What are the common tricks of studying abroad on behalf of others?

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 entry-exit intermediary activities in any form within the territory of China. However, some foreign representative offices, relying on the convenience of contacting foreign schools and immigration agencies and maintaining good relations with foreign embassies in China, seize the mentality of Chinese people who are "eager to succeed" and have a high degree of trust in foreign companies, and illegally engage in entry-exit intermediary activities. Not long ago, the reporter inspected these institutions with Beijing public security, industry and commerce, education and labor departments. Walking into the Beijing office of a company from a North American country 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 plastered on the office wall, we can see the prosperous business scene. The spacious manager's office also specially put a blackboard, which read the work situation of the month: the monthly index is 12 to 14 people; Recruit new employees; Give lectures twice a month; The physical examination of 19 people ... When the "work situation" was revealed, the chief representative of the office quickly concealed: "This was the work situation in November of the year before last, and now we have basically stopped studying abroad and emigrating." And when the inspectors call up the "business list" of this office in the computer, it clearly records the company's recent business: an IP engineer immigrated to Canada, and 25, Canadian dollars have been deposited in the company's bank account, charging an agency fee of 5, US dollars ... The chief representative knows that he is in the wrong and will not explain it any more.

Deception 2: Operation beyond the scope

According to statistics, there are 2,235 companies registered in Beijing Administration for Industry and Commerce, among which only a few are clearly marked with the contents of studying abroad at their own expense and consulting services for entry and exit. 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. In November last year, 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. One of the children's visas was not processed, and the visa fee of more than 3, yuan was also missing. The tuition fee of another child who applied for a visa went wrong again: the tuition fee for a semester was supposed to be 3, yuan, but the intermediary company wanted 8, yuan, plus the intermediary fee of more than 1, yuan. This reader spent more than 2, yuan, and the child has not been abroad yet. In this intermediary company located near Baishiqiao, the reporter saw that the office was crowded. The business license showed that the company could operate more than ten businesses, from hardware accessories to technical exchange, but there was no intermediary service. However, the staff here say 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's amazing that such an intermediary company without qualification certificate dares to boast such a high reputation.

Deception 3: fraud and deception

For applicants eager to go abroad, the biggest attraction of those illegal study agencies is the packaging of the applicant's basic conditions. On the application forms issued by foreign embassies in China, the scores of various subjects of different applicants vary greatly. In order to help applicants reach the score line, some intermediaries will rely on the applicant's situation in a favorable direction, and even spend money to hire someone to take the exam, fake marriage, find some fake academic certificates and try to legalize them. Miss Wu is a secretary of a company and graduated from philosophy, which is obviously a "weakness" in the study abroad, but Miss Wu went through the formalities of studying abroad very smoothly. It turned out that she found a study agent to study in Canada last year. After learning about her "weakness", she was very sad. She didn't want the manager of the company to tell her with a smile that she could help her "do it". "You have to change your education. If you agree, you can send 45 dollars and three bareheaded photos tomorrow, and you can leave the rest alone." A few weeks later, Miss Wu was surprised to see her new "education": an undergraduate majoring in computer science from a university and a programmer from a computer company. Miss Wu is excited and nervous. Once these fake materials are discovered, her dream of studying abroad is really a pillow.

In order to help applicants apply for passports to go abroad, some intermediary agencies make a fuss about the overseas situation, boasting about the countries that handle overseas studies, and once they get the money, they run away. This is what happened to Tang Lei. In 199, Tang Lei overheard a piece of news in a tabloid: A Hong Kong company opened a garment factory and restaurant in a certain country, and needed to recruit overseas workers from China. The China workers who went to recruit could not only earn a lot of money, but also help with the formalities while studying. 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 advertised address, 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. On June 28th, 1991, Mr. Tang finally set foot on the land of a certain country. Unexpectedly, there was no one to meet 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 in the streets of the country without friends for three months, 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 it had already gone to the empty building. Upon further inquiry, it was a "leather bag company" that was not registered at all. Deception 4: Subcontracting at different levels, illegally linking with

An intermediary institution for studying abroad that has been officially approved and registered by the state should deposit a reserve fund of more than 5, yuan in a bank designated by the competent department for compensation when the legitimate rights and interests of its clients are damaged. For some institutions or individuals who don't want to pay the reserve fund for qualification recognition, but want to be an intermediary for studying abroad, contracting a department of a legal institution with 1, yuan or more and paying a certain amount of management fee to it will suddenly have a legal signboard. However, individual legal study abroad intermediaries sell their legal qualifications to others to illegally reap high economic profits. It is understood that there were such institutions in Beijing before the clean-up and rectification, and there were more than 1 subsidiaries, even subcontracted at different levels. Not only were there grandsons and great-grandchildren's companies, but some even lived under the same roof for four generations, and they threatened to turn a building into a supermarket for studying abroad. The agency only contracted one project, which not only recovered the reserve fund of millions of yuan, but also made huge profits. Due to the neglect of the management of the contractor, the contractor even provided false invitations and false materials for the applicant, which caused adverse consequences.

Deception 5: visa agent, illegal profit

Rao, 23, spends his daily work wandering around the embassy district, distributing small advertisements of the company to everyone who walks by and introducing customers to the company. He said that it is most handy for him to apply for a visa to the United States. So far, he has introduced more than 3 customers to the company, and 17 of them have obtained visas. Generally, each applicant pays 4, yuan to the company, and Rao can get a 15% rebate from it. In addition, some small companies or individuals wander around the embassy to get money 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 abroad agencies not only bring harm to consumers, but also have a negative impact on the regular army, destroying the environment of fair competition. It is reported that in order to eliminate these negative effects, Beijing Consumers Association recently issued a service commitment to consumers in conjunction with 28 qualified study abroad agents. This commitment will be specified in terms of fees, service contents, publicity methods, responsibilities, etc., and will be fixed in an agreed form, so that consumers can clearly enjoy the intermediary service of studying abroad. ■ On January 13th, 2, Beijing announced the list of the first batch of 18 intermediaries qualified to provide self-funded study abroad services. In November of the same year, the second batch of 28 legal intermediaries was announced, so far there are 46 legal study abroad intermediaries in the city.