Visa bride paid $6000 for fake marriage

An Australian woman says she was paid about $6000 to marry an Indian man in an alleged visa scam.

Angelina Thompson is among several women who have testified at the Brisbane committal hearing for the accused organisers of the racket, Indian-born former migration agent Chetan Mohanlal Mashru and marriage celebrant Divya Krishne Gowda.

Giving evidence by phone link on Tuesday, Ms Thompson agreed she was introduced to the idea of marrying an Indian man for cash by a friend.

She said she went to an Oxley property in Brisbane's southwest to sign paperwork, adding that she was paid less than anticipated.

"I was supposed to be given more ... I was actually given around $6000," she told the Brisbane Magistrates Court.

Mashru and Gowda, both 35, are each charged with 17 counts of arranging a marriage for a visa in 2011 and 2012.

Mashru is also charged with 23 counts of influencing a public official and 19 counts of delivering false information.

Since the hearing began on Monday a number of young women have testified that Indian men paid them up to $5000 upfront plus regular ongoing deposits in exchange for signing marriage documents.

The immigration department contacted up to 50 people who were married by Gowda after the alleged scam was exposed in a newspaper article.

It's alleged the men, and one Indian woman who married an Australian man, were seeking spousal visas to live in Australia.

Up to nine more witnesses are due to be called on Wednesday, before Magistrate John McGrath makes a ruling on whether there's sufficient evidence to commit the accused pair to trial.