“Free consultancy!” You find this on the door and on the wall of Blessing Consultancy Agency located at Lopez Building, Session Road. But how does the agency define this? I am one of those who sought consultation and I was told, “Kailangan kunin mo yung service namin [bago namin sabihin lahat ng requirement].”

If I misunderstood your ‘free consultancy’ to include ‘requirement inquiry’ or if inquiring about the requirements isn’t covered by your ‘free consultancy’, then pardon me. Do I have to pay your P30,000 consultation fee to know the requirements I should produce as an applicant? Just like the others wanting to know about the agency’s services, I don’t know what documents to produce unless I pay their consultation fee! What if we don’t have or can’t produce them?

It’s like buying a can of milk from a grocery. We choose which brand is affordable or which one pleases us. If we are able to choose, that’s the time we pick it up and pay for it!

I am your client and to avail of your service, should you not show me what I need to know and convince me that your service or that your agency is good or even better than the others? The other consultancy agencies like Visaide and G & E are transparent. They lay out the requirements  without asking for a dime.

 Is Blessing Agency hiding something?

We have a choice then to choose the ‘better brand of milk’!