Bengaluru: Visa Aspires from Bengaluru to Universities in Canada found it difficult to get a meeting appointment for biometric procedures, with agents who allegedly pocketed Rs 35,000 to Rs 50,000 for slots at the local facilitation center.
Global VFS, Visa Facilitators, however, said they did not charge customers for appointments to send applications and all appointments available online based on the first delay.
“The Visa Agency and the Canadian Immigration Office here have warned visa seekers to fraudsters, but getting an appointment easier than done,” said the mother of a candidate.
The son of a woman has visited the Global VFS office in the city after the appointment of the kuncian, only to be told that the cancellation by the people ordered previously could secure it the opportunity to make an appointment.
“Meanwhile, some who were in the same situation gave me contact numbers from several agents and I was told that they could give us a promise for student biometric with VFS.
I contacted them and told them full online slots, but they said they were sure they were sure Get a slot for my child if I pay them Rs 45,000, “he added.
When Stoi played two points provided by the woman, the man on the other hand identified themselves as an institutional operator that facilitated a visa and the number between Rs 35,000 and Rs 50,000 for biometric appointment with the Bengaluru VFS center without failing.
According to the source in knowledge, with a limited slot offered for biometric procedures for Canadian visas now because of the situation of the pandemic, many students desperate to complete the process before the specified time to get a visa.
The prohibition of direct flights to Canada from India until September 21, 2021 also remained a big obstacle for them.
With the facilitation center in the city reopened in mid-June after locking, visa processing has been limited and getting a slot is still difficult for students.
After being in a hurry, the agency introduced exclusive student counters, especially for biometric procedures, which only open through appointments before through online ordering.
“I have tried to order an appointment for a few days because some of my friends have one by ordering online at the beginning of 4 in the morning.
I went to the VFS office many times and was told that the cancellation could win my slot for biometric.
But there are some students who claim them Get an appointment through an agent by paying a large amount for a slot, “said Sameer (name changed), a student from Basilagudi.
Responding to the Query of Stoi, Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship of Canada (IRCC), the Canadian Government Visa and Immigration Authority, said Canada continued to remind her clients, including the perpetrators of study permits, to be careful with fraud, and if their representative agents / claims will accelerate the appointment of whose appointment Even at a cost, it’s not true.
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