As you know, there are some immigration agents in Australia who are willing to do something illegal to deceive the applicant for the benefit of their interests. Forge documents, fake work addresses, and charge high fees for applications that you know will fail.
In recent years, the Australian authorities have begun to crack down on this behavior, many agents have been revoked licences. Melbourne Punjabi Tandoori Corner immigration agency former owner Ravinder Singh is one of them.
He had a female client who did not have a job visa work in his restaurant, refused to pay her salary and harassed her. In January last year, authorities found that Singh had cheated and revoked his licence.
So did another Sydney agent, Zheng Bei (Bei Zheng,. She was accused of plagiarizing nine copies of protection visa materials on behalf of clients, as well as falsifying eight other documents. From then on, she was no longer engaged in the immigration agency profession. Zheng Bei claimed that her license was revoked for other reasons, and that it was another person who made a false statement.
In December, the Home Office also found another Sydney immigration agent, Hoan Trang Nguyen, who filed fake documents and committed fraud, and Nguyen was accused of "blatant disregard of the law."
Another immigration agent filed 20 refugee visa applications on behalf of clients, all of which were found to have copied online material, including speeches from Malaysian lawmakers.
Since January 2017, at least 23 agents have been found to have acted improperly, including forged signatures and documents. It is reported that other agents for the applicant falsified, home address falsely reported as the workplace. Immigration agents even told immigration that the client`s house had been burned down and that the required documents could not be submitted, while charging customers thousands of Australian dollars in agency fees.
Jason Falinski, a Liberal MP, told the phenomenon that it was necessary to crack down on unscrupulous intermediaries, and the federal government`s crackdown preparations were nearing an end.
Illegal immigration agencies have seriously damaged the well-established Australian immigration system. "these people ignore the law and break up trust with each other."
