Avoid Being Scammed To Travel To CANADA.

Have you tried getting a Visa or tried to use an agent?

Different people travel overseas for different reasons but the most common one is to move and relocate to a country that is well structured for a chance for a better life either for themselves or for their kids and family. As a Nigerian myself, I totally understand that and this was one of the reasons why I moved to the UK way back in 2015.

But have you noticed how rampant visa scams are in Nigeria? A lot of people (who pose as agents or consultants) feed on the need of people to travel, so they charge ridiculous fees to help them process their visas, and the majority of these people are scams! They sometimes disappear after getting paid or pretend to know what they are doing, just to waste your time and money!

In this post, I will be sharing some tips to spot fake visa agents and consultants both from my years of experience travelling and some things I have read and seen online . (At the end of the post, I will be giving you something special to).

Let me make this clear, I don't have anything against agents or consultants because as someone who has gone through the process of acquiring a visa myself and advising friends and family, I know how hard and tedious the process can be - so, agents or consultants deserve to charge whatever fee they feel like charging, IF AND ONLY IF - they actually do what they are being paid for.

So, if you want to hire a visa agent for your next visa application, take time to look out for the following signs. They are the quickest ways to help detect if the person you are entrusting your money and time with is a scammer or not:

(1) Fake Visa Agents Make Unreasonable Promises.

Oh! This is the most obvious sign. Avoid agents who make un - reasonable promises. They think the way to win your heart is by lying to you. They will even go as far as telling you that you do not need to do anything on your side or meet any requirements, that they will contact you when the visa is ready.

They only ask for money and tell you that the visa is" guaranteed". Stay away from people who use the word" guaranteed".

Nothing is guaranteed! Most of them will tell you the process will take you 3 weeks or some very short time as a way to lure you in. Visa process takes months, not weeks! It's a serious process!

A truthful person can only guarantee to help you work on the visa process BUT not giving you a guarantee that you will 100% get the visa Nothing is guaranteed!

(2) Counterfeit Visa Specialists Can't explain (in clear words) How They Will Assist You With Your Visa Application .

Avoid "specialists or agents" who can't tell you in clear terms the specific strategy or route they will use to assist you with procuring a visa.

This is the kind of thing you really want to be aware of, all countries have explicit and clear visa routes and before you utilize the help of a specialist or expert, they ought to have the option to let you know in clear words/terms the specific visa pathway they will be working with you on.

Fake visa specialists or agents dislike clarifying their techniques or approaches in securing a visa for you.

The explanation is on the grounds that they either have none or on the grounds that such techniques are not advantageous or viable to you.

Like I said, there are different visa pathways for various countries and these courses have explicit necessities that don't exactly measure up for everybody, a genuine agent will actually want to let you know the specific course they accept will work for you in light of your own situation.

In this way, many individuals act like visa specialists yet a considerable lot of them have hardly any familiarity with the visa application process. Consequently, they have no data to share.

Avoid such individuals.

(To be continued).