Cross Border Investigation & Verification Agency

Promised a UK job. Pressured to pay. Left needing proof.

CBIVA establishes the factual position for victims, workers and sponsors affected by cross-border job, visa and sponsorship fraud. We examine documents, corroborate records, trace payment trails, identify inconsistencies and structure the evidence for the lawful route ahead.

My journey — I was promised a UK jobOur sponsor journey — protect our licenceReport a case

My journey — I was promised a UK job

Tell us what happened. We preserve the account, authenticate supporting material and reconstruct the evidence trail.

Our sponsor journey — protect our licence

When a candidate, agent or document route creates licence risk, the evidence must be built before assumptions harden.

Referral rewards
£50 for eligible UK applicant referrals after conversion.
Sponsor referrals
£100 for eligible sponsor/employer referrals after conversion.
Controlled process
Overseas applicants are excluded from referral payments at launch.
My journey

I was promised a UK job

You may have paid an overseas agent, relied on WhatsApp promises, borrowed from family, sold assets, sent documents, attended interviews or travelled in good faith. Then the job disappeared, the sponsor collapsed, the documents were challenged, or the agent stopped answering. CBIVA is designed for that moment: when the story must become evidence.

Victim overseas

Still in your home country

We preserve payment trails, messages, receipts, names, addresses, voice notes, ID records and promises made by agents or intermediaries.

Worker in the UK

Already here, job collapsed

We reconstruct the sponsorship history, examine the employer route and clarify whether you were misled, exploited or caught in a wider issue.

Family under pressure

Threats, shame or intimidation

We catalogue intimidation, bribery requests, family pressure, document seizure and attempts to interfere with evidence.

Already in the UK

If your sponsor lost its licence, you may still need evidence

A genuine worker can be harmed by a sponsor problem. If the sponsor is suspended, revoked or investigated, the worker may ask: what did I do wrong? CBIVA helps separate the worker’s factual position from the wider sponsor or agent issue.

What we examine

What you were promised, who introduced you, what documents you saw, whether the job existed, whether the sponsor was genuine, whether salary and hours matched, and whether records were prepared by someone else.

Why it matters

Where deception or false documents are alleged, future applications can be affected. Establishing whether you were a genuine victim, an innocent participant or a knowing participant can be critical.

Still overseas

If you are afraid of the agent, tell us

Many victims overseas stay silent because the agent has money, political contacts, police contacts, community influence or family pressure. CBIVA treats threats and intimidation as evidence, not background noise.

No bribes. No intimidation. No exploitation.

If bribery, corruption or intimidation appears, we act quickly. We preserve the material, record the threat, identify the persons involved and consider lawful action both in the relevant country and in the UK. CBIVA is anti-bribery, anti-intimidation, anti-exploitation and anti-modern slavery.

Your own language matters

Interviews can be conducted in the person’s own language and, where required, local dialect. Recordings and transcripts preserve the account in the client’s own words and help avoid distortion through poor translation.

Worldwide reach

Countries we cover

Each country route has its own contact email, language support, information channels and reporting pathways. The flags are not decoration; they show the operational route by which a case is triaged.

Afghanistan flagAfghanistan
afghanistan@cbiva.com

Language support: Dari · Pashto · Urdu support where required

Verification and reporting channels

Information / verification: e-Tazkira / civil records where viable · education records · employer confirmation · enhanced corroboration where records are disrupted

Reporting / escalation: Police/prosecutorial channels where viable · anti-corruption/international-supported routes · panel advocates, barristers and law chambers

Risk note: Records may be disrupted; enhanced corroboration and safety assessment required.

Bangladesh flagBangladesh
bangladesh@cbiva.com

Language support: Bengali · Sylheti support where required

Verification and reporting channels

Information / verification: NID/Smart NID · Education Boards · UGC Bangladesh · BTEB · RJSC · NBR/e-TIN · BMET

Reporting / escalation: CID · Anti-Corruption Commission · police · BMET · labour/ministry channels · panel advocates, barristers and law chambers

Risk note: Agent payments, document packages and informal processing demands should be preserved.

Ghana flagGhana
ghana@cbiva.com

Language support: English · Twi/Akan support where required

Verification and reporting channels

Information / verification: Ghana Card/NIA · WAEC · GTEC · GRA · Office of the Registrar of Companies · employer confirmation

Reporting / escalation: EOCO · police/CID · CHRAJ/anti-corruption routes · labour/immigration channels · panel advocates, barristers and law chambers

Risk note: Employment promises and agent introductions should be cross-checked against source records.

India flagIndia
india@cbiva.com

Language support: Hindi · Punjabi · Gujarati · Bengali · Tamil · Telugu · Malayalam · Urdu where required

Verification and reporting channels

Information / verification: DigiLocker/NAD · UGC · AICTE · CBSE/CISCE/state boards · Ministry of Corporate Affairs · PAN/tax records where lawful · employer confirmation

Reporting / escalation: State police · Economic Offences Wings · cybercrime portals · CBI/ED where appropriate · labour/emigration routes · panel advocates, barristers and law chambers

Risk note: Education, employment and company records should be authenticated at source where lawful.

Kenya flagKenya
kenya@cbiva.com

Language support: English · Swahili support where required

Verification and reporting channels

Information / verification: National ID/NRB · KNEC · CUE · KNQA · KRA PIN · Business Registration Service · employer confirmation

Reporting / escalation: DCI · EACC · police · National Employment Authority · labour channels · panel advocates, barristers and law chambers

Risk note: Recruitment and overseas employment promises should be tied to payment and document trails.

Malaysia flagMalaysia
malaysia@cbiva.com

Language support: Malay · Tamil · English · Urdu/Hindi support where required

Verification and reporting channels

Information / verification: MyKad/JPN · MQA/MQR · Ministry of Higher Education · SSM company records · LHDN tax records

Reporting / escalation: Police commercial crime · MACC · labour channels · immigration/labour authorities · panel advocates, barristers and law chambers

Risk note: Cross-border document trails may require multi-jurisdiction checks.

Nepal flagNepal
nepal@cbiva.com

Language support: Nepali · Hindi support where required

Verification and reporting channels

Information / verification: National ID/Civil Registration · NEB · UGC Nepal · OCR company registry · IRD/PAN · Department of Foreign Employment

Reporting / escalation: CIB Nepal Police · CIAA · Department of Foreign Employment · labour routes · panel advocates, barristers and law chambers

Risk note: Foreign employment records and local agents should be mapped carefully.

Nigeria flagNigeria
nigeria@cbiva.com

Language support: English · Hausa · Yoruba · Igbo support where required

Verification and reporting channels

Information / verification: NIMC/NIN · WAEC · NECO · JAMB · NUC · CAC · FIRS/tax records where lawful · employer confirmation

Reporting / escalation: EFCC · ICPC · police/CID · labour/employment channels · NIDCOM where relevant · panel advocates, barristers and law chambers

Risk note: Payment trails, introductions and document brokers should be cross-checked for wider patterns.

Pakistan including Azad Kashmir flagPakistan including Azad Kashmir
pakistan@cbiva.com

Language support: Urdu · Punjabi · Mirpuri/Pahari · Pashto · Sindhi where required

Verification and reporting channels

Information / verification: NADRA CNIC/NICOP · HEC · BISE boards · IBCC · SECP · FBR · BE&OE / Protectorate of Emigrants · employer confirmation

Reporting / escalation: FIA · police/CID · NAB where relevant · anti-corruption authorities · labour/emigration channels · panel advocates, barristers and law chambers

Risk note: Azad Kashmir is handled through the Pakistan route at launch; local dialect support is important.

Philippines flagPhilippines
philippines@cbiva.com

Language support: Filipino/Tagalog · English · regional support where required

Verification and reporting channels

Information / verification: PhilSys/PSA · CHED · DepEd · TESDA · PRC · SEC/DTI · BIR/TIN

Reporting / escalation: NBI · PNP · Department of Migrant Workers · labour channels · panel advocates, barristers and law chambers

Risk note: Professional registration and migration-worker records may be relevant.

Sri Lanka flagSri Lanka
srilanka@cbiva.com

Language support: Sinhala · Tamil · English support where required

Verification and reporting channels

Information / verification: National Identity Card · UGC Sri Lanka · Department of Examinations · TVEC · Inland Revenue · Registrar of Companies · SLBFE

Reporting / escalation: CID · CIABOC · police · SLBFE · labour channels · panel advocates, barristers and law chambers

Risk note: Evidence should preserve both language versions and original records.

Sudan flagSudan
sudan@cbiva.com

Language support: Arabic · English support where required

Verification and reporting channels

Information / verification: Civil registry · education records · tax/company records where viable

Reporting / escalation: Police/prosecutorial channels where viable · anti-corruption routes where available · international/diplomatic routes where appropriate · panel advocates, barristers and law chambers

Risk note: Conflict and governance disruption require enhanced caution and corroboration.

Syria flagSyria
syria@cbiva.com

Language support: Arabic · Kurdish support where required

Verification and reporting channels

Information / verification: Civil status · education records · company/tax records where viable

Reporting / escalation: Lawful local channels where viable · international/diplomatic or humanitarian routes where appropriate · panel advocates, barristers and law chambers

Risk note: Record reliability and personal safety must be assessed carefully.

Zimbabwe flagZimbabwe
zimbabwe@cbiva.com

Language support: English · Shona · Ndebele support where required

Verification and reporting channels

Information / verification: National ID · ZIMSEC · ZIMCHE · ZIMRA · Companies Registry · employer confirmation

Reporting / escalation: CID · ZACC · police · labour/social welfare channels · panel advocates, barristers and law chambers

Risk note: Company, education and tax records should be evaluated alongside the victim account.

The CBIVA method

One evidence standard

Whether the case concerns a victim who paid an overseas agent, a worker already in the UK, a sponsor deceived by false documents, a person named on a licence without real control, or a pattern of organised recruitment fraud, CBIVA applies one standard: record the account, preserve the documents, authenticate supporting material, test the story against available evidence and reconstruct the factual position.

Record

We preserve the account in the client’s own words, with language or dialect support where required.

Examine

We scrutinise documents, screenshots, payment records, voice notes, email trails, contracts, CoS material and company records.

Corroborate

We cross-check the account against source records, country channels, sponsor data, payroll evidence and available third-party material.

Structure

We organise the evidence into a court-grade pack that can assist the professional route ahead in the UK or overseas.

Output

A court-grade evidence pack, not a folder of papers

CBIVA builds a structured evidential record from the facts available: interviews, translations, payment records, messages, receipts, documents, agent details, employer records, sponsor information, verification results, intimidation evidence, bribery evidence and official-channel responses.

Applicant pack

Chronology, interview summary, payment schedule, document schedule, translation notes, agent profile, sponsor profile, intimidation/bribery log and referral-ready bundle.

Sponsor pack

Candidate file, CoS route, recruitment history, costings, payroll/PAYE notes, Home Office correspondence, document analysis, agent-network profile and risk summary.

Country pack

Verification results, reporting channels, language notes, source responses, authority contact points and country-risk observations.

Our sponsor journey

Protect our licence before the damage spreads

A sponsor fraud is not only a recruitment loss. It can become a licence event, payroll issue, HMRC-linked issue, employment issue, director issue, Companies House issue, bank due-diligence issue and reputational issue. If the sponsor cannot evidence what happened, the story may be written against the business before the business has properly answered it.

False documents

Worker used false material

Qualifications, experience letters, salary records, identity documents or references may be challenged. The sponsor must evidence what was supplied, checked and later discovered.

Absconding

Candidate arrived and disappeared

The sponsor may have paid costs and assigned a CoS, then the worker fails to start or disappears. The reporting, contact attempts and agent trail must be preserved.

No real control

Named on a licence without understanding

A person may be used as Authorising Officer, Key Contact, Level 1 User, director or manager without true control. This needs its own evidence route.

Genuine vacancy

The role itself is questioned

The Home Office may scrutinise whether the vacancy, salary, hours and business need were genuine. CBIVA structures the sponsor’s evidence.

Illegal working

Right-to-work exposure

Right-to-work records, checks, dates, reporting and worker status may become relevant. The sponsor needs a clear record.

Licence cascade

Action plan to revocation

A weak file can contribute to action plan, B-rating, suspension, revocation, allocation loss and curtailment consequences for genuine workers.

The wider net

Home Office, HMRC, PAYE, Companies House and directors

The sponsor risk is rarely just one immigration problem. The facts can touch record-keeping, reporting, cooperation, genuine vacancy evidence, right-to-work, payroll, RTI, National Minimum Wage, salary evidence, genuine trading, false statements, PSC records, connected companies and director conduct.

HMRC and accountant-prepared records

Where salary, PAYE, RTI, National Insurance, working hours, business accounts or payroll records diverge from what was represented, the issue may move into tax, payroll and professional-conduct territory. CBIVA identifies what was prepared, who prepared it, when it was used and what later proved false.

Companies House, PSCs and connected companies

Director control, PSC records, filings, connected companies and false statements can form part of the wider factual picture. If the same people control multiple entities, the consequences of poor records can follow the individuals and related businesses.

Pattern detection

We look for networks, not just one bad actor

Many job and visa fraud cases are not isolated. The same agent, document broker, recruiter, training provider, accountant, overseas office, payment account or phone number may appear across several cases. CBIVA compares lawful data points to identify whether the case is part of a wider fraud pattern.

UK presence

London office presence

CBIVA is UK-anchored, with London presence for credibility, meetings and institutional positioning.

CBIVA London

1–3 Frederick’s Place
London
United Kingdom

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Questions & answers

Deeper questions clients actually ask

The answers below are deliberately detailed. They are designed to help victims, workers, sponsors and families recognise their situation and understand why evidence matters.

My journey questions

I paid an agent for a UK job or visa. Can CBIVA help me?Yes, if there is evidence to preserve, examine or investigate.

You may have paid for a job, Certificate of Sponsorship, interview, training place, document package, visa arrangement or processing fee. CBIVA looks at what was promised, who was involved, what you paid, where the money went, what documents were used, and whether the job, sponsor or route was genuine. The aim is to establish the factual position and build a structured evidence record.

I am already in the UK and my job was not what I was promised. What can I do?You may need a factual evidence pack before any next step can be assessed.

Some people arrive in the UK believing they have a genuine sponsored job, only to find the role, hours, salary or employer is not as represented. We reconstruct the sponsorship history, examine communications, authenticate supporting material, cross-check payments and preserve the account in the client’s own words.

What if I did nothing wrong but my sponsor lost its licence?You may still need evidence to separate your position from the wider problem.

A genuine worker can be harmed by a sponsor licence sanction. CBIVA examines whether you were misled, whether the job was genuine, whether you worked as agreed, whether documents were prepared by someone else, and whether you were caught inside a sponsor or agent problem that you did not create.

What did I do wrong?Possibly nothing — but the evidence must show that.

Many victims trusted an agent, borrowed money from family, travelled in good faith and then discovered that the job, sponsor, salary or documents were not what they believed. CBIVA’s role is not to judge the victim. It is to test the account against available evidence and clarify what was known, what was promised and who may have misled whom.

Can false documents or deception affect future UK applications?Yes, the consequences can follow a person across future applications.

Where deception or false documents are alleged, future UK applications can be affected, including visit applications. This is why the distinction between a genuine victim, an innocent participant and a person who knowingly used deception matters. CBIVA builds the factual record so that the relevant professional route can consider the evidence properly.

I am afraid of the agent in my home country. Should I still report?Yes — tell us about the fear itself.

Agents may claim police contacts, political influence, family pressure, community standing or control over documents. Threats, pressure, warnings not to complain and demands to withdraw are not side issues. They are evidence. CBIVA can act quickly to preserve the material and consider lawful routes in the relevant country and in the UK.

What if someone asks me for a bribe or unofficial payment?Do not pay it. Tell us immediately.

CBIVA is firmly anti-bribery. We do not pay bribes, request bribes, facilitate bribes or support speed money. If an official, agent, intermediary or other person asks for unofficial money to move a file, hide a complaint or influence an outcome, that request becomes part of the evidence trail.

Will my interview be recorded?Yes, with informed consent where appropriate.

Recording protects the integrity of the account. CBIVA may record the initial account and later document-review or payment-history interviews. Recordings, summaries and transcripts are stored securely in the UK with controlled access so that the factual position is preserved.

Can I speak in my own language or dialect?Yes, language and local dialect support is part of the model.

Many victims cannot explain complex fraud properly in English. CBIVA can support interviews in relevant languages and, where possible, local dialects. Regional terms, village references, agent phrases and payment customs can matter. Poor translation can damage a case; careful translation can clarify it.

What exactly do I receive from CBIVA?A structured evidence pack, not a folder of papers.

Depending on the case, the pack may include a chronology, interview summary, transcript notes, document schedule, payment schedule, screenshots, message bundle, translation notes, agent profile, sponsor profile, verification results, intimidation log, bribery log, country-channel notes and a referral-ready bundle.

Can the evidence pack help with staying in the UK?It may assist the professional route by clarifying the facts.

For people already in the UK, CBIVA can reconstruct the sponsorship history, examine the documents relied upon, corroborate the payment and communication trails, and prepare factual material for case review. CBIVA prepares evidence; the onward route depends on the facts and appropriate professional assessment.

Will CBIVA report everyone to the Home Office?No. Information handling must be lawful and controlled.

CBIVA may assist with lawful Home Office information requests, including Subject Access Requests where properly authorised. Client information is not casually disclosed. It is handled through consent, lawful basis, proper authority or legal compulsion, with the purpose of clarifying and protecting the record.

Our sponsor journey questions

Fees

Clear fees before work begins

CBIVA fees are set out clearly at the start of the case so the applicant or sponsor knows the investigation and evidence-pack cost before work begins. The fee is for the CBIVA investigation, examination of the available material and preparation of the structured evidence pack for the route ahead.

My journey — already in the UK

£795 total — no VAT added

For an applicant or worker already in the United Kingdom who believes they were deceived by an agent, sponsor, recruiter or related party. The flat fee covers the CBIVA investigation and preparation of the applicant evidence pack.

That may include the chronology, recorded account, document schedule, payment trail, communications, relevant source checks, agent/sponsor profile, inconsistencies identified and the structured factual record.

Our sponsor journey

£1,050 + VAT

For a UK sponsor or employer requiring a structured investigation and sponsor evidence pack. The work may examine the candidate file, recruitment route, documents relied upon, CoS history, agent involvement, costings, payroll/PAYE material, Home Office correspondence, licence-risk issues and wider factual inconsistencies.

The purpose is to establish and evidence what happened so the sponsor is working from a documented position when considering the next professional, regulatory or recovery route.

Still overseas

Flat fee in local currency

For an overseas applicant, the investigation fee is set as a flat fee in the local currency for that country. The amount is explained and agreed before work begins.

Overseas applicant fees are separate from the referral-reward scheme. Overseas applicants can be recorded as referrals for intelligence and network mapping, but no referral payment is attached to that route at launch.

What the fee pays for

The fee is not simply for opening a file. CBIVA establishes the factual position, examines and cross-checks the available material, structures the chronology, records relevant interviews, identifies inconsistencies and builds the evidential record appropriate to the case. The precise contents depend on the facts and the material available.

What happens next

Once the factual record and evidence pack are built, it can support the appropriate route ahead — for example case review, recovery, complaint, sponsor response, formal representations or referral to the relevant regulated professionals, advocates, barristers or law chambers.

Referral rewards are separate from service fees. The current referral scheme is £50 for eligible applicants already in the UK and £100 for eligible sponsor/employer referrals, payable only after the referred person converts into an active CBIVA case. Overseas applicant referrals do not attract a referral payment at launch.
Referral rewards

Help others find CBIVA

Many victims and sponsors first hear about CBIVA through someone already in their network: a family group, a business circle, a WhatsApp group, a sponsor contact or another person affected by the same agent route. The referral scheme rewards genuine introductions that become active CBIVA cases.

£50 referral

Applicants already in the UK

If an applicant, worker or family contact already in the UK introduces a new person who then joins CBIVA as an active case, a £50 referral fee can be recorded for the person who made the introduction.

£100 referral

Sponsors and employers

If a sponsor or employer introduces another sponsor, employer or business contact who then joins CBIVA as an active sponsor case, a £100 referral fee can be recorded for the original referrer.

Not overseas

Overseas applicants excluded

The referral fee does not apply to overseas applicants at launch. Overseas referrals can still be recorded for intelligence, country routing and agent-network mapping, but no referral payment is attached to that route.

How the referral is evidenced

CBIVA records the referrer, the referred person’s email address, the date of introduction, the country or sponsor route involved, and whether the person later converted into an active case. The fee is applied only after conversion is confirmed in the CBIVA database.

“Conversion” means the referred person is accepted into the CBIVA process and their case is activated.

Privacy and consent control

The referral scheme must not encourage people to scrape email addresses from WhatsApp groups or send CBIVA lists of people who have not agreed to be contacted. The safest route is a warm introduction: the referrer tells the person about CBIVA and provides their email address only where the person expects contact.

CBIVA records consent/authority, duplicate checks, referral eligibility and payment status. If there is no proper consent trail, the referral should be reviewed before any direct contact is made.

Referral payments are recorded against the active CBIVA case record after conversion is confirmed. Eligibility, consent, duplicate checking and payment status are controlled through the CBIVA case-management process.
Report a case

Start the intake route

Use this route to begin a CBIVA enquiry. The live site routes enquiries to the correct CBIVA intake channel according to country and whether the matter is an individual, sponsor or referral enquiry. Any risk flags are included for staff review.

Preserve your original messages and documents. Evidence upload is not available on this website. Make the initial enquiry first; CBIVA will arrange how evidence can be provided.

Contact

CBIVA communications

Telephone

+44 (0)330 520 2387

WhatsApp

+44 7963 349574

Email

cases@cbiva.com
sponsors@cbiva.com
evidence@cbiva.com

London office

1–3 Frederick’s Place
London, United Kingdom

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