I can appreciate that a agent bribe can be efficient, but it's still money chuckin' at problem that shouldn't need it. You get sick of being shaken down. Like with a biz visa for indo... the fee itself, then the service fee just to get the telex, then you go the embassy, and they want the first fee again, and think wait a minute... but you haven't got the time, so either way, you're getting shaken down. I had a purpose in going to CW, which was to talk to people behind the desks and get some first-hand info, rather than just relying on the tw@ts at ToyVisa.