gaunty

Not only did they do a fantastic job, they saved the day. I had been procrastinating about getting some paperwork completed and my agent had heard through the grapevine that rules/ regulations would possibly be changing in the near future. They warned me, I did what I needed to do within days and passed it to them.

They were right- a goal post was moved with a deadline being added. If I had delayed by a further 10 days we would have been outside the deadline and we would have lost everything, and not be able to apply. At all....Ever).

Gaunty

We used an agent and ours was a simple application (in the Trades). We had no medical issues. We were lucky that we could afford it (just) but in my opinion it was money well spent. I offloaded all the grief of the application on to someone else. I didn't have to go trawling the internal/ forums trying to find the right piece on information late at night after a hard day at work (and then not knowing/ worrying if that was actually correct bit of info that would affect the application).

If I read something about the process/ application or had a small question, I was always able to pick up the phone to my agent and ask them if it was relevant/ get the answer.

As with any professional service- you have to pay for it but you (should) get peace of mind. We used Visa Bureau in London- would recommend them totally.

Gaunty

I'm a plumber/heating engineer. We used Visa Bureau in Fulham. Can't fault them.

Thank you Leonie

Gaunty

Who else has hired an agent to get things moving for them? Successful?

 

What made you decide to hire an agent rather than do it yourself?

 

Any recommendations for the most reliable and the easiest to understand!?

 

Am about to go down the agent route . Is there anything special i need to do before getting in touch with one?

 

There seems to be a lot of them out there, i am in equestrian. Should i try to go for a specialist in that area or doesn't it matter?

 

confused!!:unsure:

We used Visa Bureau in Fulham. They were great. We had a simple application but were really busy and I wanted someone else to manage the process. Also it was great having an expert only a phone call away rather than having to trawl the Internet for an answer that maybe not correct.

Gaunty

Hi Iron Chef

1) Mazda 6 Diesel TS2 Estate (Wagon) '03, Manual, climate control, 95K miles.

2) 2.8-4K GBP

3) $8,600- $10,500

Visa activation next month, making the big move in 15-18 months.

Cheers

Gaunty

Hi Iron Chef

We've got our PRV for Victoria and are doing our activation trip in March with a view to making the move in 18 month/ 2 years. I'm actively looking for work in Perth at the moment as well. I've an '03 Mazda 6 estate 90K on clock that I've owned since '06. It's roughly £4300 at moment. Do you think this would be worth bringing over?

Regards

Gaunty