{"id":77207,"date":"2025-07-08T18:18:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T18:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=77207"},"modified":"2025-07-08T18:18:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T18:18:59","slug":"african-migrants-targeted-as-visa-scams-surge-amid-tougher-immigration-rules-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2025\/07\/08\/african-migrants-targeted-as-visa-scams-surge-amid-tougher-immigration-rules-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"African migrants targeted as visa scams surge amid tougher immigration rules in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA1Ic3E2.img?w=534&amp;h=300&amp;m=6\" alt=\"FILE - A worker at The Pier, one of three restaurants in town, readjusts Canadian and American flags hanging outside the business, Monday, March 17, 2025, in Point Roberts, Wa\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Visa scams are on the rise in many developed countries, as tougher immigration rules lead vulnerable migrants to seek advice from fraudulent visa advisors.<\/strong>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/news\/world\/african-migrants-targeted-as-visa-scams-surge-amid-tougher-immigration-rules-in-canada\/ar-AA1Ic1Jz?ocid=msedgdhp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=45ea9bdef2a0496c83623f7789a01c91&amp;ei=13\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Visa scams are on the rise in many developed countries, as tougher immigration rules lead vulnerable migrants to seek advice from fraudulent&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":63801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-77207","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Canada.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77207"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77208,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77207\/revisions\/77208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}