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.

EU work & study visas

Italy Work Visa Fraud: What Every Decreto Flussi Applicant Must Know
Italy·6 min read

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.

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Portugal Work Visa Verification: Job-Seeker Visa Fraud Explained
Portugal·5 min read

Portugal 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.

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Romania Work Visa Fraud: How Fake Permits Trick Bangladeshi Workers
Romania·5 min read

Romania 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.

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Poland Work Visa Verification: Spotting Fake Work Permits
Poland·5 min read

Poland 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.

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Croatia Work Visa Fraud: What to Verify Before You Pay
Croatia·5 min read

Croatia 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.

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Cyprus Work Visa Verification: Avoiding Recruitment Fraud
Cyprus·4 min read

Cyprus 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.

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Malta Work Visa Fraud: Red Flags Every Applicant Should Know
Malta·4 min read

Malta 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.

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Hungary Work Visa Verification: What to Check Before You Travel
Hungary·4 min read

Hungary 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.

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Bulgaria Work Visa Fraud: What Every Applicant Should Verify
Bulgaria·4 min read

Bulgaria 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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