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Should there be a pinned thread for recommended migration agents?

192 views 3 replies 3 participants last post by  Moulard  
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94 posts · ed 2015
I'm broaching this topic after reading so many stories here. So much misunderstanding. And so much money tossed down the drain had the person gotten a good migration agent.

Asking mods, mainly, can this be done? Also, can it be done and updated to reflect current experiences?

I never would have been successful in my permanent residency had it not been for my stellar agent. I know this.

Migration agents have connections in immigration for their countries and these immigration agents come to recognize legit migration agents and it helps them to find in the positive.

Is this something that should be implemented, or not?
 
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Not. Several years ago there were issues (BIG issues) related to postings by "migration agents" - for Australia. Don't know how it is now, but at the time, Australia was nearly the only country where migration agents were common for expat wannabes. But there are significant legal issues for someone posting online as a "migration agent" if their advice goes wrong - whether they are simply representing themselves as agents or legitimate and licensed.

Many, if not most of the EU countries don't have much to do with migration agents - and hiring someone to do much of the istrative work for you can (under some circumstances) lead to suspicions and problems in working with the national authorities.

Everyone here should probably assume that any and all advice from this or any other online forum is merely an attempt to guide the posters using the respondent's personal experience. If someone really wants to "share" info about a stellar migration agent, I would ask you to the poster privately (i.e. by using the Conversations feature here on the forum). And if you are making use of the advice you get here on the forum, you're under all the usual obligations to do your own "due diligence" in checking out the advice you've been given.
That's okay. I just wanted to ask as I never would have been able to traverse it all on my own, even me being very tech-savvy.

Thank you for the reply.
 
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