emigration agents
 

can anyone please tell me the name of an emigration agent they could recommend,if this is against forum rules ,i apologise.
p.s must be in the u.k

Marcus

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We used Overseas emigration, they was quite good but our friends are using Go Matilda and they are supposed to be very good.

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Would say George Lombard, knows his stuff, gives good honest advice and is recommended by plenty of others! :D

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http://www.conceptaustralia.co.uk

Great Help - Highly recommended !

Nick

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O.e got me my visa but dont fall fopr the sales pitch as you end up spending alot more than what you need to.

Basically if you have a job that is wanted and pass the points mark , and you and all family members have good health and no convictions then everything is straight forward and all you have to do is read and reasearch.

Use this site and use search function and read. and read. ask as many questions as you want as they will always be answered sharpish as when we go to bed oz is waking up.

Id recommend go matilda or ausimmagration(george lombard) if you hsad to go with an agent, but bear in mind all an agent does for you is tell you how to write things and what order to put them in, which people on this site willtell you, or has prob been asked before. You have tyo do al the refs, stat decs and forms yourself as only you know your background.

Save yourself 3k and put it towards flights and a hol.

good luck

al

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George is an absolute star....I only wish we'd used him right from the start.

D D

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please i dont want to seem pushy,can you give me a contact no. and an idea of costs.

thank you,it seems like goerge is the man for me ,where are his offices?

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my employment history is a little complex so i feel i need to use an agent.

i am really great full of all your comments :beer:

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Is a member of BE look on members list, don;t have it to hand but I'm sure someone will have his details

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You can send him a private message.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/member.php?userid=8124

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George is highly recommended and a great help on here..

However he is based in Australia ? I only answered your question because you said must be in UK !

Good luck with George I am sure he will make it happen !

Nick

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We're using George and he's very good... No flannel, very business like, straight talking... Reckon every case is different and many people like us have a good reason to use an agent, so cost wise he'll tell you once he's got the necessary facts... FWIW we're in for £2k plus... YMMV...

Why did we choose George? Apart from the recommendations on here I just loved the fact that he charges $50 to take his web asssesment test...!

Anyone that has the nerve, and obviously gets away with, charging for something that everyone else gives away for free has just got to know his stuff...!

Check out here

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I am using www.aussiemigrant.com as they have a local representative here in South Africa they also help with all the other details job finding, accomodation and relocation.
I am sure they have an agent in the UK

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I have to say Sheila and Shirley from AMA
WWW.AUSTRALIAMIGRATE.CO.UK
Absolutely fantastic and based in Manchester

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Hello!
In my experience it depend on what route you're going down.
TRA, ACS, Retirement visa, Business visa, Working holiday visa etc..they're all good in their "specialised" fields, I guess they learn from their own experiences dealing with particular issues they come across.
If you're going down the TRA route, you'd really be wise to go with Glenn Newton, who is really quite sublime in this extremely grey area of the TRA world.
The man has empirical experience, extremely happy i chose him.
I believe he's also a forum member and posts occasionally.

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here is a breakdown of what the agent wants from me,is it still expensive,

full processing £1800
skills prep fee £ 600

cetification docs. £175
completion fee £795


Totol £3365 +medicals /oz fee's etc.

total about £4900

is this still a lot?

thanks marcus,be greatfull of your comments

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Why UK? We recommend www.ozgo.com.au they are based in Buderim, Sunshine Coast, small husband & wife team, very good service, kept in touch via email & phone and cheaper than ALL OTHER QUOTES!

Keebs

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Hi Marcus,

I would highly recommend Ian Harrop Associates www.ianharrop.co.uk

Also Darrell Todd from Thinking Australia www.thinkingaustralia.com

Both are very well respected Migration agents and based in the U.K

All the best with it all

Tony

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I think that's a lot - too much actually.
Some agents charge £1800 for the whole professional service (excluding Medical, PC's and Government assessment fees of course). I'd be getting a few more quotes if I were you. Check out what level of service you'd be getting for your Agents fee as well - ie certification of documents, form completion, etc, etc.
Try Ian Harrop and Visa-Go. Both Australian registered agents with good reputations and based in the UK.

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we used conceptaustralia(manchester) cost us about £2200 in total

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thats who we are using (steve and martin, good guys to have in your corner, very professional). payable in 3 stages (or ours was anyway - TRA).

they wont send your application off until they are absolutely certain that it is 100%.

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We have used global visas and I am very happy with their service!

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We looked at them all, and found Global Visas the best.

They have been superstars

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Danger Will Robinson..........danger .....
http://www.********.co.uk/

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We are using Go Matilda. We have only just started out with the application but are very happy with them so far. They have answered all our queries quickly.

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We are currently using Overseas Emigration and they have been excellent a Little pricey but they have done all the donkey work.
We have just found recently out we have passed the TRA stage. :D

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We had our visa through today. Started process in January and got our visa application acknowledged 9th March. We used George Lombard and I think he truly is amazing. Go for it!
Also don't worry that they are in Oz, caused no prob at all. Answers emails really quickly, calls you when needs to. I can't rave about them enough they were absolutely fantastic and helped us out with a medical issue that wasn't even for them to do. He is wicked!!

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;) From one brummy to another........
Have to agree that Ian Harrop are the ones to use.....we approached George Lombard.....waited for a reply......only to be told they were too busy to take our case.......and ours is a simple citizenship by desent one...... ;)PLUS they are based in Oxford.....about 60 miles from B'ham......

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We used overseas emmigration as well and just got our visa today. Have to say they have been brilliant and hte delay in our visa grant was due to centrelink!!!

Fiona

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Hi
We used Go Matilda Brilliant firm. emailed and phone contact very good and answered all our stupid questions. The cost to us to get our visa Total including medicals £2100. And we have suceeded.

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We had a good look round and then rang Australia house in London they gave us the number to (1st contact)look up on web. we have at this time only good things to say are case worker would only send my TRA off when he was completely satisfied he got all he needed .I feel that the £1600 the have payed is only a small aamountof the hole prize to pay to get are dream into reality.

Hope&pray