Agents rarely supply money for marriage visas as you yourself can legitimately take it out next day. (albeit apparently not now with bkk bank) Will be a massive game changer if they start doing this for retirement visas, the place will be dead with the mass of deportations 😁
lol it was 'too much work' cos they can't get a kickback from immigration! It's why immigration always try to persuade perfectly happy marriage visa peeps to switch. Agents are rarely to be trusted and should only be used by people who can't afford to be here
For sure go yourself and ask, any immigration I have dealt with have been super friendly. The agents are probably just trying to reel you in to pay more. Don't trust them