An immigration consultant in Canada, Brijesh Mishra, has been accused of issuing fake admission letters to Indian students in exchange for money. He has denied the allegations, but the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has charged him with providing immigration advice without a license and counseling individuals to misrepresent information to authorities.
The CBSA has issued deportation notices to hundreds of Indian students who submitted fraudulent admission letters. These students had applied for visas through Education Migration Services, a company led by Mishra.
The Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship of Canada (IRCC) has established a task force to review the cases of affected students and graduates. So far, 63 out of 103 cases have been confirmed as genuine students.
To safeguard the integrity of Canada’s International Student Program, the IRCC will implement new measures on December 1, including requiring post-secondary designated learning institutions (DLIs) to directly verify each applicant’s letter of acceptance with the IRCC.
The IRCC emphasizes that the enhanced verification process aims to protect prospective students from acceptance letter fraud and ensure that study permits are issued only based on genuine letters of acceptance.
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