What you went through was totally shocking!
I was totally dumbfounded reading your post, and how after paying up $4200, the IELTS didn't even matter anymore!
Sorry you had to go through such a horrible and emotionally stressful experience.
I actually read your post out to a friend last night, who is going through something similar, and I wondered whether you could perhaps shed some light on some of the questions he had.
These are his questions:
1- Regarding the bold part, what sort of documents did you have to provide from your end and your employer's end?
2- How did you manage to complete the nomination on their behalf? Isn't the employer obliged to log in on the ENS website to fill their part in?
3- How did you pay for the employer's $500 fee? Did you use your own bank card to do this, and was this not an issue?
4- My manager has stated that he can issue a letter stating that I've been working with them etc, is this all that's required from the employer's side?
Thank you