Immigration Scams
While we enjoy the benefits of modern technology and the Internet, it does carry a risk of fraud and scams. Fraud and scams occur in all sectors including Australian immigration industry as seen in the media:
- ‘We paid you $35,000 and we got nothing’: Migration business investigated for alleged visa rip-off
- Indian migration firm charged over $4 million Australian visa fraud
- Migration agent barred for five years over fraudulent conduct
- ‘Pay $6,000 or immediately leave Australia’ – Migrant duped in phone scam
- International students lose thousands of dollars in alleged visa fraud
- Vietnamese man ‘posed as a migration agent’ and swindled over $500,000
- Ripped off and kicked out: Immigrants rorted by dodgy migration agents
- Foreign Students Allegedly Scammed By Education Agency
- Singh Jailed for Running Visa Scam
- Cleaning Company Slugged $1 million for Visa Scam
- Businessman jailed on Fraud Charges Fake Visa
- Fake immigration agent avoids jail
- Ringleader of Melbourne Migration Scam jailed
- Immigration Audits Reveal Large Scale Visa Fraud
To reduce the risk of becoming a victim of a fraud or scam, we encourage visitors to ‘Migration Agent Melbourne’ to look for ‘Warning Signs‘ such as where a business:
- has no address
- has no phone number
- does not show its Migration Agents Registration Number (MARN), if a registered migration agent
To promote transparency and openness, we believe our clients, especially international clients, should be able to verify that our principal, Jay To is a:
