Canada work visa, permanent residency, or settlement is a dream of many of you who want to settle abroad for a
better career and excellent living standards. For achieving such goals, some people use the assistance of professional agents because they think they can’t do it on their own.
This causes some fake agents to get benefits of such people by providing them fake documentation and visa
assurance. They argue that they have some handful of options for work visa and settlement in Canada, and by using their consultation one can easily get the work visa of Canada in a few days. Against these services, they ask for a lot of amount ranging from $8000 to $15000.
After receiving this amount, they do not do anything and the applicants become victims and lose their all money they have paid to them.
One can also not report against them easily to the police station in many cases as they use fake business names and hide their identities.
If you are also a victim of such fraud agents, please report them according to below-given instructions to the official portal of “Government of Canada Immigration”.
For immigration fraud
call Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) Border Watch Toll-Free Line at 1-888-502-9060.
For citizenship frauds
- if inside Canda, call 1-888-242-2100 or use this web forum
- from outside Canda, please contact the local Canadian embassy and consulates here
For reporting the Internet, email or telephone scams and frauds
- from inside Canada, Contact the Royal Canadian Mounted Police Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre. Toll-free: 1-888-495-8501
from outside Canda, call the local police and report the matter.
Reporting a possible victim of human trafficking
If you or someone you know is a victim, contact your local police. To report a crime without saying who you are, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
Things to remember avoiding immigration and visa frauds for Canada
- Do not pay online amounts to private agents.
- Don’t trust straight on online visa companies.
- Do not use social media for the purpose of publishing your personal ID or contact number. Such agents pick your number from different
- social media sites and then call you for further matters.
- Do not use illegal means to prepare your visa documentation.
- No agent can provide you a job offer on someone else’s behalf.
- Some fraud agents also provide fake sponsors and LMIA reports.
Please also remember that IRCC, the government of Canada never:
- contact you over the telephone to collect fees or fines,
- be aggressive or threaten to arrest or deport you,
- threaten to harm you or a member of your family, or damage your home or property,
- ask for personal information over the phone (except to verify the information you already gave us),
- ask for financial information over the phone,
- try to rush you into paying right away,
- ask you to pay fees using prepaid credit cards, Western Union, Money Gram, gift cards, or any other similar services, or send police to arrest you for unpaid fees.
Remain safe, and report a crime straight away. Do not take the law into your hands instead report it to Police in your local area first.
For further safety instructions on avoiding immigration frauds, read here complete guide of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) here.