Prasad Bijur

Hi all,

I am applying for Australian PR through an agent based in Australia. He is
charging the following fees:

Professional Fee - 2,800
Department of Immigration Application Fee - 1,745
Skills Assessment Authority cost - 350

Is this structure reasonable? Do other agents charge similar fees. Thanks in
advance.

Regards,
Prasad

Prasad Bijur

BTW. These rates are in Australian Dollars

- Prasad

"Prasad Bijur" wrote in message
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    > Hi all,
    > I am applying for Australian PR through an agent based in Australia. He is
    > charging the following fees:
    > Professional Fee - 2,800
    > Department of Immigration Application Fee - 1,745
    > Skills Assessment Authority cost - 350
    > Is this structure reasonable? Do other agents charge similar fees. Thanks
in
    > advance.
    > Regards,
    > Prasad

ptlabs

Prasad,

Bear in mind that the agent is actually only charging you AUD$2,800 for his/her services. The other two fees are for DIMIA and ACS (presumably) respectively and are not determined by your agent.

As a matter of courtesy to the professional migration agents, I would request that anyone who wishes to give Prasad a comparison do so by masking out the name of his/her agent. This will give the migration agents concerned some sense of professional 'privacy' for lack of better word.


Peter

Don

Prasad - that sounds reasonable though of course cheapest is not always best value. We paid our agent a bit less than USD 2000 (not including NZIS migration fees) for the family (NZ Gen Skills PR), no visa, no fee.

Cheers - Don

shorrock

Expensive may also not be the best.

I'm paying 3500 + immigration, medical and assessing for a Sydney based agent and I'm happy with that.

There was a thread sometime ago that talked about cost of agents.

It went on the lines of. It doesn't matter how much you pay as long as you are happy with the service and are happy to pay it.

If your looking for cheap, I can give you the name and address of a bloke who's does it for 800 A$. I would not be happy with him, because I know he's useless and is on probation because of dodgy help he's given to previous applicants.

But he's cheap The price you got sounds ok, but not knowing who your going with, it could be expensive or it could be cheap. It all depends.

Ask them for references and check them out.


Kieron

Prasad Bijur

Do you mean to say that your Visa was rejected? What was the reason that
they gave if I may ask

-Prasad

"pleasancefamily" wrote in message
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    > Prasad - that sounds reasonable though of course cheapest is not always
    > best value. We paid our agent a bit less than USD 2000 (not including
    > NZIS migration fees) for the family (NZ Gen Skills PR), no visa, no fee.
    > Cheers - Don
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    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

ptlabs

No, Prakash, Don didn't mean that he got rejected. Don meant that his agent worked/works on a no visa = no fee basis. This means that Don will not have to pay the agent fee if Don doesn't get the PR visa. If Don gets the PR visa, the agent fee will be payable.


Peter

Don

That's right Prasad, I could have made it clearer with better syntax! A lot of agents operate on the basis of no visa, no fee. Since they will be putting a fair bit of work into preparing your application, you can be pretty sure that if they accept your brief, you are also 'guaranteed' eventual PR success by DIMIA or NZIS (unless there are changes to the points systems of course, which in our case was included as a condition in the contract that would lead to part payment of the agent's fee.) Our agent even claimed 100% PR success rate - not difficult when in any case it would be pointless taking on applications that would fail the points test.

Cheers - Don

Ranga Guruge

I am very much keen to hear about "No Visa- No Fee" Australian Migration
agents. Could someone recommend some of them, or direct me where to
find them ?

thanks
Ranga

Prasad Bijur

Well, I am still confused. Did you get the visa or not?

I have an agent based in my city who offers the "no visa, no fees" policy.
Do you think I should go ahead with him or should I apply through the one
based in Australia? (no refund). I thought of the latter because I feel he
might have better knowledge of the entire visa process. Moreover he claims
to have worked with the immigration office and also claims 100% PR success
rate. Please do suggest.

-Prasad

"pleasancefamily" wrote in message
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    > That's right Prasad, I could have made it clearer with better syntax! A
    > lot of agents operate on the basis of no visa, no fee. Since they will
    > be putting a fair bit of work into preparing your application, you can
    > be pretty sure that if they accept your brief, you are also
    > 'guaranteed' eventual PR success by DIMIA or NZIS (unless there are
    > changes to the points systems of course, which in our case was included
    > as a condition in the contract that would lead to part payment of the
    > agent's fee.) Our agent even claimed 100% PR success rate - not
    > difficult when in any case it would be pointless taking on applications
    > that would fail the points test.
    > Cheers - Don
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Jaj

As far as I'm aware, most of the better agents do not operate on this
basis. Rather, a good agent will simply not take on your case if he
believes it has a poor chance.

You get no refund on the DIMIA or skills assessment fees anyhow.

Jeremy

    >On 10 Jan 2003 21:47:29 -0800, [email protected] (Ranga Guruge) wrote:
    >I am very much keen to hear about "No Visa- No Fee" Australian Migration
    >agents. Could someone recommend some of them, or direct me where to
    >find them ?
    >thanks
    >Ranga

This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction

lidleony

also, i know some agent tjat divide the fee they charged...for example if you pass the assessment then some portion of the fee you have to pay...later if you the visa ...you have to pay the remainder.

Stan J

Why not think of the Agent's Fee in turn of the number of Charge Out Hours he/she will devote solely to your case. Consider what hourly Charge Out rate is reasonable and what it includes.

The more complexity in a case the more you would expect him/her to charge. The lesser the complexity the more room you may have for negotiation.

rajarajaraja

As long as he is a recognized agent, AUD 2800 as Professional Fee is fine

Jaj

Many agents are happy to negotiate on price, especially if they can
see your case is simpler than average or you've already got a skill
assessment.

Jeremy

    >On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 06:19:38 +0000, lidleony wrote:
    >also, i know some agent tjat divide the fee they charged...for example
    >if you pass the assessment then some portion of the fee you have to
    >pay...later if you the visa ...you have to pay the remainder.
    >--
    >Posted via http://britishexpats.com

This is not intended to be legal advice in any jurisdiction