inquiry for visa fee and processing

3POSTS

11 years ago

Good day.

Anybody here can help me to know how much the visa processing and how long it will process? I was hired by Oil company and they want me to go there on March 2, 2015. they gave me Kero Travel and Tour to process my visa. Is it normal way for the employer聽 does not shoulder the visa of the employee and they pass it to an agency?

Thank you in advance.

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grace143 New member

5POSTS

11 years ago

Hi. I also received an employment letter from Norway and they refer me to Kero Travel and Tour. I have sent message yesterday, but until now I received no reply. The company will want me to report on March 4, 2015,. so I must be in Norway on March 2, 2015. Is it possible to process my working permit in less than a month?聽 My employer said all process of Kero Travel and Tour will only take 5-7 working days. I came from Philippines. So I wonder will it be possible for me to go there?

jeff1111098 Member

3POSTS

11 years ago

Anybody here working in Morten oil and gas exploration? I just want to know their hiring procedure?

Thank you very much.

grace143 New member

5POSTS

11 years ago

Same here. I was hired yesterday by Morten Oil and Gas Energy.聽 They sent me employment letter, and instructed me to contact Kero Travel and Tour. But the process of less than 1 (one) month for working permit is really impossible. I am starting to doubt now. and I reseach their address, there was no morten oil, even in Norway directory. Snaroyveien 30 and Lysaker are two different place. It is not same address. I don't know if it is really legal in my point of view.

zel ayca Member

1POSTS

11 years ago

Hi Guys,

I just want to share about my side! Yes we are all same Hired yesterday from Morten Oil and Gas, I am also curious about this! So i was trying to search it and asked my friends since yesterday till now, but it sad to say that we are also starting to doubt about this company, they just hired me without any call or interview, and also when i found their web site聽 (morten-oilgas.com/) they put only "WHO WE ARE" only this, no other details or site, So i really confused now!

We hope that somebody will help us and tell us more about this.聽 THANKS!!!

no_clue Contributor

161POSTS

11 years ago

Sorry, but this smells very fishy..... I think it is a scam and would proceed with caution.

I could not find any company listed under that name in the br酶nn酶ysundregistrene (all companies in Norway are registered there.)

If visas are indeed handled by Kero Travel and Tour (which I doubt), UDI / the Norwegian embassy should know. I would contact the embassy and ask.

My suspicion: whoever is behind Morten oil and gas tries to scam people over visa processing fees.

And jeff1111098聽 is right: visa fees are usually paid by the employer (but not necessarily for family members).

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Italyinnorway Active member

53POSTS

11 years ago

The website is registered with an american ISP on a shared website

The website itself is a copy paste of a smaple template created with an聽 automated system () and was last updated in 2013 (I won't comment on the quality of the website itself).

The address for the company is a Post office box.

Last time I checked oil and gas companies had enough money for something slightly more professional

I would pass if I got hired by them

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jeff1111098 Member

3POSTS

11 years ago

Thank you guys for sharing all your thoughts. I believed that this company is fake and they want to get money easily to聽 innocent people. Please be careful for all the transaction that you made in the email.

ECS Norway Expert

1566POSTS

11 years ago

I'm not finding the name they have listed on their website in the registry of norwegian companies here

all companies that are doing business in Norway should be in this listing.

Furthermore, their address makes no sense- it has two towns and two postcodes! The one in Fornebu is where Telenor is registered which is a bit odd if this company that seems to be hiring dozens of people is also listed there.

sounds like a scam indeed!

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grace143 New member

5POSTS

11 years ago

#10

Hi All. Thanks for all the advice here. That indeed a scam.

pheebz0501 Serial expat

347POSTS

11 years ago

#11

wow.! this is alarming... i was actually wondering how this "Morten Oil and Gas company" was able to get hold and contact people who were actually interested in working to Norway...

quite scary...

btw, can you post the email address you got the recruitment letter from?

grace143 New member

5POSTS

11 years ago

#12

Hi聽 pheebz0501,

Below are the email address of the recruitment agency:

albertjoachim@morten-oilgas.com
mortenoilgas@hotmail.com
travel@keromail.com

They are can not be trusted and scam. Please take extra caution. And when meet by scammer,.聽 it is always advisable to reseach first.

ECS Norway Expert

1566POSTS

11 years ago

#13

grace143 wrote:
albertjoachim@morten-oilgas.com
mortenoilgas@hotmail.com

any company that claims to be legitimate and is writing from a hotmail address is definitely a scam!

fwiw, I also checked their phone number in the Norwegian Yellow Pages and you guessed it, not found. I could understand individuals hiding their listing (I've done this for my number) but a company that's not found in there is highly suspect.

grace143 New member

5POSTS

11 years ago

#14

ECS thanks for the shared information聽

I did also some research in Norway's Oil Company Directory, and can't find any. And the address they were using. Damn those people behind that scam.聽 I think they have low IQ聽

聽聽and stupid as well.聽

Anyways, thanks to this blog and to all of you for sharing information to us.

pheebz0501 Serial expat

347POSTS

11 years ago

#15

i agree.. using hotmail as company email is a dead give away that its more likely a "ghost" company... i guess we have to be vigilant since these kind of scams exist...

and thank you to everyone here who helped in verifying the legitimacy of this employment scheme.聽

no_clue Contributor

161POSTS

11 years ago

#16

...that still leaves the question how the scammers got hold of the applicants contact details.聽 Did they hack into a database somewhere or used linkedin?
I wonder if there is a institution this should or could be reported to. Such scams are just enraging and still too many desperate applicants fall for this stuff.

pheebz0501 Serial expat

347POSTS

11 years ago

#17

thats what im curious about too... seems like the people being recruited are from different countries.. the common link is that they all are Filipinos... but it can still be a number of things.. it is possible that this scammer created a fake account in linkedin to gather email addresses... but to get contacted at around the same time for a group of people who are members of this forum? talk about coincidence...

were u contacted thru ur personal emails? via linkedin? or thru expat-blog perhaps?

anyways, i tried but i cant find anything about Kero Travel and Tours either

Yohangarcia83 Member

2POSTS

11 years ago

#18

Its totally a scam,,, I have a friend in Norway working in Avant Offshore company... I asked him with regards on our email, he said the they have a work labor crisis in norway specifically in east norway so people living their needs to survive on a daily bases... and its not proper to process your papers on a travel agency,,, POEA was incharged for all direct hiring company as may friend does...

As a revenge for the scammer send him a request to shoulder your expenses!

May friend didn't spend large amount of money to process his paper... every month that he was in the Philippines waiting for his ticket the company provides him a weekly allowance....

Beware my fellow workers!

yohan,