A tighter Canadian policy on student visas has impacted immigration companies and agents as well even as the Punjab Police continue to crack down on agents over widespread fraud.
The visa scam, where applicants claimed to be victims of robberies, was exposed after the FBI found that one of the 'robbers' flew in on a ticket costlier than what he ended up ‘stealing’.
FBI says group of Indian nationals staged dramatic liquor store 'robberies' in Massachusetts, with 'threats' & CCTV footage—only so clerks and store-owners could apply for visas as crime victims.
After most FIRs against a Ludhiana-based agent were quashed on compromise, ED questioned how complainants were paid when no matching transactions appeared in his accounts.
Agency files charge sheet against 8, including local law officer in embassy's visa dept. Officer allegedly lured applicants into paying huge sums of money to obtain Schengen visas.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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