On the train he met a man who took his address down. The man later came and took his Uruguayan papers. He then received a notice from the American consul and went to the consular office. paying $10 he received his visa. He paid the man $50 for his services and bought his own steamship ticket for $163. The birth certificate and police report on which his visa was issued were both false. being forgeries. In all. 75 sets of birth certificates and police reports were forged by the Berlin visa racketeers. H. R. 3096 This bill in the usual form was introduced for the benefit of Lazer Limonsky. also known as Louis Meerowitz.