Is it better to have an agent in the UK, or in Oz...or does it not matter?

Many thanks

Mark

Some agents like Go Matilda have UK and Australian offices so this may be advantagous.I saw a post onhere earlier saying that" DIMA respond to Australian agents about 1 week before UK agents" not sure how true this is.

If you go for a dual location agent then you seem to have the best of both worlds in my opinion.

Mark,

I honestly don't think it matters. Our agent was based in Australia and it didn't make a difference. He was always prompt and returned my calls within 24hrs.They were excellent.

The Bread Knife

Thanks for the fast reply, if you dont mind me asking how much did they charge you?

Mark

Very roughly.....£2500 including meds, fees, application fees, pc's and TRA.
This was 2 years ago now.
It was worth it as the TRA would have been difficult for us to do alone. It also took alot of pressure of us plus we had the money so we thought why not!!!

The Bread Knife

Go Matilda's fees (for STNI, not sure if they would be different for other visa types??) is £1,535 + VAT.

The other costs to take into account are the TRA fee (if applicable), police checks, medicals, DIMIA there may be more but I cant log into my other email account at the moment to check the GoMatilda list PM me if you'd like further details.

Hope this helps

Hugs
Karen

Our agents fee was £1450 including VAT, they are Thinking Australia and are in the UK but put you with an agent in Australia - it works out well as I get emails direct from the Oz agent but can contact TA anytime via phone, email whatever, plus they can help you with all aspects of emigration, not just getting the visa.

www.thinkingaustralia.com

My case is as straightforward as they come and i have filled it all in myself :scared:

But hay saving loads

Time will tell.................

prefered tp use a UK agent and we found one at the sandown fair last year, have been very helpful and have always answered any questions.
they are based down south or manchester which is the one i am goin through
there fees are £1000 plus all the tra and apps fees. glad i did use an agent as i know tra is getting harder to pass.(concept australia by the way)

ATB

andy

Thats great, has anyone else used them???????

I used ASA - based in Perth. I found this to me a major advantage as they received docs and letters from DIMIA a week before I would have if they were sent to me in the UK. My agents then scanned me a copy. Very very useful.

By the way, ASA were bloody great.........check them out

www.australia-migration.com

PM me if you want more info.

SS

PS...it cost me ~£2k but that included ALL professional and application fees for the skills assessment and 136 application.

SS

here we go again!!!!!

did nobody think to ask the guy what visa hes gettin and the possibillity that he doesnt need an agent!!

mark! what visa will you be applieing for? do you pass the points test?

I think Perthforme mentioned that......

Plus Mark just asked about agents...

shurup but head!! so i missed that one!!