@Ron *****

Because they used an agent. If they used an agent to pen push and fill forms but supplied said agent with financials so the agent didn’t need to do the financing then they may be OK. Otherwise not.

@Ronnie ******

Once on the “agent train” it will be difficult for you to get off it as immigration will know you used an agent and will probably require you to do so again.

You can jump off that train by leaving and entering on a “clean stamp” or new visa and DIY your extensions.

Depends on what the agent is charging you as to whether you’d want to keep using them. 14k per year (for some agents) isn’t an excessive amount to charge based on they do everything for you and save X number of visits to immigration and the time taken for those visits.

Many here will advocate DIY because it’s only 1,900 to do so. Your call really.

That’s going to be office dependent. Some require it to be shown as an international transfer, some just want the balance.

Not sure of your question. Perhaps you’re asking about getting a DTV rather than a retirement extension (you don’t have any visa - you have an extension of stay based on an original visa you held).

Almost certainly your hotel will file the TM30 online. Ask them for a print of their filing. Many offices will accept a screenshot of the filing although some will require the specific pdf that can be generated from it.

Keep things minimal as possible. Freight is expensive and yes it would be charged import duties and taxes.

They pluck a figure out of the air based on your bill of lading. If you question that charge then they’ll go through your items with a fine tooth comb and you’ll almost certainly get a higher charge and have to pay demurrage charges whilst waiting.

I don’t think many countries allow you to add pages these days.

In country visas are about page as are re-entry permits. Out of country visas are PDF files so irrelevant.

To save space you can get a multiple re-entry permit so then all that would be stamped is your arrival stamp which is about of a page approx.

It needs to be in your account 2 months prior to applying. So if you apply say 20 days early on the 20th September then the funds must be in the account by 20th July. The fact that your extension is due 10th of October is irrelevant. It’s 2 months prior to applying.