The Australian High commission in India usually calls for job verification, if at all they are doing it for you. They speak to the HR, ask for date of joining, roles and responsibilities, designation, a bit about the company. the same is usually asked from the MD (if they get to speak to him). Verification is not common. In last 3 years that I have been reading and observing, I must have come across just half a dozen cases where they did physical job verification. and I have not seen a single IT professional's company being called for the same.