Can visa agent assist with preparing supporting documents such as employment letters or bank statements?
Yes, some Schengen visa services offer assistance with document preparation, including guidance on required documents. However, documents like employment letters or bank statements must be official, accurate, and often provided by the applicant’s employer or bank, though the agent can guide on the correct format or checklist.
Realizing this might be a confusion about ‘assistance’ versus ‘fabrication,’ let me clarify the physics of the application process.
Has anyone actually used an agent that claims they can ‘fix’ a low bank balance or ‘draft’ the employment letter from scratch?
I feel compelled to share a narrative from a colleague’s experience to add context to this inquiry.
Just letting you know, there is a distinct difference in the permissible scope of work for agents.
Yes, a visa agent can assist in preparing and reviewing supporting documents, but there’s an important boundary. Agents can guide, structure, and review things like employment letters (wording, required details, consistency), bank statements (what period, how balances should make sense), cover letters, and overall document logic. That’s very common and legitimate.
What an agent cannot do is create false documents, alter bank statements, or issue official letters on your employer’s or bank’s behalf. Employment letters and bank statements must always come from the real source.
So think of it as: agents help you make sure your documents are correct, complete, and presented properly, not fabricated. That kind of assistance is normal and widely used.