I may be wrong about this, but don't all applications go to Gabs anyway?
Yes I think you are correct, however, from our long conversations with the Chief Immigration Officer in Maun I gather that she has a lot of influence and input.
It is also a pretty time consuming task to do it without an agency...
It is either way. You waste a lot of time chasing them up, getting copies of paperwork they have lost and dictating letters of recommendation etc to them which they are totally inept with. You wait around for them to turn up at the immigration office when they are late for appointments.
When we went to them for an initial interview they sat us right next to the huge shelf full of files which had 'appeals' in large letters on it. Great
PR!
The only good advice we had from them was to be on the doorstep of the Immigration Office at 8 in the morning which we did every visit. It is a bit odd that their own staff only pitch up at about 10 and have to wait with clients for hours.
They are about as much use as a chocolate teapot.