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. Up to now, this agent is still active in the market, providing visa agency services for 1000 people on average every month. I am very pleased. In the summer of 20 10, when I first started as a visa agent, there were basically no professional visa agencies and there was no visa agency service on Taobao, so the website I made was very advantageous as a service agency that could cover nearly 1000 visa categories in more than one country around the world, although I have been in the tourism industry for several years. However, I don't really know enough about the visa business of various countries, so I took my legs step by step and traveled all over the embassies of various countries in Beijing to understand the visa policies and procedures and provide customers with enough professional agency business. I think a qualified visa agent should have the following services: 1. It can give constructive suggestions to applicants. For example, visas from Southeast Asian countries are ok, and visa applications are very standard. By constructive suggestions, 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 and whether there is enough balance. Then I will communicate with the applicant by telephone, ask if there are other assets documents, and give the applicant suggestions to supplement the application materials in combination with the cases I have encountered with the applicant. For example, some applicants in schools, banks and government agencies cannot provide business licenses, organization code certificates and other application documents. I usually ask the guests to indicate on the employment certificate that the unit will not provide a copy of the business license 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 situation. 2. Communication is very important. Communication is to understand the purpose of the applicant's visa and discuss the solution. 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 relatives. For example, I met two people who applied for a Spanish visa. They make plans based on tourist visas. As a result, I found that the two applicants did not understand foreign languages and had few exit records. Will they choose Spain as their first stop? After another communication, the applicant said that their daughter lives in Spain and this time she came 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 these two applicants must not just travel. If the visa is submitted without prior communication, it must be refused. 3. Interview or telephone 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, expressing clearly and gaining the trust of visa officers is the key. For example, two applicants who can't speak English apply for tourist visas in France. I asked them in advance if there were any other solutions. The applicant said that they haven't considered it. I suggest that they can consider using translation software and other solutions to make a note in Chinese and English, at least to the visa officer. Although you don't know English, there are corresponding solutions to reassure him that you are prepared and capable of solving language barriers. For another example, visa applicants in most developed countries have not prepared a complete itinerary. Last year, the German Embassy attached great importance to the applicant's itinerary. I will advise the applicant to remember his itinerary and pass it on to the embassy. You have 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 should the applicant provide a personal statement? For example, if the applicant applies for a tourist visa in Germany for the third time in three months, I will help the applicant 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 the visa officer an explanation. 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 is necessary to apply for a visa in Shanghai according to the Shanghai license stipulated by the embassy. I suggest that the applicant attach his own labor contract to prove that he was sent to Beijing for a long time, and finally the applicant successfully got the visa. In fact, there are too many cases of 1000 every month, so I won't explain them. What I want to express is whether the visa agent is useful or not. I think if the agents are professional enough to achieve the above four points, then the visa agents are valuable and the service fees they charge are reasonable. What I said above is mainly about visa applications from some developed countries. Let's talk about some simple visas, which are generally applied by Southeast Asian countries. Few countries in Southeast Asia refuse to sign embassies, and the visa policy is stable and standardized enough. Usually there is no human intervention in the visa results, just go through the process to get the visa. So is there a clear service process for this visa? For example, whether the description of visa information is clear and whether the logistics company is reliable (at present, I think the most reliable and fastest logistics is SF). 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 300,000. For example, the company I worked for at that time, from arranging logistics to take materials, receiving materials, submitting applications, replying to express mail, and prompting by SMS all the time. There is 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 handled by Southeast Asian countries at that time were standard silent transactions. -dividing line, as mentioned above. As we are all colleagues, I won't call the roll until I look up. I'm just telling you what I don't like A visa agency headquartered in Shanghai is known as the largest visa agency in China. I think there are two bad points. The visa scheme cannot be provided to the applicant. No matter what application materials the applicant gives, they are all translated and submitted to the embassy. The role of a visa agent is not a translation company. I think the most valuable job is just a process, and I have lost the core of its service. I can only think that such agents are unscrupulous businessmen. Second, improper handling of order disputes. Because of the first point, there must be many 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's your service? No matter how I do business, such business violates my principle of being a man, whether I make money or not. By the way, spit out the advertising copy of some visa agents who refused to sign and refunded in full. I think there is something wrong with this logic. First, whether to refuse a visa is related to the applicant's situation. No matter how much advice you give, the applicant should or will refuse the visa. I heard that an intermediary helped a pregnant woman with a big belly to apply for an American visa, and all three American visas were rejected. If the pregnant woman finds me, I will definitely persuade her to wait until after giving birth. After all, refusing a visa is not just a matter of money for the applicant. I don't think this is the core of visa agency. Doing a good job in service and process is better than anything else. If you really want to benefit consumers, you might as well cut prices directly. -The dividing line. I'll talk about this later. Let's start with the national visa. I suggest looking for an agent to handle it. I suggest that some countries in Southeast Asia find an agent to apply for a visa, so as to save time and money without taking time off to run to the embassy and save money without parking by taxi. It's really easy to find a merchant with high sales volume and good evaluation on Taobao and save a few dollars. Later, I stopped being a visa agent and applied for a visa by myself, and I didn't want to queue up at the embassy to apply. When faced with visas from developed countries, no matter how big the visa agency you are looking for, it is actually one or several specific 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 institution is qualified or not. Many websites scold merchants and encourage candidates to do it themselves. I want to say here that I also encourage applicants to do it themselves, but not everyone can do it. You should be able to judge the agent's experience and service level through early communication and consultation. It is not shameful to leave it to a reliable visa agency to save time. Show all