VISAS VIPER: REVOCATION OF VISA OF XXXXXXXXXXXX DUE

S E C R E T OTTAWA 000057 VISAS VISA ISSUANCE/REFUSAL SIPDIS NOFORN FOR INR/TIPOFF AND CA/VO/L/C AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PASS TO AMCONSUL QUEBEC AMEMBASSY OTTAWA PASS TO APP WINNIPEG E.O. 12958: DECL: 25X1- HUMAN TAGS: CVIS KVPR CMGT PINR PTER ASEC CA SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER: REVOCATION OF VISA OF XXXXXXXXXXXX DUE TO POTENTIAL TERRORIST ACTIVITIES CLASSIFIED BY: Terry Breese, Deputy Chief of Mission, State Department, U.S. Embassy, Ottawa; REASON: 1.4(B),(C),(D) ¶1. (S/NF) BEGIN SUMMARY Based on information received from GRPO, Post nominates XXXXXXXXXXXX, a Turkish citizen who is a permanent resident of Canada, for inclusion in the Visas Viper program. XXXXXXXXXXXX is being nominated because of his association with Hiva ALIZADEH, a Canadian citizen born in Iran who is strongly suspected of posing an imminent terrorist threat. Due the immediacy of the potential threat, Post has revoked XXXXXXXXXXXX visa under section 214(b) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act and has entered a "P3B" hit in CLASS for him. END SUMMARY ¶2. (SBU) XXXXXXXXXXXX (DOB XXXXXXXXXXXX) is a Turkish citizen, born in Turkey, who came to Canada in XXXXXXXXXXXX and became a Canadian resident in XXXXXXXXXXXX. He is married to XXXXXXXXXXXX (DOB XXXXXXXXXXXX). He operates a XXXXXXXXXXXX called XXXXXXXXXXXX. He is the holder of Turkish Passport XXXXXXXXXXXX. He resides at XXXXXXXXXXXX, XXXXXXXXXXXX. His home telephone number is XXXXXXXXXXXX, his work telephone number is XXXXXXXXXXXX, and his cell phone number is XXXXXXXXXXXX. ¶3. (SBU) On XXXXXXXXXXXX 2010, Post issued XXXXXXXXXXXXX a B1/B2 visa, with an expiration date of XXXXXXXXXXXX. At the time, no derogatory information concerning XXXXXXXXXXXX existed in the CLASS system. ¶4. (S/NF) According to information provided by GRPO, between January XXXXXXXXXXXX 2010, XXXXXXXXXXXX went on a trip with Hiva ALIZADEH (DOB XXXXXXXXXXXX),a Canadian citizen born in Iran. GRPO states that ALIZADEH is involved in the planning of terrorist activities in North America and poses an imminent threat. (Note: Post conducted a CLASS check of ALIZADEH and found that he was the subject of a "00" CLASS entry. End note). GRPO noted that prior to his association with ALIZADEH, they had not received any previous derogatory information concerning XXXXXXXXXXXX. GRPO requested that XXXXXXXXXXXX’s visa be revoked immediately because of his ties with ALIZADEH. ¶5. (SBU) Post conducted a check of XXXXXXXXXXXX in CCD and CLASS. In addition to entries related to the visa issued on XXXXXXXXXXXX 2010, the CCD stated that XXXXXXXXXXXX had applied for a B1/B2 visa three times in Istanbul. Istanbul denied his application on XXXXXXXXXXXX 2000 under Section 214(b) of the INA, but granted him visas on XXXXXXXXXXXX (expiration date XXXXXXXXXXXX ) and XXXXXXXXXXXX (expiration date XXXXXXXXXXXX ). Post did not find any relevant entries in CLASS related to XXXXXXXXXXXX. ¶5. (S/NF) Due to the urgency of the request, pursuant to 9 FAM 41.122 N 4.3, Post's consular section revoked XXXXXXXXXXXX 's visa in the NIV system under Section 214(b) of the INA and, pursuant to 9 FAM 40.37 N11.1, entered a "P3B" hit for XXXXXXXXXXXX into CLASS. Due to ongoing investigations, Post did not contact XXXXXXXXXXXX to inform him that his visa had been revoked, and thus the visa was not physically canceled. The consular section also asked Post's CBP attachC) to put an alert in DHS's lookout systems as an additional safeguard against XXXXXXXXXXXX entering the U.S. JACOBSON