Pay middleman and get student visa for US!

You no longer have to be a student to get a student visa for the US. These visas are the latest tools in the hands of middlemen looking to send you to the US for work. Nine students were recently nabbed in Delhi for faking their qualifications to get this visa, reports CNBC-TV18.

Close to 25,000 US student visas were issued to Indians last year. However, not all of them went there to study. A large number of student visa recipients used these visas to fraudulently get in to the US and took up jobs after landing there. Middlemen are exploiting student visas to send candidates interested to work in the US for a hefty sum.

The US consulate confirmed the abuse of student visas. Nine students were arrested in Delhi last month for applying for student visas using fraud certificates. The university that had issued them necessary documents is also under scrutiny.

Consular Section Mumbai Chief US Consulate Glen Keiser says, “This university is under the great danger of losing its power to accept foreign students. We are investigating four more universities that are suspects.”

Student visas do not have any quota like H1B or temporary work visas. These visas are issued throughout the year. Once the term for student visa expires, most of these fake students get absorbed in the illegal immigrant pool of the country.