457 visa - Any need for an agent?

[Andy & Kelly]

Hi,

Started applying for jobs now due to all this pathway d boll***s. Can't be bothered to wait any longer!

Just wondering if applying for a 457 is basically form filling or is there more to it? It seems fairly cheap to do it on your own compared to agents fees.

Cheers for any help.

Andy

[chrissy63]

Hi Andy

We did ours without an agent. We applied online and scanned our documents in. If you have a colour scanner don't need to get documents certified either. I think we spent just under a £1000 which included fees, medicals, medical reports (dodgy knee) . This was for a family of four. We found it pretty easy to do. My advice would be save you money and do it yourself.

Good luck

[sheena]

hi guys, we are going on a sponsored 457 and the company that is sponsoring my hubby started the ball rolling there end and we had to wait about 2 days before we could upload all the documents needed which was quite easy, total cost was (family of 4) meds £350, police checks £20, visas fee £ 75,
hope this helps?
sheena :)