Australia’s immigration department has become aware of fraudulent student visa applications submitted via Indian agents, exacerbating the country's visa backlog crisis.

Education agencies operating in Nigeria have refuted an implication that enabling student loan fraud is rampant among student counselling businesses in the country.

Nigerian education agents are allegedly offering loans to students so they can bypass UK immigration requirements, The PIE News has learnt.

Only one in four university admissions staff feel confident spotting fake qualification documents without assistance, a survey by the UK NARIC has revealed.

Confirmed fraud in student visa applications to New Zealand almost doubled in 2018, but the majority are still rejected without further investigation.

An education agency in Turkey has fired three of its employees after they were caught stealing between $50,000-60,000 from their Work and Travel students' tax returns, while others warn the number of students illegally claiming tax refunds is rising.

According to The Malaysian Insight, fake degrees from both local and international HEIs can be bought for as little as £2,200.

A fake university set up by the DHS in a bid to catch out visa overstayers could erode the confidence of genuine international students looking to study in the US.