Sydney Migration Group assisted me with apllying for 485 visa and I can’t recommend them highly enough. All the emails were replied in no more than 24 hours and all the questions asked (even the most absurd and illogical) were answered comprehensively and in a professional manner. Many thanks to Sydney Migration Group and personally to Maxim Emeline.

Finally we also got a visa. The whole process from the assessment of chances to getting visa took 2 years and 3 months. 05/08/2013 I sent a request to assess the chances to Maxim Emeline, and since then, we were one team under his leadership. Half of a year we struggled with IELTS, 6 tests, five of which lacked half a point in Writing or speaking! During this difficult period, I was often loosing hope that I would pass the exam ever, Maxim supported, encouraged, inspired confidence and optimism. In April 2014, when, after 3 attempts to pass the exam, the motivation was at zero level, I decided to stimulate the preparation for exams. Thanks to clear and professional work of the agent, confirmation passed without a hitch in less than a month. Frankly speaking, I could not deal with all the nuances of paperwork, Maxim prompted, checked, amended, approved, or rejected everything! On February 7, I finally won IELTS and got 7.5 in all units, when we came from vacation we sent EOI with SA sponsorship. We were waiting for a long time and we were nervous, but we received the invitation and applied for a visa. At first it was like by the instructions, request for Team 13, after 2 weeks a request for medicine, but then the problems started. Having passed the medicine, we were waiting for six weeks for request for further examination, which had to come on our registration address, but never came. Six weeks later the nerves had not sustained, and I called the IOM, where I was told what I need exactly, what certificate, and what there should be written. These six weeks can be deleted from our timeline as it was just our fault, senseless waiting. After the medicine we came back on an oily track, everything by plan! AIM ASSESSMENT – 19.04.2014 – 16.05.2014 IELTS DONE – 07.02.2015 EOI – 06.03.2015 – 24.03.2015 VISA APPLICATION – 01.04.2015 TEAM 13 REQUEST – 17.04.2015 CO REQUEST – 05.05.2015 MEDICAL EXAMINATION – 21.05.2015 MED FINALISED – 13.07.2015 VAC 2 REQUEST – 24.07.2015 GRANT – 31.07.2015 FIRST ENTRY – 27.03.2016. I want to thank once again to Maxim Emeline for comprehensive support and professional approach! He was always there! He answered any silly questions for 30 times.

Me and my wife have successfully passed the whole procedure of obtaining work visa with the help of Maxim Emeline (The World of Australia). Everything took less than a year. He answers any questions and he is always willing to help with advice, even where others might say “it’s your problem.” We have many times puzzled him by asking such questions as “well, when will be a feedback” / “why everything takes so much time,”  for what he has always reacted appropriately – somewhere he calmed us, somewhere appealed to the immigration authorities with the request. In general, he does not leave in a difficult situation. He is a real professional. We were very pleased, and I wish that for the rest.

We have Happy End as well! On September 19, 2011, we entered into an agreement with the Agency, “The World of Australia” and began to work with Maxim. Someone can say that you can go all the way by your own, but will a modern man have enough experience and time to do that? My way to the dream was not easy, and there was no right for an error, that’s why Maxim’s help and his team was what we really need. At that time there were enough good reviews about this agency and we chose it. We have never regretted our decision. Quick answers, up to-date information about changes in the migration policy of Australia, the translation of all documents. We have been waiting for work experience of my husband for a long time. And when we received it, the process was much accelerated. Not everything went fluently but the most important was the result. On October 8, 2013 Maxim filed a package of documents for a visa and on December 12 we passed medicine in Yekaterinburg. And here came the day – January 30, 2014, when a letter – Visa Granted arrived at the post! With congratulations from Maxim for granting the 190th visa. I confess we waited for so long that it was not easy to believe the dream came true. Soon we will fly to Adelaide!

Thanks a lot to the World of Australia and in particular to Maxim for the work done. Qualified, welcoming and qualitative service. Although it is believed that the process of collecting and filing the documents is relatively simple, in the case of complex situation as mine – not living in the Russian Federation, a little time and a very diverse experience – I advice to use the experience of professionals. Therefore, the services of the World of Australia were very helpful – advice about how to position the experience, on what to put accent and how to get the state sponsorship were pretty helpful. The presence of huge experience certainly helps the agency. The whole process took about 7 months. Thank you again!

On May 20, 2013 we received a visa (573)!!! It was a great birthday gift. It all started when in October 2012 my husband decided to study at university in Australia (and I tailed him). On the Internet I found the site of “The World of Australia” and called. So we met with Maxim Emeline. The first impression was very pleasant. We began our work together. Maxim was doing everything on our behalf and we have never regretted having used the services of an agent. Thanks to him, the university took the diploma of Russian university and allowed my husband to the Masters’ Degree, although the results of English test did not reach the requirements of the university. We have received confirmation of acceptance, and the most critical part – visa application had started. I must say that our case had been complicated for many reasons. But we did it and now are ready to leave! Just thanks to Maxim’s efforts and experience we did it and we are grateful. It was a real pleasure to work with him. My advice is not to risk trying to get a visa for yourself – there are a lot of subtleties, which you may not know, trust a professional.

On 08.08.12 Maksim (our agent) sent us a congratulatory letter, which informed us that the visa was obtained … Then there were my and my husband’s emotions, then we informed our close relatives who kept fists for us all this time … All the way from the thought about leaving (I had sent an SMS to my husband with the idea to go to Australia) until the message “visa granted” took 2 years and 7 months. This time interval was much longer because of long obtaining of IELTS certificate with the right number of points (we passed 6 times since my husband to say it mildly, has intense work of a manager, and that postponed the time and efforts for training) – it was the first reason and the second reason was that we were waiting for the birth of the second child to go through medicine, without making an X-ray of a pregnant … Having given birth to a son, we made his foreign passport, Schengen visa, on July 16 we passed the medical commission in Warsaw (2 times cheaper than in Russia, we live in Kaliningrad, it’s 350 km to the capital of Poland), on August 8 we received congratulations on the visa. That’s all! I want to say one thing, without Maxim and his team, our way would have been much more complicated and time consuming. Seeking information on the Internet, processing visa documents, and so on would take much time. When you are busy with children, work, and home circumstances – it would be very, very difficult … So if friends asked my advice how to apply for a visa, I would have no useful information to tell, because our agent was fully engaged in all these questions. The only thing I would advice, is to seek for the assistance of experts in this matter. Good luck to all. Hit the target.  P.S. Maksim, thank you very much for your work and the achieved results.

Here is my happy moment – I have received a visa (176 subclass, 224211 Archivist). The story is short in spite of many reasons thanks to the coordinated work of our team – me and my agent, Maxim Emeline. The story started as usual – with making decision in November 2011. Then the collection of information, the search for an agent, and the choice in favor of the agency “The World of Australia,” which has fully justified itself, and even more. One thing is for sure – if you know the value of time, work with an agent. The process of obtaining my visa once again confirms the fact that everyone should do his own job: the agent should deal with documents processing, sending, translation, legalization, and other very important formal procedures, which he knows a priori better. With the help of Maxim, I was able to concentrate on preparing for the IELTS – and it was passed of the first try. I won’t describe in detail the collection of documents and preparing for the language exam. 06/01/2012 – Skills Assessment for VETASSESS. 18/02/2012 – IELTS test, L 8.5, R 8.0, W 8.0, S 7.5 02/04/2012 – Skills Assessment positive. 23/05/2012 – State Sponsorship received (South Australia). 23/07/2012 – 176 visa granted. A little more than half a year … My dream came true, and soon I will enjoy my life in Australia. I wish the same to the ones who start their process of immigration!

Here’s another positive review I am willing to add to the treasury-box of Emeline Maxim and his team. I have to say that I won’t write a sugary review as even when working with an agent you still have to write the references, fill and check some forms, do notarial certification of documents, i. e. the more complete your reference will be and the quicker your documents will be prepared, the faster will your process proceed, but at this the agent exempts you from the set of routine work and helps with the paperwork. Those documents, which can be issued without your participation, the agent will fill by his own and send you for check.

Here the progress depends on two participants of the process – you and your agent, because you are a team and work for one purpose – your visa.

Maxim has always promptly responded the questions within one business day – at weekend civilized people need to rest.

I always try in the shortest time possible to figure out whether I should work with the person and how adequate the person is, but in this case I was satisfied and received clear answers to my questions at all stages of the process and I had no doubts about my decision about choosing the agent ever.

Someone says that you can do everything by yourself and the agents’ service is expensive. It’s up to you, but I will say that while you are reading these lines your process is not moving forward, and working with an agent you already have an experienced coach who will guide you throughout the distance to your visa and will eliminate the annoying errors associated with paperwork and already has answers to many questions, i.e., in this case you will save a lot of time and it is just the most irreplaceable resource. Also, you have a choice and you can go some part of the way with the agent, and some without, but with the agent to my opinion you have two main advantages – there is more time to prepare for IELTS and you are calmer and more confident in compliance of bureaucratic formalities (references, filling in forms, translations, etc.).

Unfortunately I must admit that people don’t think about the value of their own time and if there is a specialist who is able to competently assist in the immigration process, I suggest you to seek the services of Maxim and to verify on your own that the work with the agent is the most painless and quick.

I want to say again and I’m ready to answer for these words – working with Maxim you can really quickly and painlessly get your visa, and free up time for more useful and essential things – the English language and maybe even a job search on the Internet. Having read these lines I suggest you to make up your mind and implement your immigration plans.

I was choosing among several immigration agents, Maxim seemed to me the most agreeable. A critical factor in the decision was the speed and detalization of response. Their service is not cheap, but it’s up to everyone to decide how much their time costs. Sincerely yours, Oleg Segal.