mumbai woman receives one lakh hotel bonus after providing passport for visa stamp

An Irish hotel was reserved using a young woman’s Mumbai passport that was used to apply for a UK visa. The 29-year-old woman learned about the event after she received a bill from a hotel in Dublin for 1234.38 EUR (approximately Rs 1,05,000).rnShe contacted the hotel chain as soon as she received the recipe in the email. She was notified that from November 27 to December 1, her passport number had been used to make the online reservation. She had turned in her passport to a private Mumbai company that facilitated visa applications.rnrnAn FIR has been filed at the Samta Nagar police station after the woman approached the Mumbai police. In her lawsuit, she stated that while her passport was being submitted for visa stamping in Ireland, her identity had been stolen. The complainant, however, claimed that the hotel had made a financial demand.rnrnrnThe woman, whose parents are in Mumbai, intends to immigrate to the UK in order to pursue higher education there.rnThe young woman has been living and working in the Netherlands for the past three years. She arrived in India on November 10 to work on a visa, according to police officers who were quoting her complaint.rnThe incident is the subject of an investigation by the police. VFS Global, a company that facilitates visas, declined to comment on the incident. Without access to specifics, it said, We can’t comment on specific cases.An Irish hotel was reserved using a young woman’s Mumbai passport that was used to apply for a UK visa. The 29-year-old woman learned about the event after she received a bill from a hotel in Dublin for 1234.38 EUR (approximately Rs 1,05,000).rnShe contacted the hotel chain as soon as she received the recipe in the email. She was notified that from November 27 to December 1, her passport number had been used to make the online reservation. She had turned in her passport to a private Mumbai company that facilitated visa applications.rnrnAn FIR has been filed at the Samta Nagar police station after the woman approached the Mumbai police. In her lawsuit, she stated that while her passport was being submitted for visa stamping in Ireland, her identity had been stolen. The complainant, however, claimed that the hotel had made a financial demand.rnrnrnThe woman, whose parents are in Mumbai, intends to immigrate to the UK in order to pursue higher education there.rnThe young woman has been living and working in the Netherlands for the past three years. She arrived in India on November 10 to work on a visa, according to police officers who were quoting her complaint.rnThe incident is the subject of an investigation by the police. VFS Global, a company that facilitates visas, declined to comment on the incident. Without access to specifics, it said, We can’t comment on specific cases.