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Australia, October 26, 2009 – It has been stated the fallacious Indian bank and loan statements are being used to underwrite a people-smuggling process centred on student visas. The result is the cancellation of almost 500 applications from Indian applicants. The Department of Immigration and Citizenship established that more than 500 Indian nationals had their student visa applications refused over fake financial documents, including loan statements, in the three months to September. Another 150 immigration agents have had their access to the eVisa online visa application system declined. Almost $90,000 false bank loans being put forward as proof that student visa applicants from the subcontinent had the means to study in Australia.

The department said Immigration investigators were now “targeting” scams in the vocational education and training sector. From the report of Weekend Australian assured that the very high levels of document scam, mainly telling to financial capability have been detected in India mainly but not completely in the VET sector. The development comes as a second education figure backed revelations by this newspaper that extremely incorporated networks of education agents and college and other business owners had created “a chain of exploitation”.

Executive director of the International Education Association of Australia said that it’s not surprising that criminal elements have found ways to creep between the cracks in the student migration process.

Source:
theaustralian.news