http://sgforums.com/forums/2163/topics/326508 en-US 60 <blockquote> <div class="quote_from">Originally posted by GameGoddess:</div> <div class="quote_body"> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Better to do it yourself.<br /> Migration agents are bloody scammers and charge you thousands for something you can do yourself for free. They also make the waiting time longer with their unneccessary list of bullcrap and paperwork more likely to exist simply to save their arses from being sued should they fail to get you the PR.</p> <p>Did it myself, liased with the migration officer personally and got my PR in 3 months. My friend is still waiting for 'approval' from her migration agent to send docs back and forth by email and funny thing is we graduated at the same time. Its been more than 5 months and she's still hanging off the cliff moaning about the migration lawyers/agent firm in the city she paid $3000 (not including PR fees) who can't even beat a layman at their own game. LOL.</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Hi GameGoddess. You applied for PR under Skilled Migration? Were you holding a Student Visa or Work Permit prior to your application?</p> Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:36:59 +0800 sgforums.com:2163:326508:8469270 funnycar http://sgforums.com/forums/2163/topics/326508 <p>just get a lawyer if you don't want to do the paper work. agents sucks.&nbsp;</p> Sat, 04 Oct 2008 01:22:22 +0800 sgforums.com:2163:326508:8448068 ben1406 http://sgforums.com/forums/2163/topics/326508 <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Better to do it yourself.<br /> Migration agents are bloody scammers and charge you thousands for something you can do yourself for free. They also make the waiting time longer with their unneccessary list of bullcrap and paperwork more likely to exist simply to save their arses from being sued should they fail to get you the PR.</p> <p>Did it myself, liased with the migration officer personally and got my PR in 3 months. My friend is still waiting for 'approval' from her migration agent to send docs back and forth by email and funny thing is we graduated at the same time. Its been more than 5 months and she's still hanging off the cliff moaning about the migration lawyers/agent firm in the city she paid $3000 (not including PR fees) who can't even beat a layman at their own game. LOL.</p> Sun, 28 Sep 2008 18:57:31 +0800 sgforums.com:2163:326508:8434957 GameGoddess http://sgforums.com/forums/2163/topics/326508 <p>Can anyone recommend good migration agents for Australia? I need someone who is very good at communicating and expressing themselves (on the ball with replies). ;)</p> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:20:19 +0800 sgforums.com:2163:326508:8293631 starry99 http://sgforums.com/forums/2163/topics/326508