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Canada's New Visa Rule To Protect Indian Students From Fraud
Canada's New Student Visa Rule: Starting December 1, 2023, post-secondary designated learning institutions (DLIs) will be required to verify the acceptance letters of all applicants with Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
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Canada Tweaks Verification Steps To Protect Global Students From Fraud
Canada has announced several measures to protect international students from fraud. One of the key changes is that post-secondary designated learning institutions (DLI) will be required to confirm every applicant's letter of acceptance.
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FBI Finds Chinese Students, Researchers With Army Links, Search 25 Cities
US Federal prosecutors have charged four Chinese nationals with visa fraud for lying about their status as members of the Chinese Army, while they were conducting research in the US, the justice department said.
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Asking Foreign Students To Return Will Encourage Schools To Open: US Official
The Trump administration's decision on barring foreign students from attending online-only classes "will encourage schools to reopen" while maintaining "protections for fraud" that are necessary in international visa programmes, a Homeland Security official has said.
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"All Choreographed": 8 Indians Arrested In US Visa Case Plead Not Guilty
The eight Indians, who were recently arrested for recruiting several hundred students mostly from India to stay illegally in the US by enrolling in a fake university, have pleaded "not guilty" before a federal court in Michigan.
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"Top Priority" For Sushma Swaraj's Team As Indian Students Arrested In US
Sushma Swaraj and her team at the Ministry of External Affairs are giving "top priority" to Indian students who have been arrested in the United States for enrolling themselves in a fake university, in what authorities have called a "pay-to-stay" in America scheme. Of the 130 foreign students arrested, 129 are from India.
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Top Priority Given To Indians Arrested Over Visa Scam In US: Government
The government is according top priority to the case of Indian students in the US facing detention under an alleged immigration fraud and is in touch with the Indian Embassy in Washington and other consulates, the External Affairs Ministry said on Friday.
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130 Students Arrested In US Face Only Civil Immigration Charges: Report
The 130 students arrested so far in a "pay-to-stay" sting operation using a fake university face only civil immigration charges, according to media reports.
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Indian-American Attorney Charged With Visa Fraud
A 39-year-old Indian-American woman attorney today pleaded guilty to visa fraud charges related to students and H-1B visas, federal prosecutors said. Sunila Dutt, of Virginia, pleaded guilty before US District Judge Kevin McNulty in Newark federal court to an information charging her with conspiracy to commit visa fraud and obstruct justice.
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2 Indians Charged With Visa Fraud In New Jersey
Two Indians in the US state of New Jersey have been charged with visa fraud for recruiting foreign nationals at a "pay to stay" college where they maintained their clients' student visa status with full-time work authorisations without having to attend classes.
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Indian Students, Among Hundreds, Face Deportation Over US Visa Fraud
Mostly Indian and Chinese students are among over 1,000 people facing deportation from the US after being caught in an undercover operation that involved a fake university set up by the US government to catch visa fraud.
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3 Indian-Americans Sentenced For Student Visa Fraud
Three Indian-Americans have been sentenced by a US court to terms ranging from six months of home confinement to a year in jail for involvement in a USD 7-million student visa fraud scheme.
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Three Indian-Americans Sentenced For Student Visa Fraud
Three Indian-Americans have been sentenced by a US court to terms ranging from six months of home confinement to to an year in jail for involvement in a $7-million student visa fraud scheme.
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3 Indians Plead Guilty to Student Visa Fraud Charges in US
Three Indians have pleaded guilty to criminal charges of conspiring to commit student visa and financial aid fraud through a for-profit school they ran and agreed to forfeit over $ eight million to federal authorities.
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'AAP UK workers involved in student visa scam': BBC sting
Two persons said to be members of the UK arm of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are embroiled in a student visa scam in Britain uncovered by the BBC.
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Canada's New Visa Rule To Protect Indian Students From Fraud
Canada's New Student Visa Rule: Starting December 1, 2023, post-secondary designated learning institutions (DLIs) will be required to verify the acceptance letters of all applicants with Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC).
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Canada Tweaks Verification Steps To Protect Global Students From Fraud
Canada has announced several measures to protect international students from fraud. One of the key changes is that post-secondary designated learning institutions (DLI) will be required to confirm every applicant's letter of acceptance.
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FBI Finds Chinese Students, Researchers With Army Links, Search 25 Cities
US Federal prosecutors have charged four Chinese nationals with visa fraud for lying about their status as members of the Chinese Army, while they were conducting research in the US, the justice department said.
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Asking Foreign Students To Return Will Encourage Schools To Open: US Official
The Trump administration's decision on barring foreign students from attending online-only classes "will encourage schools to reopen" while maintaining "protections for fraud" that are necessary in international visa programmes, a Homeland Security official has said.
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"All Choreographed": 8 Indians Arrested In US Visa Case Plead Not Guilty
The eight Indians, who were recently arrested for recruiting several hundred students mostly from India to stay illegally in the US by enrolling in a fake university, have pleaded "not guilty" before a federal court in Michigan.
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"Top Priority" For Sushma Swaraj's Team As Indian Students Arrested In US
Sushma Swaraj and her team at the Ministry of External Affairs are giving "top priority" to Indian students who have been arrested in the United States for enrolling themselves in a fake university, in what authorities have called a "pay-to-stay" in America scheme. Of the 130 foreign students arrested, 129 are from India.
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Top Priority Given To Indians Arrested Over Visa Scam In US: Government
The government is according top priority to the case of Indian students in the US facing detention under an alleged immigration fraud and is in touch with the Indian Embassy in Washington and other consulates, the External Affairs Ministry said on Friday.
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130 Students Arrested In US Face Only Civil Immigration Charges: Report
The 130 students arrested so far in a "pay-to-stay" sting operation using a fake university face only civil immigration charges, according to media reports.
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Indian-American Attorney Charged With Visa Fraud
A 39-year-old Indian-American woman attorney today pleaded guilty to visa fraud charges related to students and H-1B visas, federal prosecutors said. Sunila Dutt, of Virginia, pleaded guilty before US District Judge Kevin McNulty in Newark federal court to an information charging her with conspiracy to commit visa fraud and obstruct justice.
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2 Indians Charged With Visa Fraud In New Jersey
Two Indians in the US state of New Jersey have been charged with visa fraud for recruiting foreign nationals at a "pay to stay" college where they maintained their clients' student visa status with full-time work authorisations without having to attend classes.
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Indian Students, Among Hundreds, Face Deportation Over US Visa Fraud
Mostly Indian and Chinese students are among over 1,000 people facing deportation from the US after being caught in an undercover operation that involved a fake university set up by the US government to catch visa fraud.
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3 Indian-Americans Sentenced For Student Visa Fraud
Three Indian-Americans have been sentenced by a US court to terms ranging from six months of home confinement to a year in jail for involvement in a USD 7-million student visa fraud scheme.
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Three Indian-Americans Sentenced For Student Visa Fraud
Three Indian-Americans have been sentenced by a US court to terms ranging from six months of home confinement to to an year in jail for involvement in a $7-million student visa fraud scheme.
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3 Indians Plead Guilty to Student Visa Fraud Charges in US
Three Indians have pleaded guilty to criminal charges of conspiring to commit student visa and financial aid fraud through a for-profit school they ran and agreed to forfeit over $ eight million to federal authorities.
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'AAP UK workers involved in student visa scam': BBC sting
Two persons said to be members of the UK arm of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are embroiled in a student visa scam in Britain uncovered by the BBC.
