Residency permits were already granted to some of the "students". Two private higher education institutions also profited from the deals. The institutions first established contact with an agency from India. In return for a fee they helped the "students" arrange their status in Slovenia. In that way the young foreigners managed to obtain residency permits. The schools, one of them is the Ljubljana School of Business, were set to make a good profit through tuition fees (several hundred thousand euros). They also charged the »students« 200 euro enrolment fees.

Once journalists started investigating the matter the school informed that the foreigners would not be accepted as there was not enough time to arrange their documentation. The police then advised the administrative unit in Ljubljana to annul their residency permits, as the permits were in danger of being abused. The Ministry of Education, Science and Sport also warned the Ljubljana School of Business of the suspected risk of migration and fictitious studies.