Don’t Fear Immigration Loot as Punjab Government Becomes Your Study Visa Agent – Dates and links to register for the first round of counselling

Foreign Study Visa? Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand? Big dreams but scared too? No more worries, as the Punjab government takes the responsibility of getting your study visa. Besides trust and results, you will save lots of money too.

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Punjab Government is now your foreign study agent

The Punjab Government will now provide free counselling for youngsters wishing to go abroad for studying. So now your government is your study visa agent.

Who is spearheading this public service?

Charanjit Singh Channi, Minister of Technical Educational & industrial Training, Punjab was always aware of the pain of his people and for the last three years was tweaking the system to ensure that no person gets cheated.

Why?

The government has always been aware of the mountains of problems that fall on any family which is deceived by visa agents.

At such a young age, when the dreams of a boy or girl to go abroad to a country of their choice, live the exciting life of an international student, and earn prosperity not only for himself and his family, but his nation as well.

Further, a private business may have vested interests while advising a prospective student about the options available and suitable to him. The government will ensure that the interests of the student are paramount and no effort is left to secure the brightest future for the student, claims Charanjit Singh Channi.

This is not a small industry

The immigration industry is not a small industry.

Sources inform that every year about two lakh students from Punjab go abroad. What are their choices of nations to go to? Canada is the number one choice of all students, and others are Australia, New Zealand, and England.

Now, let’s look at some numbers about the money involved. Sources inform that about Rs 13.5 lakh is the money that a student pays per semesters and a student has about three- four semesters in his course.

The agent who handles this, and this is the real cash cow not the processing fees, receives from 15% onwards of the payment made by the student.

Now, save on this commission with Punjab Government. You will get this commission sent by your educational institution back, claims Charanjit Singh Channi.

Eyes full of dreams

Punjabis have always dreamed of foreign lands and every boy or girl of Punjab hears about stories of those who have struggled and made it big abroad while growing up.

Punjabi art including songs and movies are full of stories that express a Punjabi’s desire to create his dream life in a country of his choice.

Inspired by many reasons and a passion to improve the lifestyle of themselves and their families, most of them decide they too want to tread the same path and study abroad.

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The frauds and the pain are real

Every few weeks we got to learn of an agent destroying the dreams and the financial back-bone of scores of families by making promises, taking cash, closing shop, and not being found.

But now, this will stop. How? Because our state government, with its intention to serve and facilitate prosperity for everyone, will see that everything is handled by it and no one’s aspirations are broken.

Is this real?

Yes, no fraud, authentic unbiased counselling, and getting back the college or university’s commission. All this will be reality.

You need to know the links and the dates, and they are presented near the end.

How the fraud is done?

The industry is founded on dreams and aspirations of young people. In Punjab, there are two types of private agents. One is not having license and is operating illegally. The other is having license and is operating legally.

However, the license does not preclude or deter private businessmen from exploiting students.

Previous attempts at safeguarding people

The government was always aware of the issues and was bringing about changes to help young people achieve their dreams without the possibility of fraud.

License for running an immigration office or company was made mandatory. The fee for license is Rs 25,000. In hindsight, it is now clear that neither this amount was sufficient nor the process of getting the license strict enough.

In a way committing a fraud of Rs 25 lakh required an entry fee of Rs 25 thousand and many businessmen chose to bypass that also and run office illegally.

Theatrics

It is an opinion that to calm the victims and the public the raids which are conducted to identify and prosecute illegal agents is a show.

This school of thought puts forward the idea that the raids are conducted and many scrupulous businesses are closed, but what those who are openly exploiting students even if they have a license.

The driver is asleep at the wheel

The police department and the civil administration department too are believed to be at fault in enabling the sorry state of affairs and making the ambitious dreams of so many young boys and girls of Punjab difficult.

FIR (First Information Report) by a victim of fraud by a visa agent is made by the police department, but action? The reader will concur that justice delayed is justice denied.

Hitting those to whom it hurts the most

Most of the youngsters who nurture the dream of studying abroad are not from very wealthy families. Moreover, the fees demanded by the agents and the college or university abroad are back-breaking for most of the middle-class anyway.

The father and mother of the student may have to take loans or even go ask help from the clandestine part of this industry to show funds for the study visa.

Long story short is that most Punjabis have to go to extreme lengths to arrange the cash to satisfy the demands of the private agents.

Big fish had always been safe

A characteristic of all operations presented to keep the industry clean has been that the big businesses have always been safe even if their violations are public knowledge.

There is hope and it is yours

But now is the time to say good riddance to all these nightmares. Punjab Government is your new agent and your future is their responsibility.

Charanjit Singh Channi under the leadership of Captain Amarinder Singh want a better Punjab and you, the young boy or girl who dreams to study abroad, is an essential part of this vision.

The process – Dates and links

The department is called Foreign Study and Placement Cell (FS & PC).

You have to register from 21st to 25th February, 2021.

The first round of counselling will be held from 1st to 31st March, 2021.

Online visit http://tinyurl.com/foreignstudyjal and enter your details. For more information websites https://pbemployment.punjab.gov.in or http://www.pgrkam.com

Or offline, visit your district’s District Bureau of Employment & Enterprises.             


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