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 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)
To promote transparency and openness, we believe our clients, especially international clients, should be able to verify that our principal, Jay To is a:
