I can't with this thread. why the f**k people complain about governments usage of agents. Why do you use
@Fred or
@CaptK or
@CyprusLaw services when you can go directly to the governments office? the answer is obvious: experience, expertise and unbiased opinions on these matters.
It's how things gets done in real life. this perfect world where governments are efficient enough to handle tens of thousands of applicants and help people with their requests doesn't exist and is nothing but a fantasy, sure the level of incompetency and corruption differs between countries, but still, 99% you need someone's help when you do a complicated task like filing for taxes, talking to the police, doing business, and last but not least -
immigration related matters.
these small governments decided to outsource these CBI matters to other third parties, so what? that's fine because these third parties (whether lawyers, accountants...etc) have great experience in this field, plus Caribbean governments doesn't have the resources to handle these things, and if they do, they wouldn't have a CBI program in the first place and put themselves under that much scrutiny from western governments.
If you don't like the CBI programs in the Caribbean, simply don't bother and look for other options. Complaining will solve absolutely nothing. you had a shitty experience with one agent, it's ok, it happens, you move on and go with a better one, and don't go with the first agent you find on google, you go with vetted agent that you are 100% sure get the job done.
I also feel that there is a huge chunk of this whole story is missing, whether it's op or the agents, this whole story smells and doesn't add up, so what's missing here?