Guides
Know before you pay
Country-by-country guides on how visa fraud actually works, the warning signs to watch for, and how to check a visa yourself before you pay a recruiting agency or book a flight.
GCC work visas
Saudi Work Visa Verification: How to Know If Your Visa Is Real
Saudi Arabia remains the single largest destination for Bangladeshi labour migrants — and the corridor fake sub-agents target hardest. Here's what to check before you pay.
Read guideUAE Work Visa Verification: A Step-by-Step Guide Before You Fly
UAE job offers are among the most convincing fakes in circulation because genuine UAE visa paperwork is easy to photograph and copy. Here's how to tell the difference.
Read guideQatar Work Visa Verification: What to Confirm Before You Travel
Qatar's construction and services boom continues to draw Bangladeshi workers — and continues to draw fraudulent sub-agents selling recycled visa numbers.
Read guideKuwait Work Visa Scams: Red Flags Every Applicant Should Know
Kuwait's domestic-work and services visa market has a well-documented fraud problem. Here's what genuine paperwork looks like — and what doesn't.
Read guideOman Visa Verification: What Every Job Seeker Should Check First
Oman's visa system is smaller and quieter than its neighbours — which is exactly why fraudulent copies go unchallenged longer.
Read guideBahrain Work Visa: How to Confirm It's Real Before You Travel
Bahrain's compact labour market makes fraud easier to run and easier to check — if you know where to look.
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Italy Work Visa Fraud: What Every Decreto Flussi Applicant Must Know
Italy's annual Decreto Flussi work-visa quota is the single most exploited EU corridor for Bangladeshi applicants — and the most heavily faked.
Read guidePortugal Work Visa Verification: Job-Seeker Visa Fraud Explained
Portugal's job-seeker visa route became one of the fastest-growing — and most scammed — paths into the EU labour market for Bangladeshi applicants.
Read guideRomania Work Visa Fraud: How Fake Permits Trick Bangladeshi Workers
Romania has become one of the largest EU destinations for Bangladeshi labour migration — and one of the most frequently reported for recruitment fraud.
Read guidePoland Work Visa Verification: Spotting Fake Work Permits
Poland's demand for factory and warehouse labour has made it a major Bangladeshi work-visa corridor — and a frequent target for fabricated permits.
Read guideCroatia Work Visa Fraud: What to Verify Before You Pay
Croatia's growing quota for foreign labour has turned it into a fast-rising — and fast-scammed — destination for Bangladeshi workers.
Read guideCyprus Work Visa Verification: Avoiding Recruitment Fraud
Cyprus's smaller labour market makes fraud easier to run on applicants with no local point of reference to check against.
Read guideMalta Work Visa Fraud: Red Flags Every Applicant Should Know
Malta's single-permit work system is straightforward on paper — which makes a convincingly forged version easy to pass off as real.
Read guideHungary Work Visa Verification: What to Check Before You Travel
Hungary's guest-worker permit system has drawn growing numbers of Bangladeshi applicants — and a growing number of complaints about fabricated approvals.
Read guideBulgaria Work Visa Fraud: What Every Applicant Should Verify
Bulgaria's rising demand for foreign labour has brought the same recruitment-fraud patterns seen across the rest of the EU's newer labour corridors.
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US Visa Fraud: Warning Signs for Bangladeshi Applicants
US visa fraud rarely involves an entirely invented visa stamp — it more often involves a real interview outcome misrepresented, or a forged supporting document.
Read guideUK Visa Fraud: Warning Signs for Bangladeshi Students and Workers
UK study and work visa fraud often centres on forged CAS letters and sponsorship documents rather than the visa itself.
Read guideSchengen Visa Scams: How Fake Visas Trick Travelers
With 27 countries and no single verification portal, Schengen visa fraud is harder for applicants to check on their own — which is exactly why it persists.
Read guideCanada Work Visa Fraud: What to Verify Before You Pay a Recruiter
Canada's Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) system is a frequent target — a genuine-looking LMIA number tied to a job that was never actually approved.
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