B.C. immigration consultant discovers forged foreign worker documents with her name on them [Video]

Twice in two weeks, Surrey, B.C., immigration consultant Neera Agnihotri discovered her firm was listed on employment documents for foreign workers supposedly bound for B.C.

The only problem: she had never heard of any of the prospective workers or the businesses wanting to hire them.

“I was like, ‘No, this is not our client,'” Agnihotri says, reviewing the paperwork and highlighting signs of forgery.

“You can see a little bit of alteration in the font,” Agnihotri points out on one. On the other, there’s a typo on the name of her firm, Agnihotri Immigration Consulting Inc.

The documents were forged Labour Market Impact Assessments, or LMIAs. Employers typically receive the documents from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) if they want to hire a foreign worker. They’re meant to show that a foreign worker is needed to fill a specific job.

LMIA-supported positions can also increase the worker’s chances of …