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    Default Immigration consultant

    Hey there,

    I was just wondering has everyone here gone the DIY route with immigration? I was considering talking with an immigration consultant- but none have got back to me....
    If you know one that you like pass em my way
    Right now I am looking at the possibility of immigration- but I want to make sure I know what is involved.

    Thanks,
    Catherine

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    Would hazard a guess that 95% of us on here did our own applications.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Starchic511 View Post
    Hey there,

    I was just wondering has everyone here gone the DIY route with immigration? I was considering talking with an immigration consultant- but none have got back to me....
    If you know one that you like pass em my way
    ...
    There are only two that you can use in USA and only one in California, see IAA - California

    Ian

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    I was just speaking to a colleague that arrived in NZ a couple weeks after I did. We have almost exactly the same education, professional experience, etc. He went with a consultant and I did my own. Other than the fact that mine went slightly faster (no middle man) and him paying many thousands more (for the middle man) we had a very similar experience. He was convinced that having a consultant improves your chances because INZ will see that you have already been vetted, however my experience doesn't support this at all. Unless you had a very complicated application (in which case I would have thought that an immigration lawyer would make more sense), I don't see any reason why you wouldn't do it yourself. There is as much expertise here for free as any advisor could ever have, plus here you get answers almost instantly and a bit of commiseration thrown in for good measure.

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