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Unregistered offshore practice - RMA reports from India
I have received this email from a Registered Migration Agent currently located in India. All I can say is when is the DIBP going to do away with unregistered offshore practice?
The email I received today is as follows:
'I would like to share with you a story which is happening in India. There is no need to be a MARA Agent to use MARA logo. Any one can use it on his / her site and can claim himself / herself to be MARA Agent.
You might be getting a feeling after reading above line that my new year party hangover is still not over. I am not drunk and I have proof with me and I would like to submit you so that you could follow up with MARA.
Today, I am somewhere in very remote area in North India and net speed is too slow. In this mail, I am forwarding you 1 link, open it in your browser and check yourself, how the [unregistered] agents are making fool of clients?
http://www.y-axis.com/migrate-to/australia/from-india/1/?_bt=32105137696&_bk=work%20australia&_bm=&gclid=CJu2y5Hu6bsCFYEl4godUCEAhw
http://www.immigrationoverseas.com/online-visa-enquiry.aspx?gclid=CKyCh8LCtrsCFWlV4godOCkAnQ
On this page, MARA logo is there but MARN No. is not written within it. You go to About Us page on www.y-axis.com, , you will not find Migration Agent name. Contract which they are signing with the clients, nowhere MARA Agent name and his MARA No. appears in the contract.
In the above given link, Melbourne office address is there but when u search online, you get this address but it comes www.servecorp.com.au.
I was told by 1 client ( not 100 % sure) that if someone calls on the Australia no., call is picked in India (it gets forwarded to India and client is not aware of it). How does it happen, I have no idea? I spoke to my IT guy, he told me, it is 100 % possible.
To my surprise, IAA, New Zealand is doing 100 times better job.
http://www.dol.govt.nz/News/Media/2013/immigration-adviser-scam.asp
In last 6 months, they refused hundreds of application lodged by Unlicensed Immigration Advisor. All these applications were lodged by 3 biggest players in India.
www.opulentuz.com
www.abhinav.com
With this action, they have wiped out all Unlicensed Immigration Consultants in India and they have created full awareness related to “ Licensed Adviser NZ Immigration”. Now, first question client interested in NZ Immigration is asking, are you licensed immigration advisor? I am holding this licenses form last 4 years and no one asked in past, now everyone is asking. In every forum, people are discussing this scam and advantages of dealing with “ Licensed Adviser NZ Immigration”.
MOST IMPORTANT: While doing anything based on this information, you would make sure that my name is not coming (It would put my life is not in danger here in India during my stay. I am reaching Adelaide hopefully on 6th Feb. 2014). All these 3 organisation are very big players with big muscle power.'
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Tuesday, 22 August 2017Unfortunately not good for Australian industry, but what can you do?. Law says that in Australia you can not provide immigration advice if you aren't registered and overseas agents don't need to be registered. Easy, start overseas practise, open support branch in Australia that will collect information ONLY and advice will be provided by staff back in overseas office who doesn't need to be registered. Is there any thing in law that says that non RMA can not collect information in Australia or Australian resident cannot take advice from non-registered overseas agent? Will be nice if we can find something and then we can challenge these guys to close shops in Australia.
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Friday, 18 May 2018
Thanks Sir for daily news about Australian Immigration.thanks for sharing such type of information.
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Thursday, 29 August 2019
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