Overseas students in Australia were investigated for buying fake "employer's guarantee"

According to Guangzhou Daily, recently, private colleges in Australia have closed down one after another, and a student work visa scandal broke out recently-in Queensland, Australia, 165438+ 10, Indian, China and Japanese graduates bought "employer sponsorship". On the one hand, a series of events show that it is more difficult for international students to get a work visa in Australia, and it is not as easy to get a guarantee as overseas experienced people, so they are willing to take risks. On the other hand, it also shows that international students lack "employer sponsorship".

Knocking on the door, bumping into wealth, bribing employers a lot

In Australia, in order to retain outstanding overseas graduates, the government will provide them with a 18-month "student work visa" on the premise that they find an employer. During this period, if the graduates perform well in their work, the employer will handle 457 visas (temporary visas guaranteed by the region), or 12 1 visas and19 visas (immigrant visas guaranteed by the employer).

The Identity Security Strike Team of the Australian Immigration Bureau recently noticed that many Asian students in Queensland paid bribes to their employers to defraud the Immigration Bureau of their work visas. These Asian students are mainly Indian graduates, followed by China and Japanese students. Their usual practice is to pay their employers a minimum wage of 50,000 Australian dollars every year and give them a "benefit fee" of 50,000 to 65,438+10,000 Australian dollars to obtain a student work visa. According to the government's disclosure, most Asian students applying for fake employer sponsorship did not seek the help of immigration agents. Fortunately, they knocked on the door one by one, seeking to bribe their employers.

CoCo Lee, an Australian magistrate and chairman of Australian immigrants, believes that in recent years, skilled immigrants in Australia have become more and more difficult, which is an important reason for overseas graduates to guarantee fraud. Most graduates underestimate the difficulty of preparing the employer's guarantee documents, and the inadequate preparation of the documents leads to the refusal of visas even if they meet the requirements; Some graduates could have found jobs through intermediaries, but they risked bribing their employers.

The application for "employer's guarantee" in the Mainland has not been affected.

The Queensland employer guarantee fraud scandal directly affected the applicants who applied for "employer guarantee" in Chinese mainland. CoCo Lee said that recently, the Australian Immigration Bureau thoroughly investigated the employer sponsorship cases handled by major intermediaries in the past, and the "employer sponsorship" of students on shore has indeed become the object of concern, but overseas applications are basically unaffected.

There are two main types of people who apply for "employer-sponsored" skilled immigrants in Australia. One is to apply on shore, that is, overseas people studying or staying in Australia; The other type is offshore application, that is, people with work experience outside Australia. Just as domestic employers choose people with no high education but work experience instead of fresh graduates, Australian employers prefer people with relevant overseas work experience. Although the number of domestic applicants for employer sponsorship has increased, it is still difficult to meet the needs of Australia.

-Background information

What kind of employees do Australian employers like?

There is no shortage of highly educated people in Australia, so overseas graduates without work experience are not welcome in Australia. What Australia lacks are professionals with extensive contacts, excellent negotiation skills and business development ability in China. These professionals usually work in tourism, foreign trade and mineral import and export industries. If these people can directly develop tourists and markets for Australia, they can be approved quickly through special channels.

There are two types of "employer sponsored" visas. People with bachelor degree or above can apply for 12 1 visa to stay in seven first-tier cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Newcastle, Perth and Wollongong. People with college education or above can apply for a 1 19 visa to stay in second-and third-tier cities other than seven first-tier cities. Canberra, the capital of Australia, is officially listed as a second-tier city.

Spot check! The U.S. Immigration Bureau holds H- 1B and L- 1 visas, so there is no need to panic.

Mr. Wang is the general manager of the Los Angeles office of a private enterprise in China. Three months ago, he got the L- 1 visa with his boss and went to the United States to be a company executive. Last week, American immigration officials made a surprise visit to the office and conducted a "company site investigation" on Wang Gongquan. According to Qiu Shaohuai, chairman of Meichengda Company, a large number of H- 1B and L- 1 visa customers have recently reported that they have been randomly selected by the US Immigration Bureau. Although the scene is quite tense, it has not caused serious consequences so far.

Mr. Wang told the reporter about the contents of the spot check by the US Immigration Bureau. The people in the Immigration Bureau are well prepared and equipped with a staff member who can speak fluent Chinese. Mr. Wang hardly needs to speak English.

Random sampling is not suspicious.

After explaining their purpose, they began to conduct spot checks. First, they asked Mr. Wang to show his driver's license to verify his identity, and asked the personnel department to show his payroll for the past few months. The questions asked by the Immigration Bureau include: "What is your position in the company?" "How many people are working in the company at present?" "What is the general business of the company?" "Can you draw the organization chart of the company?" Wait a minute. Immigration officials are polite, but their answers to questions are recorded in detail.

Qiu Shaohuai introduced that it is normal for holders of H- 1B (temporary work visa) and L- 1 (multinational enterprise management visa) to be investigated by the US Immigration Service. The purpose of the US Immigration Service is to confirm that the information of the applicant company and the beneficiary meets the requirements of the application conditions and immigration laws, so as to prevent these visas from being abused. Most visa holders' first reaction to the investigation is to panic and think that their documents are defective. In fact, the official survey is random, and the respondents are not regarded as suspects.

The answer should be consistent with the application documents.

Immigration lawyers advise visa holders to make more preparations to prevent unnecessary troubles. These suggestions include-

1. All companies applying for L- 1 should review the previous application materials, and arrange the work of the beneficiaries in strict accordance with the contents of the application materials, and deal with them according to the facts during the investigation by the Immigration Bureau. At the same time, visa holders should also keep records of their questions and answers so as to resolve disputes in the future.

2. For domestic people who have obtained L- 1 visas but have not been interviewed at the US consulate, the Immigration Bureau will send personnel to the company's location to check whether the company exists. Will contact the owner of this address to see if the company is still paying the rent on time and ask the owner to copy the proof of the company paying the rent.

3. For L- 1 visa holders who are working in the United States, the investigators will ask to talk with the person in charge of the company's human resources department, or the signatory of the application and the employees holding L- 1 work visas. Check whether their job responsibilities are consistent with the original application and whether they file tax returns according to the salary at the time of the original application. (Reporter Wu Runzhou)