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The committee’s motion, passed last week, cited reports in The Globe and Mail since September about jobs-for-sale scams in which international students and foreign workers are illegally charged thousands of dollars by unscrupulous employers and consultants to get a job in Canada.
Immigration consultants and lawyers, aware of the practice, say they fear the scams may get worse as international students, squeezed by recent changes to the postgraduate work-permit program, will search for other ways to stay and work in Canada to rack up points to qualify for permanent residence.
“The Liberal government has to explain why they’ve allowed dishonest employers to defraud immigrants tens of thousands of dollars while also hurting Canadian workers who missed out on chances to compete for these jobs,” he said in a statement.
Ms. Malhotra was handed an 18-month conditional sentence, including six months of house arrest, and was ordered to pay $148,000 in victim restitution to newcomers.
The CBSA, which began investigating Ms. Malhotra and her Edmonton-based business, NAMI Immigration Inc., in 2019, said in a statement that two clients paid her $30,000 and $45,000 to arrange employment in Alberta.
The CBSA discovered other incidents where Ms. Malhotra charged for immigration services that included fake job offers and forged documents.
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