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To Use Migration Agent or Not

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#1 ·
Hi, I was wondering what are peoples thoughts on using an agent for a spouse visa? As I've noticed that they tend to charge a few thousand dollars extra for there services. I've read the paperwork, and it seems not to complex to do yourself, and I'm sure if anyone was stuck on a question that it could be answered on this forum.. Or the chance of the visa being granted higher using an agent?

Thanks Zed
 
#2 ·
Hi Zed

You don't need to use an agent, especially if your case is pretty straight forward, you have solid evidence and/or are from a low risk country. :)

Where they are useful is if your case has complications/not straight forward and/or the applicant is from a high risk country. This is why I used an agent (our application was certainly not straight forward & I'd previously had difficulty getting tourist visa for my partner), and although its cost quite a bit of money our agent has been worth his weight in gold. Very professional, very prompt, very experienced, and knew the intricacies of the particular embassy we were dealing with. A good agent will know how to present your application in the best possible way & know how to make it "easy" for your CO to process -- so yeah I guess less chance of it being rejected.
 
#3 ·
Thanks for the reply, I'm Australian, however my partner is from the philippines which i believe is a high risk country, and she is currently pregnant, so just been reading thru the forum trying to findout which visa is best, as its quite confusin when u first read everything. So maybe I might be best off forking out the few extra $$.
 
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hold on a minute there..... i heard (not that it is something to base legal matters on) .. that when there is a baby in the mix .. the imigration is very keen for the family to be together. but yes an imigration agent can be worth it .. i know the horrors of thinking have i done the application well enough is there anything missing?
 
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