Schools used as visa scam front

Some UK language schools are being used as bases by people selling false papers enabling immigrants to obtain student visas, the BBC has found. Some are paying up to £600 for fake documents which they use in visa applications to extend their stay in the UK, the Ten O'clock News reported. It filmed people selling documents to immigrants who had indicated they had no intention of studying in the UK. The Home Office plans a more rigorous system of registering colleges. It believes more than half of 83 registered language colleges it inspected recently should be shut down. The Home Office will grant a student visa only if the applicant is studying at a registered school. ……………And in the future it will be made mandatory for colleges to make it compulsory to report students who do not attend classes regularly. ……In one highlighted case, £350 was paid for papers saying an applicant had completed an eight-week course despite her making it clear she had no intention of studying. A man connected with a different center offered to arrange a visa for £300 without the need to attend the school. [View Full Article]