BBC暗访揭英国「全球人才签证」造假链：中介开价88万元，代做艺术品、办展览与奖项一条龙
英国广播公司（BBC）11月13日发布暗访调查：伦敦金丝雀码头一家名为 iCareer Consultancy 的中介机构，被拍到向卧底记者开价88万元人民币（约合10万英镑）提供「全包」服务，帮助客户伪造艺术生涯材料，申请英国「全球人才签证」。英国内政部回应称调查结果「极其严重」，该公司已在接受调查，并正吊销两名靠欺骗取得签证者的签证。
BBC卧底记者扮作一名中国客户前往咨询。自称「Peter」的顾问称，全包服务分三期收费，内容包括最多15件在中国制作后运往英国的「艺术品」（约1,120英镑）、安排展览与媒体报道、推荐信、倒填日期的从业记录，甚至雇人冒充客户本人出席画廊开幕活动社交。另付25万元人民币（约2.8万英镑），还可安排一个福布斯中国艺术奖项，其姊妹公司 ADArt Global 是该奖项的赞助方；福布斯方面向BBC确认这些奖项本身是真实的。该顾问声称，全包客户从未被拒签，今年已有4人拿到签证、约10人在等候，BBC无法核实这一说法。
iCareer 通过律师回应称，Peter 的雇佣关系已于10月初结束，这次会面未经授权，公司「强烈否认提供过任何签证服务」；Peter 本人否认有不当行为。
BBC还发现其他造假路径：有人盗用尼日利亚《论坛报》真实评论家 Molara Wood 的署名发表假评论，帮助两名尼日利亚男子以艺术摄影师身份拿到签证，内政部称正吊销这两人以欺骗手段取得的签证；还有一名印度科技类申请人，其顾问为她虚构了导师奖项与演讲经历，申请最终被拒。
「全球人才签证」2020年推出，申请人无需面试，家人可随行，最快三年可申请永居。2025年英国共发放约6,600张该类签证，艺术文化类申请在2023至2025年间几乎翻倍；英格兰艺术委员会去年在约3,500份艺术类申请中背书了不到一半。内政部称，该签证路径已在审查之中，内政大臣马哈茂德（Shabana Mahmood）将采取一切必要行动。
（来源：BBC）
BBC Undercover: Firms Charge Around £100,000 to Fake Art Careers for UK Global Talent Visas
A BBC undercover investigation published on November 13 found that a London consultancy, iCareer Consultancy, based in Canary Wharf, offered an undercover reporter posing as a Chinese client a "fully inclusive" package priced at 880,000 yuan (about £100,000) to fabricate an art career in support of a UK Global Talent visa application. The Home Office called the findings "extremely serious", said the company is already under investigation, and said it is revoking the visas of two men who obtained them by deception.
A consultant calling himself "Peter" told the reporter the three-stage package would include up to 15 artworks made in China and shipped to Britain (about £1,120), staged exhibitions and media coverage, recommendation letters and backdated career records, and even an employee to pose as the client networking at gallery openings. For an extra 250,000 yuan (about £28,000), the firm offered a Forbes China art award; its sister company, ADArt Global Ltd, is a sponsor of the awards, and Forbes confirmed to the BBC that the awards themselves are genuine. The consultant claimed no fully inclusive client had ever been refused, that four clients had received visas this year and about ten were waiting; the BBC could not verify those claims.
Through lawyers, iCareer said Peter's employment had ended in early October, that the meeting was unauthorised, and that it "strongly denied offering any visa services whatsoever". Peter denied wrongdoing.
The BBC also found other fraud routes: fake reviews published under the stolen byline of Nigerian Tribune critic Molara Wood helped two Nigerian men obtain visas as fine-art photographers; the Home Office says it is revoking both men's visas as obtained by deception. An Indian tech-route applicant's adviser invented a mentoring award and a speaking engagement for her; her application was rejected.
The Global Talent visa, launched in 2020, requires no interview, allows family members to come, and can lead to settlement in as little as three years. About 6,600 were granted in 2025 across all streams, arts and culture applications almost doubled between 2023 and 2025, and Arts Council England endorsed just under half of roughly 3,500 arts applications last year. The Home Office said the route is already under review and that Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will take whatever action is needed.
(Source: BBC)
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