Important Announcements from the Visa and Immigration Section
Important Announcements from the Visa and Immigration Section
NEWSFLASH – Australian Immigration Scam identified
The Visa and Immigration Office of the Australian Embassy Manila recently has come across a scam that victimised some Filipino nationals.
The Online Visa Verification Service (OVVS) with website addresswww.ovvs.org is a SCAM. The website appears to provide a service that will allow an applicant to enquire about their Australian visa status by entering a Visa Control Number and person's Date of Birth. The website also claims that the following types of visas may be verified through the online facility: Visitors, Students, Tourists, Business and Work Permit. The general public is advised to be cautious of recruiters or agencies that are recommending this internet facility as a means to verify Australian visas as information obtained from their website is fraudulent.
The OVVS website does not represent the Department or Australian Government and does not have any influence on the application or visa decision process.
An organised syndicate using the company name Venus Asset Management Ltd – located in Ghana – and claiming to provide manpower services to Mahathon Oil Company in Australia uses the OVVS website to trick applicants into paying large sums of money for non-existent visas. If you have been a victim of this or similar scam, please get in touch with us via email at immigration.manila@dfat.gov.au and put VISA SCAM on your subject line and we will get in touch with you.
Who are Down Under Visa? Who is Jeff Harvie?
Jeff Harvie and the Down Under Visa team have been doing this for a lot of years! Down Under Visa have brought thousands of couples to Australia from South East Asia over the years. Mostly from the Philippines, but we help increasing numbers of couples where the visa applicant is from China, Thailand, Vietnam or Cambodia. And what this means is we see a lot of success....and we also see failures when people go it alone after talking to their mate, or their relative, or that minimal-care-no-responsibility Facebook group run by Steve and Maribeth based on their own visa application! One application, and they feel qualified to advise others! It's not even LEGAL to do that!
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