From The Times and the Sunday Times, this is the story.

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In a quiet corner of an East London restaurant,

surrounded by diners on a Wednesday night,

an unregulated visa agent explained to us how he planned to dupe the home office.

That's Shanty Das, a senior investigations reporter at the Times.

He leant forward across the table. He didn't know who was being filmed, and he spelled out in detail

how he planned to secure a work visa for a man he believed was facing deportation from the UK.

That will have the certificate and I'll make you a CB and he did and that.

I saw some experiences and will give you the, you know, if Home Office asks to ask you some questions

that you are fully prepared to answer.

He explained that on paper everything would look legitimate.

All the evidence would show the man was an employee of an event management company who'd applied for the job through the proper channels and was picked because he was an impressive candidate.

The thing is, in reality, the job wouldn't exist.

In the past few months, the Labour government has clamped down on legal migration,

introducing new, more stringent rules and regulations.

As a result, applications for skilled worker visas have begun to plummet.

But foreign workers who are already in the UK,

who've now had their sponsorship cancelled,

suddenly find themselves thrust into a difficult position,

find new sponsorship in 60 days, or face deportation.

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