International students across the globe seeking to access education in Canada continue to be the target of fraudsters and internet criminals. Some 700 Indian students studying in Canada were recently deported for providing wrong details about themselves.
Canada Offers Second Chance to 700 Indian Students Defrauded (What is the offer saying?)
Canada has taken this decision to offer a second chance to the victim because it believes, that, it must focus efforts on identifying culprits, not penalizing victims.
It added that, those who were caught up in the 700 deported will have an opportunity to demonstrate their situation & present evidence to support their case.
This fresh update is good news for the students who were earlier deported following investigations by the Canadian Border Security Agency (CBSA) which subsequently issued deportation notices to the victims.
The 700 students from India had fake admission letters issues to them by fraudsters in the name of respective universities across Canada.
Investigations have long been initiated into the matter by the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) according to the statements made by the Immigration minister Sean Fraser.
According to him, the (IRCC) was already actively engaged in forensic investigations to help unravel the mysteries of the activities of invisible forces behind the criminal admission letters and the fraudulent acceptance letters.
According to initial investigations, a Jalandhar-based study abroad firm has been linked to a greater chunk of the 700 fraudulent visa applications for students from 2018 and 2022.
The sad reality of their admission being fake dawns on the students only after they have landed in Canada. They then realize that they have gained admission into colleges of lower grades than they were told. However, upon completion of their studies, they attempt to obtain Canadian permanent residency and in an attempt to add supporting documents, they pull out their admission letters which turn out to be fake.
The eagle eye scrutiny by CBSA of all documents presented on which basis their entry Visas were granted confirmed the admission letters were fake documents.
Once the admission letter is deemed to be fake, the students are issued with deportation notices.
However, the now that Canada has offered a second chance to 700 Indian students defrauded, the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and CBSA have furthered that, claims of innocence of the “victims” will not be considered since no evidence exists to prove or disprove that, the fake documents in the possession of the students were sourced from the agents.
Fraud related to migration and scholarships have been on the increase globally, with many unsuspecting students falling prey to syndicates of all kind who do not only extort money from desperate students seeking to gain admission and school in Canada.