Auckland Tongan church investigated over stated residency for cash scheme

The Immigration Advisors Authority is investigating an accounted as scheme at an Auckland Tongan affiliation. Photo / 123rf

By RNZ

The Zuzug Advisers Authority is investigating a new alleged scheme at an Auckland Tongan church, which promises residency to make cash.

Meetings seem to be held at the ‘I Laumalie Mo Mo’oni church in Māngere, using claims they are promoting the unauthorised scheme.

Overstayers and those wanting residency are said to really are told if they join the religious organization and pay about $500, a choose will sign off on their residency.

Immigration Advisers Expertise spokesman Duncan Connor said additionally encouraging anyone who feels they have, perhaps know someone who has, been given unlicensed zuwanderung advice to contact them or law enforcement officials.

Minister for Pacific Peoples Aupito William Sio: “We’re seeing increasingly of these scams happening online and these are generally targeting very vulnerable communities. inches Photo / Supplied

Connor said those giving immigration advice must be registered by the authority unless they had been handed a special exemption.

Unquestionably the Minister for Pacific Peoples, Aupito William Sio, is urging Pasifika families to beware of unofficial residency schemes.

Sio considered that people who had lost money over passports and citizenships should notify their own office, or the police.

“We don’t want to see people getting ripped off and we’re seeing trying to find of these scams happening online and these are typically targeting very vulnerable communities… we just need to work together to make sure that our people young and old aren’t being ripped off. ”

He said there region law centres and local MPs gives the correct information to people seeking continuing residency.

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– RNZ