500 people arrested over UK visa scams

The Home Office has revealed that 500 people have been taken into custody for using fake documents in their visa applications to a secure UK visa.

UK Border Agency staff intercepted the visitors before boarding planes for the UK at the point of producing the false paperwork to obtain visas. The numbers of arrests represent only a small proportion of the total number stopped by UK customs officials. On average since 2003, over 50,000 people a year have been stopped from entering the UK before boarding their planes.

Vernon Coaker, the Police Minister, said that as many as one in five visa applications to enter the United Kingdom were refused this year. He said, "Stopping these fraudulent attempts to enter Britain is a crucial part of our fight to protect our borders from those intent on abusing the system.” Fingerprinting applicants is one of the new measures being introduced that will help the Border Agency keep unscrupulous applicants out of the country in the future, as all fingerprints remain on the Agency’s database. Typical examples of faked documents used to support UK visa applications include falsified tax returns and forged wedding certificates.

Couple caught using fake passports

Bangalore : A couple from Gujarat trying to travel to Canada on fake passports were detained on Thursday morning at Bengaluru International Airport.

Ashish Patel (30) and his wife Sonal Patel (29) arrived in Bangalore on Thursday morning and wanted to board Jet Airways flight 9W 132 for Toronto. During immigration clearance, they were caught by officials. The passports were issued in the name of Riyaz Sultan Ali Gilani and his wife Mosina Riyaz Gilani. They were handed over to BIA police station and remanded to judicial custody. Malaysian deported The foreign section officials in the city police commissionerate detected a Malaysian national, who illegally overstayed in the city after her visa expired. Luy Yan Ting was produced before the magistrate, given one day simple imprisonment and fined Rs 10,000. She was deported to Malaysia.

Man faces deportation for fake passport

A MAN who was caught in possession of a forged Bangladeshi passport is facing deportation, Perth Sheriff Court was told. Maunas Baura (32), described as a prisoner at Perth, was remanded in custody until January 14 to await the preparation of background reports.

He admitted that between March 1 and October 3, at a house in High Street, Blairgowrie, and elsewhere in Scotland and the UK, he was in possession of the passport which he knew or believed to be false.

He also pled guilty to a second charge of pretending to employees at the DVLA in Swansea that he was entitled to apply for a UK driving licence. He used the forged passport to support his application and fraudulently obtained a provisional licence.

Fraud using the name of Japanese Embassy and JICA Nepal Office

Recently the Embassy obtained information that a certain person has been raising a huge amount of money from individuals, organizations, companies, etc. saying that as he/she has close relations with the Embassy and/or the JICA Nepal Office, he/she can provide them with visas for Japan or he/she can give them some particular benefits from the Government of Japan. However, the Embassy and JICA are absolutely not involved in the matter. In case you come in contact with such person or hear of such a case, please call the Embassy and/or JICA immediately to check the facts of the matter.

For further information, please contact:
Embassy of Japan Tel: (01) 442-6680 (Ext. 111)Fax: (01) 442-5681E-mail: culjpn@mos.com.np

JICA Nepal Office Tel: (01) 501-0310 (Ext. 326)Fax: (01) 501-0284E-mail: np_oso_rep@jica.go.jp