Immigration Scams
The Internet is a wonderful tool, but unfortunately it can also facilitate scams and fraud on a local basis and across global and international boundaries. Scams and fraud come in different forms and occurs in many industries. This is the same with the Australian immigration industry, which can be seen with media coverage:
- ‘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
- Man gaoled for migration fraud in WA
- ‘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 avoid being a potential victim of a fraud or scam, we encourage visitors to ‘Migration Agent Melbourne’ to recognise ‘Warning Signs‘ such as where a business:
- has no address
- has no phone number
- does not disclose its Migration Agents Registration Number (MARN)
To promote transparency and openness, we believe our clients (especially overseas clients) should be able to verify that our principal, Jay To is a:
