What are the common tricks for studying abroad?

Deception 1: illegal business operation

According to the relevant regulations of the state, the representative offices of foreign enterprises in China can only engage in business liaison matters and cannot engage in business activities. The relevant state departments clearly stipulate that foreign institutions and individuals are prohibited from engaging in any form of entry-exit intermediary activities in China. However, some foreign representative offices, with the convenience of contacting foreign schools and immigration agencies and maintaining good relations with foreign embassies in China, have seized the China people's mentality of "eager for success" and high trust in foreign companies and illegally engaged in entry-exit intermediary activities. Not long ago, the reporter inspected these institutions with Beijing public security, industry and commerce, education, labor and other departments. Walking into the Beijing office of a company from North America in an office building near the space bridge, the company lady immediately dispersed as soon as she saw the inspectors. However, from the photos of people who have successfully studied abroad and immigrated to North America posted on the office wall, we can see the scene of prosperous business. The spacious manager's office also specially put a blackboard, which read the work situation of the month: monthly index 12 to 14 people; Recruit new employees; Give lectures twice a month; Physical examination 19 people ... When the "work situation" was disclosed, the chief representative of the office quickly concealed: "This was the work situation in the previous year 165438+ 10, and now it has basically stopped studying abroad and emigrating." When the inspectors called up the "business list" of this office in the computer, it clearly recorded the company's recent business: an IP engineer immigrated to Canada, 250,000 Canadian dollars had been deposited in the company's bank account, and the agency fee was 5,000 US dollars ... The chief representative knew that he was wrong and stopped explaining.

Deception 2: operating beyond the scope

According to statistics, there are 2,235 companies registered in Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce, mainly consulting services, and only a few companies have clearly marked the contents of self-funded study abroad and entry-exit consulting services. In order to obtain high profits, some institutions engage in intermediary services for studying abroad beyond the scope of business types stipulated by the administrative department for industry and commerce. Last June, 5438+065438+ 10, a reader told reporters that he went to an intermediary company to go through the formalities of studying abroad for two children of his relatives. Not only did one of them not get a visa, but the visa fee of more than 3,000 yuan was also unknown. Another child who applied for a visa had another problem with his tuition fee: the tuition fee for one semester should have been 3,000 yuan, but the agency company wanted 8,000 yuan, plus the agency fee 10000 yuan. The reader spent more than 20 thousand yuan, and the child has not been abroad. In this intermediary company located near Baishiqiao, the reporter saw that the office was crowded. The business license shows that the company can operate more than ten businesses, from hardware accessories to technical exchanges, but there is no intermediary service. However, the staff here said that they can go through the formalities of studying in more than a dozen countries, and the success rate of going abroad is 98%. It is amazing that such an intermediary company without qualification certificate dares to boast such a high reputation.

Deception 3: fraud, deception

For applicants who are eager to go abroad, the biggest attraction of those illegal study agents is the packaging of the applicant's basic conditions. On the application forms issued by foreign embassies in China, the scores of different applicants vary greatly. In order to help the applicant reach the score line, some intermediaries will take advantage of the applicant's situation to develop in a favorable direction, and even spend money to hire people to take exams, fake marriages, and find some fake academic certificates to try to legalize them. Miss Wu is a secretary of a company and graduated from philosophy, which is obviously the "soft spot" in studying abroad, but Miss Wu successfully went through the formalities of studying abroad. It turns out that she found a study agent to study in Canada last year. She was very sad when she learned her "weakness". She doesn't want the manager of the company to tell her with a smile that she can help her "do it". "You must change your education. If you agree, you can send 4500 yuan and three bareheaded photos tomorrow, and the rest can be ignored. " A few weeks later, Miss Wu was surprised to see her new "education": an undergraduate majoring in computer science in a university and a programmer in a computer company. Teacher Wu is both excited and nervous. Once these fake materials are discovered, her dream of studying abroad is really carefree.

There are also some intermediaries who make false materials to help applicants apply for passports to go abroad, introduce overseas information in a hype, brag about how good the country where they study is, and run away as soon as they get the money. This is what happened to Tang Lei. 1990, Tang Lei overheard a piece of news in a tabloid: a Hong Kong-funded company opened a clothing factory and restaurant in a certain country and needed to recruit overseas workers from China. The Chinese workers recruited can not only make a lot of money, but also help the company to go through the formalities and study while working. Mr. Tang, who is in a bad situation in the unit, can't help but move his heart. Try it, he thought. With the help of his family, he scraped together tens of thousands of Hong Kong dollars, went to the agency of this company according to the address advertised, and completed the application procedures. A few months later, I got my passport and visa, but the visa was a tourist visa. Mr. Tang also ignored it, because the other party told him that as soon as he got there, the local immigration bureau would reissue a new visa for him. 199 1 On June 28th, Mr. Tang finally set foot on the land of a certain country. Unexpectedly, no one met him at the airport. On the contrary, he met a large group of China people who had exactly the same experience as him. Only then did he find himself cheated. After wandering the streets of the country for three months without friends, Mr. Tang's family was informed and tried to help him return to the country. When Mr. Tang and his family found the agency of that company again, they found that the building was empty. Further inquiry, it is a "leather bag company" that is not registered at all. Deception 4: subcontracting at different levels, illegally linking.

When the legitimate rights and interests of its clients are damaged, the intermediary institutions for studying abroad officially approved by the state shall deposit a reserve fund of more than 500,000 yuan in the bank designated by the competent department for compensation. For some institutions or individuals who don't want to pay the qualification reserve fund, but want to be an intermediary for studying abroad, they can contract a legal department at a price of more than 654.38+10,000 yuan, and pay a certain management fee to them, and suddenly they have a legal signboard. However, some legal study agents sell their legal qualifications to others and illegally obtain high economic profits. It is understood that there were such institutions in Beijing before the rectification, with more than 10 subsidiaries and even subcontracting at different levels. There are not only grandchildren and great-grandchildren companies, but also four generations living under one roof, and they also threaten to turn a building into a supermarket for studying abroad. The agency only contracted one project, which not only recovered millions of yuan of reserve funds, but also made huge profits. Due to the neglect of management by the undertaker, the undertaker even provided false invitation letters and false materials for the applicant, resulting in adverse consequences.

Deception 5: visa agent, illegal profit

The 23-year-old Rao's daily job is to wander around the embassy district, send small advertisements to everyone passing by and introduce customers to the company. He said it is most convenient for him to apply for an American visa. So far, he has introduced more than 30 customers to the company, of which 17 has obtained the visa. Generally, each applicant pays 4000 yuan to the company, and Rao can withdraw 15% rebate from it. In addition, some small companies or individuals wander around the embassy to get funds by queuing and filling out forms on behalf of others. These "visa bugs" use low prices as bait to introduce people who are eager to go abroad to some "black companies" that don't even have business licenses.

These illegal study agents not only brought harm to consumers, but also brought negative effects to the regular army, destroying the environment of fair competition. It is reported that in order to eliminate these negative effects, the Beijing Consumers Association recently issued a service commitment to consumers in conjunction with 28 qualified study abroad agents. This commitment will be clarified in terms of fees, service content, publicity methods and responsibilities. And will be fixed in an agreed form, so that consumers can clearly enjoy the intermediary service of studying abroad. ■ June 65438+1October 65438+March 2000, Beijing announced the first batch of 18 intermediaries qualified to carry out self-funded study abroad services. In June of the same year, 5438+065438+ 10, the second batch of 28 legal study abroad agencies was announced, so far there are 46 legal study abroad agencies in the city.