Someone made a fake passport in my name What happened next is....

For the past five years, Sameer AbdulRahman has been haunted by a checkered past. The problem? It’s not his own. An identity theft has evolved into a worst-case scenario of getting him blacklisted by the Bahraini authorities. How this happened remains a mystery for Rahman, a Saudi resident and an Indian national. AbdulRahman believes he is a victim of ID fraud.

The incident happened in 2013. Describing the ordeal, he said the shocking events unfolded with him approaching Bahrain emigration for an entry visa from the Saudi side with a friend, who drove him here. “We approached Bahrain’s emigration office from the Saudi side.

However, after scrutiny, they told me I was blacklisted.” “I was completely baffled.” As per the Bahrain emigration records, “I was a Bahrain resident and had overstayed my visa here by many years.” “This was shocking to me because I never lived in Bahrain.” Then came the scariest - and perhaps the most infuriatingmoment. They told, “I was blacklisted following a complaint from a company.” AbdulRahman then returned to Saudi Arabia with his friend. He never tried to come back, as he knows, “I would be turned away again.”

“I also fear further legal action because I don’t know what exactly the fraudster did in Bahrain using my name.” Sameer Abdulrahman says he saw the copy of his passport the fraudster used. “It had all my details except for the picture. The picture was not mine, although he resembles me. The man in the picture had a moustache, but I never kept one. I am always clean-shaved.” Although he’s tried to clear his name, AbdulRahman says the issue has followed him.

“I tried different methods to fix this situation. I wrote to offices in India and contacted the embassy of India in Saudi Arabia.” “At the moment, I do not know what to do.” Tracing the source of his trouble, Rahman concluded that it might have happened when handed over the passport for obtaining a SIM card or maybe for some other service in India. “They may have obtained it this way and misused it.”