{"id":72670,"date":"2016-07-22T14:31:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T14:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=b37b4b8f60f6e6633788475663cd3ce6"},"modified":"2016-07-22T14:31:12","modified_gmt":"2016-07-22T14:31:12","slug":"news-story-birmingham-man-convicted-of-providing-unlawful-immigration-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=72670","title":{"rendered":"News story: Birmingham man convicted of providing unlawful immigration advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>Mr Mazyar Shirali, 31, of Birmingham, pleaded guilty at Birmingham Magistrates\u2019 Court on 22 July 2016 to 6 charges of providing unregulated immigration advice and services between April 2012 and October 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Shirali established Persian LGBT Advisory Services in Handsworth, Birmingham and provided immigration advice and services to a large number of people, despite the fact that he was not qualified to do so.<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced to a conditional discharge for 18 months\u2019 on each count, to run concurrently. He was also ordered to pay \u00a3500 costs and a \u00a315 victim surcharge.<\/p>\n<p>On sentencing, the presiding magistrate said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are serious matters which must be investigated. You carried out the work for the right reasons but in the wrong manner\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the decision, the Deputy Immigration Services Commissioner, Dr Ian Leigh, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have clear standards outlining what we expect in terms of the fitness and competence of regulated advisers. Mr Shirali chose to operate outside the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am delighted with the outcome of this case, and I hope this sends a clear message to other people considering providing immigration advice &#8211; either act within the law or you will find yourself in court.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birmingham man pleads guilty to 6 charges of providing unlawful immigration advice and services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72670\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}