South Korea revokes visas for over 100 Chinese students who faked credentials to get into university

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South Korea revokes visas for over 100 Chinese students for fake credentials

A total of 112 Chinese students had their visas revoked after authorities in South Korea discovered that the students falsified their credentials. The students enrolled at a private university in Gwangju.

According to The Korea Times, the students were to graduate in July.

Falsified documents

Authorities were initially suspicious when they noticed that hundreds of students had reported graduating from the same university in the United States at the same time. The oddity prompted further investigation.

They found that the students had not even been in the United States at the time. Additionally, that US university had also had its accreditation status revoked in the mid-2000s.

This then prompted immigration authorities to raid the university in January.

Once they verified that the students’ academic credentials were falsified, authorities immediately revoked their visas.

University claims it is difficult to detect this type of falsification

Many of the students had gone back to China for winter break. Honam University sent a notice to them, advising them to delay their return, as they will face deportation.

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As for the five who remained in South Korea, four left voluntarily. Authorities forcibly deported the other.

Honam University said the discovery blindsided them. They claimed that it was not feasible to verify every single diploma presented, so they often relied on certification systems.

“The students in question were admitted after their documents were verified through this process, and the Ministry of Justice and the immigration office also granted visas based on those documents,” an official said.

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