Migration agents, again........

[hopefulnurse]

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Hi gang,

Sure that some long standing members to the forum are sick of this question being bandied about, but i have passed the points test with four different migration agents for an independant skilled visa (first step of many i know), and from the four we have been contacted we are getting differing prices, the average comes out at around £1,500 or there abouts. Has anybody on the forum been hit with hidden costs outside of the quote that you receive? :?

Yet another thing for me to worry over, lol.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,

Cheers guys

Jim

[Lea]

We've just had our visa granted. (still sounds strange!) We went with Thinking Australia and were given a price of £1500. Once that is accepted there are no add ons.

Have heard horror stories of agents adding extras on but I think the main point is to ensure they are registered MARA (Migration Agents Registration Authority) or MIA (Migration Institute of Australia) then if there are any problems you have somewhere to go.

Lea

[dglamoore]

Hi Jim
We went with Go Matilda and their charges were £1495.

On top of this we had the following -

$300 TRA (approx £120)
£100 approx for certified copies and postage
£20 2 x police checks
£474 meds and xrays for 2 adults and 1 child
$1985 visa fee (approx £830)

We did not get any extras added to migration fees - the price they quoted is the price we paid over 3 stages.

Good luck with deciding which to use and getting things started!
Lisa :D