Visas scam in Abu Dabi

Published November 8th, 2005 - 03:15 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

Cashing in on Asian workers’ ignorance concerning application procedures for the US Diversity Visa (DV) lottery program, many typing centers and photo shops in the capital have been misleadingly presenting themselves has being able and being authorized to offer professional help for workers, mainly Bangladeshis, who wish to apply for the 2007 DV program.

 

The US Embassy, however, reports <i>Gulf News</i>, stated that it has not authorized anyone to receive or submit visa applications for the Diversity Visa program. The shops in Abu Dhabi offer their services naive applicants for a fee of Dh20, for each family head and another Dh10 for every other member of his family.

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