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by Obie » Fri Sep 18, 2009 11:45 pm
I believe the onus is on the student to ensure that the course they are undertaking, meets a specified criteria.
How on earth can student blame the UKBA , when they participated in this fraud. These people have no proof that they went to the college, no ID card, no attendance record, no records of teachers. It doesn't add up at all. Even an elementary school pupil will be intelligent enough to know their teachers and know whether or not a school is providing their needs, never mind a graduate.
The analogy of the shopkeeper not putting adequate security measure is just absurd.
The owners carelessness or recklessness is not a criminal offense, but stealing is a criminal offense. In other words, the Home office lack of check and balance is not the problem, but the student failure to spot that the course they embarked on was a fraud.
I am of the view, that these students had no intention to study in the UK, but to use the visa as a route to legalise there stay there, which is wrong. If you get caught doing that, the consequences could be dire, which is what has happened in this case.
I can understand them not wanting to report CCL, but they could have gone to other institutions, if not satisfied with CCL, which i am sure their visas made provision for. However , they didn't want that. They wanted certificates, without working for it, and to engage in full time employment at the same time.
In life, i have learnt you cannot have your cake and eat it too.
Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors