Students of Northern Virginia University meet Indian Embassy officials!

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PTI / The Hindu / WASHINGTON, August 6, 2011.

Nearly 70 Indian students of the University of Northern Virginia, which was recently raided by the U.S. authorities on charges of fraud, have met Indian Embassy officials here and sought help in continuing their studies in the country.

Authorities in the U.S. last week raided offices of the university’s Annandale campus on charges of fraud, where 90 per cent of the 2,400 students are from India.

The students and their representatives explained some of their concerns particularly related to the time, money and energy that many of them had already spent at the university. These students wanted to see if some arrangement can be made that the years that have already spent at the University of Northern Virginia were not lost.

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ALERT: Beware of predatory visa fraud rings: U.S. to Indian students!

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PTI / The Hindu / WASHINGTON, July 30, 2011.

Students of University of Northern Virginia (UNVA) wait in the parking lot of the university while FBI and ICI were conducting raids at the university's administrative campus on suspected charges of alleged visa fraud, in Washington on Thursday - PTI.

U.S. has cautioned Indian students, who are planning to come to America, to be alert to the existence of predatory visa fraud rings and fraudulent document vendors.

The statement gains significance in the wake of raid on yet another U.S. university on the alleged charges of visa fraud.

“We caution them to be alert to the existence of these so-called predatory visa fraud rings and fraudulent document vendors,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters at his daily news conference.

Mr. Toner said the U.S. is looking into the issue of raid by federal authorities at University of Northern Virginia (UNVA).

“We are following the case closely, and we’re in communication with the Government of India officials on it,” he said.

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