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In a shocking case of immigration scam, a brother and sister from Punjab married each other so they could con their way to Australia.

The siblings managed to convince a court in Punjab to register their marriage. The sister used documents belonging to her cousin, who holds an Australian visa, to substantiate the marriage, reported Daily Mail.

Using fake documents and passports, the pair travelled to Australia as husband and wife and were also granted a spousal visa.

“They have cheated the social system, legal system and religious systems, all for the craze, wish and desire to go abroad. We are conducting raids but they are on the run and we have not been able to arrest anyone,” an Inspector told The Australian.

The Australian Department of Home Affairs said that all the documents provided by the pair were thoroughly checked and were also verified with the issuing authority.

However, they conceded they had no control over ‘genuine overseas passports’ which were obtained with fake documents.

More than 1500 foreigners visiting Australia have had their foreign visas rejected in the past four years.

Most of them were found to be cheating the system using falsified documents and passports.

According to Freedom of Information figures obtained by the Herald Sun, the number of rejected visas applications in 2017-2018 was 668.