A Google search of Adventure Visa Services Pvt Ltd, Ambala will direct you to the company’s LinkedIn profile, which says it is the “India’s No.1 Licensed Immigration Consultancy.” It’s last post, about a year ago, claimed to be a testimonial a Punjab man “receiving his Russia study visa.”
The company’s registered websites adventureoverseas.io and adventureimmigration.org are no longer hosted on internet domain company GoDaddy.
On another website adventureoverseas.in by the name of Adventure Overseas Consultancy and the same logo, at least 56 testimonials of “visa success” of apparent clients were posted, of which, 30 were for Russia.
The company was incorporated on 18 January 2023 in Ambala, Haryana, according to Zauba Corp. The Director is Manjeet Singh Barnala. In Barnala’s LinkedIn profile, he refers to himself as the Founder and CEO of Adventure Overseas Consultancy since 2014.
Interestingly, the company has changed its address at least three times in the last five years. Up until two years ago, the company gave its location as Raipur in Chhattisgarh and then at the Ambala address.
Posts on the company’s LinkedIn page read:
“Study in Germany…Get Offer Letter in 6 Days.”
“With or without IELTS … Study in USA…Pay Tuition Fee After Visa”
LinkedIn posts from three years ago suggest the company’s address to be in Ludhiana, Punjab. The posts seem to be testimonials of approved visa applications for Russia, Ukraine, UK, Australia and other countries.
The firm claims to have processed over 50,000 visa applications.
The phone numbers given along with these promotional posts are now defunct. The Quint reached out to the company via email and will update the story once they respond.
The last reel on the company’s Instagram handle was on 16 March and promised a monthly salary of Rs 1 lakh in Russia for minimum educational qualifications of 12th pass. The posts are all in Punjabi language and promise to get study visas in several countries including Cyprus, Malta, Finland, Ireland and Canada.