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23 Fev 2024

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By Matt Dathan and Tom Witherow, The Times (UK)

Revealed: the middlemen ripping off foreign workers for care visas

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…The agent behind a Facebook advert offering help in obtaining a care visa in the UK responded within minutes — with an invoice for £6,000 and a list of documents needed.

The agent told an undercover reporter that they would not even have to work as a care worker once in the UK. Their wife could also easily find a job and children could come as well…

…The price would increase to £8,000 for a “family package,” the agent said…

This was one of several offers the undercover reporter received only minutes after typing the words “care worker visa” into Facebook. The social media platform is awash with posts advertising their services to secure such visas for the UK…

The fees these middlemen are charging individuals are more than 20 times more than it costs to apply for a three-year visa directly on the UK government website…

…From March 11, only employers that are undertaking Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered activities will be eligible to sponsor a health and care visa…

An investigation by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), the Home Office agency responsible for the visa system, has found widespread abuse, some of it extending into criminal behaviour…