{"id":985,"date":"2025-03-06T17:30:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/?p=985"},"modified":"2025-04-24T11:32:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T06:02:06","slug":"stay-away-from-visa-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/stay-away-from-visa-scam","title":{"rendered":"Stay away from Visa Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Stay away from Visa Scam<\/h1>\n<p>If you&#8217;re applying for an Australian visa, watch out for fake migration agents who try to trick and take advantage of people.<\/p>\n<h3>These scams often happen on social media. Fake agents :<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Charge high fees<\/li>\n<li>Use false documents<\/li>\n<li>Make false promises<\/li>\n<li>Encourage you to work illegally in Australia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>In Australia, only these people can legally give immigration advice for money:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>registered migration agent<\/strong> with the Office of the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/federpath.com\/\">Migration<\/a><\/span> Agents Registration Authority (OMARA)<\/li>\n<li>An <strong>Australian legal practitioner<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@Federpathconsultant\/community\" rel=\"noopener\">applying<\/a><\/span> from outside Australia, it is safe to take\u00a0 help of e<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">xperienced<\/span><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/federpath.com\/\"><strong> Immigration Consultants.<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>How to Check If an Agent Is Registered?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ask for their <strong>Migration Agents Registration Number (MARN)<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Verify their MARN using the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/portal.mara.gov.au\/search-the-register-of-migration-agents\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>OMARA website<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Risks of Using a Fake Agent<\/h3>\n<p>If you use a scam agent, you could:<br \/>\n\u274c Lose your money<br \/>\n\u274c Have your visa cancelled<br \/>\n\u274c Australia may ban you from future visas<br \/>\n\u274c Australia may refuse you entry<br \/>\n\u274c You may be stranded or sent back home<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stay away from Visa Scam If you&#8217;re applying for an Australian visa, watch out for fake migration agents who try to trick and take advantage of people. These scams often happen on social media. Fake agents : Charge high fees Use false documents Make false promises Encourage you to work illegally in Australia In Australia, &#8230; <a title=\"Stay away from Visa Scam\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/stay-away-from-visa-scam\" aria-label=\"Read more about Stay away from Visa Scam\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":997,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[249,167,68,311,65,341,24,101,164],"class_list":["post-985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-us-visa","tag-visa","tag-visa-application-form","tag-visa-process","tag-visa-processing-time","tag-visa-scam","tag-visas","tag-visit-uk","tag-work-in-abroad"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=985"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1002,"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/985\/revisions\/1002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/federpath.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}