What about the various intermediary agencies that handle visas? !

how to choose a reliable visa agent? first of all, I want to say that I have worked as a visa agent for more than three years before, basically starting from scratch. Until now, this agent is still active in the market, providing visa agency services for 1 people on average every month, and I am very pleased. When I first started working as a visa agent in the summer of 21, there was basically no professional visa agency, and there was no visa agency service on Taobao. Therefore, as a service agency covering nearly 1, visa categories in more than 1 countries around the world, my website was very advantageous at that time. Although I have been in the tourism industry for several years, I really didn't know the visa business in each country clearly enough. So I took my legs and traveled step by step to the embassies of various countries in Beijing to understand the visa policies and procedures and provide customers with enough professional agency business. I think qualified visa agents should have the following services: 1. They can give constructive advice to applicants. For example, visas from Southeast Asian countries are fine, and visa applications are very standard. By constructive advice, I mean that when applicants apply for visas from Schengen countries, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other developed countries or immigrant countries, the advice given by visa agents based on experience is very important. For example, there is an applicant who has a house, a car and a deposit, but the application materials provided do not reflect these situations. Usually, after I get the application materials, I will carefully check the applicant's information, such as whether the bank statement can reflect the monthly salary, whether there is enough balance, etc. Then I will communicate with the applicant by phone to ask if there are any other assets documents, and combine the cases I encountered with the applicant to give suggestions for the applicant to supplement the application materials. For example, some applicants in schools, banks and government agencies can't provide application documents such as business licenses and organization code certificates. I usually ask guests to indicate in their employment certificates that the unit will not provide copies of business licenses to individuals. Just one sentence can dispel the doubts of visa officers. If the applicant has a work permit, I will advise the applicant to provide a copy. After all, these work permits are also good, and the teacher's card can also prove the applicant's employment. 2. Communication is very important. Communication is to understand the purpose of the applicant's visa and discuss solutions. Not every applicant knows what the visa is about. Some applicants have relatives abroad and are afraid of trouble, thinking that it is enough not to mention their relatives. For example, I met two applicants for a Spanish visa. They made plans based on tourist visas. As a result, I found that the two applicants did not understand foreign languages and had few exit records. Would they choose Spain as the first stop? After another communication, the applicants said that their daughter lives in Spain, this time to attend her daughter's wedding. I believe that the visa officer handles more visa applications than I do every day, and he can also judge that the two applicants must not just travel. If the visa has been submitted without prior communication, it must be refused. 3. Interview or Telephony Training The so-called training is not to deceive the embassy or conceal any information, but to inform the applicant in advance of some questions that the visa officer may ask during the interview, and then the applicant can make preparations in advance. I think seeking truth from facts is the principle, and it is the key to express clearly and gain the trust of the visa officer. For example, two applicants who don't speak English apply for a tourist visa in France. I asked them in advance if there are any other solutions. The applicants said that they haven't considered them yet. I suggested that they could consider making a note in Chinese and English with translation software and other solutions, and at least pass it to the visa officer. Although you don't know English, there are corresponding solutions, so that he can rest assured that you are prepared and have the ability to solve the language barrier. For another example, most applicants for visas from developed countries have not prepared a complete itinerary plan. Last year, the German Embassy paid great attention to the applicant's itinerary plan. I would advise the applicant to memorize his itinerary and pass it on to the embassy. You have already made a detailed and reliable itinerary plan, instead of just writing a few cities to get a visa. 4. Personal statement is very important. Under what circumstances do you need the applicant to provide personal statement? For example, if an applicant applies for a tourist visa in Germany for the third time in three months, I will help the applicant to write a statement explaining why he travels to Germany so frequently. For example, applicants who work across the consular district according to the requirements of the embassy should provide a copy of their temporary residence permit. If not, I think it is necessary to give an explanation to the visa officer. For another example, I met an applicant who applied for a Swiss tourist visa to work in Beijing, but provided the employment certificate of a Shanghai company. Because the Beijing office is only a representative office without a business license, it should go to Shanghai to apply for a visa according to the Shanghai license stipulated by the embassy. I suggested that the applicant attach his labor contract to prove that he was sent to Beijing for long-term work, and finally the applicant successfully got the visa. Actually, 1, case a month is too many, so I won't explain it. What I want to express is whether the visa agent is useful or not. I think if the agent is professional enough to do the above four points, then the visa agent is valuable, and the service fee they charge is reasonable. What I said above is mainly about the visa application of some developed countries. Let's talk about some simple visas, which are usually applied by countries in Southeast Asia. Few countries in Southeast Asia refuse to sign an embassy, and the visa policy is stable and standard enough. Usually, there is no visa result of human intervention, just take the process to get a visa. So is there a clear service process for this visa? For example, whether the description of the visa information is clear and whether the logistics company is reliable (at present, I think the most reliable and fastest logistics is SF Express). After several years of processing tens of thousands of visas, SF has never had any problems. I asked the SF salesman about their loss rate and he told me that it was one in 3,. For example, in the company where I was working at that time, the whole process was prompted by SMS, from arranging logistics to pick up the materials, receiving the materials, submitting the application, and replying to the express mail. There was no need for the applicant to make a phone call every day and inform the applicant clearly at every step, so most of the visas processed in Southeast Asian countries at that time were standard silent transactions. ---------------dividing line, as mentioned above. As we are all in the same trade, I won't call the roll if I don't look up and see it. I just tell you what I don't like. A visa agent based in Shanghai is known as the largest visa agent in China. I think there are two things that are not good. The visa scheme cannot be provided to the applicant. No matter what application materials the applicant gives, they are translated and submitted to the embassy. The role of a visa agent is not a translation company. I think the most valuable work is just a process, and I have lost the core of its service. I can only think that such an agent is an unscrupulous merchant. Second, the order dispute was not handled properly. Because of the first point, there must be a lot of complaints. After searching a lot on the Internet, they began to talk about the agreement. The visa result was given by the embassy, which has nothing to do with me. Wait, that sounds reasonable, but where did your service go? No matter how the business is done, such a business violates my principle of being a man, whether I earn money or not. By the way, spit out the advertising copy of some visa agents who refused to sign and refund the full amount. I think there is something wrong with this logically. First, whether to refuse the visa is related to the applicant's situation. No matter how much advice you give, the applicant should refuse the visa or will refuse it. I heard that a certain agent helped a pregnant woman with a big belly to apply for a US visa, and all the US visas were rejected three times. If the pregnant woman finds me, I will definitely advise her to wait until after giving birth to her baby. After all, refusing the visa is not only money for the applicant. I don't think this is the core of visa agency. It's better to do a good job in service and process than anything else. If you really want to benefit consumers, you might as well cut prices directly. ----------------------dividing line. I'll talk about it later. Let's talk about the country visa first. I suggest finding an agent to handle it. I recommend that some countries in Southeast Asia find an agent to handle visas, so as to save time and money without taking time off to run to the embassy, and to save money without taking a taxi and parking. Just find a merchant with high sales volume and good evaluation on Taobao, and it's really easy to save a few dollars. Later, I stopped being a visa agent, and I was also looking for an agent to apply for a visa myself, and I didn't want to go to the embassy to queue up for an application. When faced with visas from developed countries, no matter the scale of the visa agency you are looking for, it is actually a specific person or people who serve you. The professionalism of these people is the value of your service (refer to the four criteria written above). Communicate more and make more phone calls. I think you can judge whether this agency is qualified. Many websites scold merchants and encourage applicants to do it themselves. I want to say here that I also encourage applicants to do it themselves, but not everyone can. You should be able to judge the experience and service level of the agent through early communication and consultation. It is not shameful to leave it to a reliable visa agency to save time. Show all