New rules to clip the wings of unscrupulous Immigration consultants
by Harleen Kaur - February 2, 2010
New Zealand, February 2: The introduction of the Immigration Advisers Licensing Act on May 4, 2010 will clip the wings of many immigration consultants engaged in malpractices.
The new act, which will become functional from May 4 onwards, is hoped to put a cap on the prevailing loopholes in the current system.
The system has failed to book the guilty immigration advisors who have been cheating the innocent applicants by making big holes on the pockets of many desiring to migrate to foreign lands.
The case of honest immigration consultants based in New Zealand(Barrister and Solicitor Alastair McClymont from Auckland), who, instead of getting rewarded for their honesty, were punished while some unscrupulous agents slipped from getting caught by the system which smells of serious loopholes and helps the growth of those playing with the policies of the system.
Its not only Barrister and Solicitor Alastair McClymont, based in Auckland, who have raised voice against such malpractices being allowed by the current immigration law, but several others too have come up to voice their cases.
The current system is inadequate as it allowed the Office of the Registrar of Immigration Advisers to enroll several immigration advisers who not only lacked in basic necessary skills desirous of any candidate for this job, but also registered those who have no experience in the related field.
Hence, it is being strongly felt that the system of registration has become corrupt as it does not look for high competency level or desired skills.
It fails to address the grievances of those who suffered at the hands of fraudulent immigration advisors and does not provide any solution in the form of any legal action against those who have harmed them, both financially and mentally.
The country needs to learn a lesson or two from other neighboring countries and have a system governed by a central ruling body (like WTO-World Trade Organization) in place to check the advisors involved in unabated corrupt practices.
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