Basically if you are in this group and you have time to do research and find all information you need to build up your solid application so you don’t need agent at all.
For me all documents I can prepare by myself but it’s annoying to put into one file with size limit … to be able to upload so I have my assistant to do the rest.
For some people they don’t have enough or solid documents so it’s better to use agent because agents may have “special connection with schools or even banks” so in this case it depends on the agent fee is worth or not.
Kevin Lee 1 day after I sent them files of my degrees and work experiences. Basically I sent them like 20:00 then 10 am the next day I got approval mail
I myself applied in HCM in April. This is what I provided them :
- my degrees : French and Singapore : I just take photo and send them like that ( no need to get them notorised)
- experiences : I just screenshot some of my posts on my social media of my business trips , conference, events, meetings ( I selected 10 the most remarkable ones)
If I was you I would wait until you get the result. If you get the approval then you will contact the embassy and go there by yourself to transfer the visa to new passport . This is the process for this situation
What i did that i sent them my CV , company profil and all my academic qualifications ( bachelor and master + management) and for work experience i just screenshot my business trips over the world from my facebook page as i dont keep old contracts or else. And it worked for me