Be sure you are dealing with Registered Migration Agent in Australia.
A man who allegedly conned dozens of hopeful visa applicants into paying for fake visas has been arrested by the Australian Federal Police. Abel Prasad of SVC Legal Australia allegedly scammed visa hopefuls by giving bogus visas.
Immigration Minister Peter Dutton said his department had been working on the case with the Australian Federal Police, as well as police in NSW, South Australia and Queensland. “Unfortunately there have been instances of people pretending to be migration agents and providing false or misleading information to take advantage of a person’s desire to travel to Australia,” he said.” This calendar year, my department has sanctioned eight migration agents resulting in either a caution, suspension, cancellation or a barring decision on their registration. “Additionally, my department has found breaches in regard to 93 complaints made against registered migration agents during the same period.”
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Except for the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, only Registered Migration Agents can give advice in Australia for visas. Be sure you are talking to a fully registered agent by checking this symbol on his/her website or business papers. It will link to the registration body, Office of Migration Agents Registration Authority.
Registered Migration Agents see too many visa hopefuls who have been given bad advice from “friends”, family and others who have no training or experience in this complex field. Sometimes we can help them fix up the problem but too often it has costs a lot of money. If you are refused a visa based on bad advice you take the responsibility with the Department. We will unravel the key problem and work out if and how you can fix it.
In the case of Prasad in the 7-30 Report, if he is found guilty or innocent makes little difference to those who have been caught. The money has most likely gone.
