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Visa scams in India under scrutiny
The Australian High Commission is urging Indian nationals to be cautious of scams while applying for Australian visas, and report any frauds to the authorities. Last month, the Australian Government launched a national campaign ‘Work visa scams. Don’t pay the price’ to investigate allegations of unauthorized payments to visa sponsors in return for visas.
The campaign involved an initial assessment of up to 100 visa sponsors who are subject to allegations of receiving payment for arranging sponsorship for individuals under the 457 visa programme.
‘Work visa scams. Don’t pay the price’ also has a public education component to further educate visa sponsors about their obligations and make visa holders more aware of their rights and responsibilities.
The government website Scamwatch, states that some scammers contact prospects by post, email, or phone offering a visa in return for payments, personal details and identity documents. They may claim to be a ‘registered provider’ or ‘Australian visa application service’.
Other scams involve people posing as staff from an Australian Government department, or by using websites which look like official Government sites.
“Illegal operators often give incorrect advice, steal your money, encourage you to lie on your application and don’t deliver the services promised” the website warns.
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Tuesday, 25 November 2014.... and of course, they'll find an RMA to scapegoat in order to vilify the rest of us. They won't do the obvious, which is to refuse to deal with unregistered persons/companies (that might actually fix the majority of the problems!).
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Tuesday, 25 November 2014
Eddy Kang is still in business
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Wednesday, 26 November 2014
Please go after the 100's of restaurants who take a minimum of $50k in order to sponsor one person. AND THEN that person has to work for them for free for 2 years as well as pay their own superannuation and tax.
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I want to report a visa scam.
DIBP is giving education agents a registration number and conveying the impression that such persons are registered.
When is that going to stop?