1736789463891.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/Image-of-Dionne-Durand-Smith-Press-Secretary-in-the-Office-of-the-Prime-Minister-of-Dominica-e1736789463891.jpeg\",\"width\":960,\"height\":562,\"caption\":\"Dionne Durand-Smith, Press Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister of Dominica\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/homepage-carousel\\\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Gov&#8217;t cautions against unauthorized immigration sites\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dominica News Online\",\"description\":\"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"Malaika\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/malaika\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Gov't cautions against unauthorized immigration sites - Dominica News Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Gov't cautions against unauthorized immigration sites - Dominica News Online","og_description":"The Commonwealth of Dominica&#8217;s government urges travelers to remain vigilant and refrain from using unauthorized websites or services that claim to handle immigration or travel tasks on behalf of the Commonwealth of Dominica. It was announced via statement, that the...","og_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/","og_site_name":"Dominica News Online","article_author":"Malaika","article_published_time":"2025-01-13T17:37:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":562,"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-of-Dionne-Durand-Smith-Press-Secretary-in-the-Office-of-the-Prime-Minister-of-Dominica-e1736789463891.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730"},"headline":"Gov&#8217;t cautions against unauthorized immigration sites","datePublished":"2025-01-13T17:37:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/"},"wordCount":196,"commentCount":1,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-of-Dionne-Durand-Smith-Press-Secretary-in-the-Office-of-the-Prime-Minister-of-Dominica-e1736789463891.jpeg","articleSection":["Homepage Carousel","Immigration","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/","name":"Gov't cautions against unauthorized immigration sites - Dominica News Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-of-Dionne-Durand-Smith-Press-Secretary-in-the-Office-of-the-Prime-Minister-of-Dominica-e1736789463891.jpeg","datePublished":"2025-01-13T17:37:02+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-of-Dionne-Durand-Smith-Press-Secretary-in-the-Office-of-the-Prime-Minister-of-Dominica-e1736789463891.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-of-Dionne-Durand-Smith-Press-Secretary-in-the-Office-of-the-Prime-Minister-of-Dominica-e1736789463891.jpeg","width":960,"height":562,"caption":"Dionne Durand-Smith, Press Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister of Dominica"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/govt-cautions-against-unauthorized-immigration-sites\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Gov&#8217;t cautions against unauthorized immigration sites"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/","name":"Dominica News Online","description":"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/838be977f4b17551ad9c04956d985730","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4b11ff91eab40baceecc540954738e081ab038af9a7180b8c43b4d0fbb743caa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"sameAs":["Malaika"],"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/author\/malaika\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Image-of-Dionne-Durand-Smith-Press-Secretary-in-the-Office-of-the-Prime-Minister-of-Dominica-e1736789463891.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335232"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":335237,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335232\/revisions\/335237"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}