Mangere MP Su’a William Sio is warning people to beware of passport scammers in New Zealand charging people more than $500 for fake visas.
“If anyone has paid money over to this rogue group, you have been fooled. It’s a complete and utter sham. Any visa or residency stamps in your passport from this group are worthless and have no legal status whatsoever.
“The New Zealand Immigration Service is the only legitimate body in this country which can issue visas and permanent residency.
Mr Sio received reports of a meeting held last night at a Manurewa marae at which hundreds of Pacific people, mainly Samoans and Tongans, from Auckland and other regions, say they paid over $500 to a group claiming to have the authority to issue visas and permanent residency.
“In return, they received a fake visa or permanent residency stamp on their passport,” says Su’a William Sio.
“The actions of these rascals are despicable. Shame on them for preying on desperate people.”
The Mangere MP says if anyone has heard of these meeting, or paid for the services of these scammers, he’d like them to contact his electorate office.
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Tena koe, and also the minister he is involved in this scam, when i heard about this passport the first things that comes in my heart was a lying, but I want to see and listern about this whole thing. I went to Mangere at first and I met one of the the kuia outside and she told me to watch out about this workshop, by the time I get to Finlayson last nite i had a false feeling when they came in the first things was tell when he was by himself from down the line plus the Samoan minister, that all I work in Maori PHO for long time when we go to a hui or anythings the supporter is so important they all go and support but last night it was only one Maori and one samoa with others that they never been introduce that was my first impression.