For the most part, the most challenging aspect of travelling abroad is getting your visa. Complex regulations aside, the stress and anxiety of waiting to hear back can get unpleasant. A visa consultant, however, is someone who can make this process significantly easier, allowing you to leave the most complicated parts of the application process in their hands.
That being said, you need to be mindful about who you choose to handle this all-important part of your travels. Choosing the right visa consultant needs to be undertaken carefully, after paying attention to a few key considerations.
Experience is everything
Regardless of the qualifications any consultant claims they have, experience is much more important, especially if they’ve been in business for many years.
A visa consultant with experience will be able to explain the pros and cons of doing things in a certain way and will have unique insights on how to apply for various visas.
In this trade, consultants know that for each type of visa, there are certain factors that can either improve your chances or make you unlikely to obtain your visa. Someone with plenty of experience will guide you and tell you what you should and should not be doing.
This type of knowledge can only be built over time – there are no shortcuts.
Choose a visa consultant with good professional relationships
Within the immigration lawyer niche, there’s one thing everyone can agree on: Having good relationships with representatives in immigration offices is incredibly important.
While having good relationships doesn’t necessarily guarantee you a visa, this can make the process somewhat more predictable and less of a hassle than it would otherwise be, particularly because visa consultants interact frequently and closely with immigration officers.
Before you settle on an immigration lawyer’s services, therefore, do a little bit of your own research and see if they’re someone with healthy working relationships.
Check out their social media
A business’ social media game can be very telling – if they’re staying up to date about everything they’re doing and are responsive on social media, you can bet they’re probably just as efficient in real life.
Before you settle on a visa consultant, do some research on them on social media. Facebook has ratings and reviews, which can be very useful if you want to get a good idea of what their service delivery is like. Beyond that, follower counts on Facebook and Instagram can also be indicative of how well-established they are in the visa consultancy scene.
If you want a student visa, choose a consultant who provides complete, end-to-end service
Student visas are a major stream of traffic for visa consultancy agencies. If you’re looking to go abroad to begin your higher education, you’re probably confused about where to get started – visa requirements, the IELTS, admission applications, finances and more.
That’s where choosing the right visa consultant becomes extremely important. For instance, at The Visa Centre, we help you from the very beginning, when you’re on the lookout for the perfect university or college.
Given that we’ve been in the business so long, we’ve partnered with plenty of universities around the world – including those that provide FREE education – we help you select the perfect place to study based on what your interests are, your finances, and which country you’d love to explore on the weekends.
Thereafter, we take care of everything else too, especially guiding you down the path to obtaining your student visa. With our partner institute, Unitech, we help you get the right IELTS scores, depending on where you’re going.
Choose the right visa consultant to enjoy stress-free travel plans
The right visa consultant can either help you go abroad or condemn you to a disappointing travel experience. At The Visa Centre, we’ve been in the business of helping people go abroad for 21 years.
Not only do we know what we’re doing but we also make this entire process hassle-free, whether you’re looking to migrate, go abroad for a quick adventure or even if you want to study or work in an entirely different country.
For more information, call us on 0777 633 933 (English), 0771 066 388 (Sinhala) or 0777 633 955 (Tamil) today.