Verification with agencies
How does one get verified with BTT and BIE.
Do you have to share all the information they ask? It's pretty invasive.
Does BTT have a number or email?
Help please.
BIE first visit I'd check?
[QUOTE=KashkaiBoy;5934102]Yep, in my experience BIE will accept referrals from legitimate, reviewed, independent providers or other agencies, and don't require those references to be with your legal name, but can be under a pseudonym. In my experience, it's not difficult to find independent providers who will book you through the TER messaging system if you have some reviews on TER -- meaning you can use a pseudonym and with a burner phone number / email (so you need to obtain a burner phone or maybe use one of the burner phone apps, and obviously use a separate email account that you can use to establish yourself with them). Once you have a few indie references built up, it's easy to get cleared by most agencies other than BTT. I've been cleared by several agencies this way.
Again, protecting your identity will require a bit of groundwork -- you might need to spend a few weeks first posting reviews of recent providers you have seen onto TER (e. G. The BTT providers you have seen, why not? Then booking with an indie or two before going to an agency like BIE using those indies as your references. Others may have other suggestions, but this is what worked with me.[/QUOTE]I was verified by BIE the same way: pseudonym with referrals by two indies. But after verification I was worried because after booking an appointment they sent a message that at my first visit the provider would check the name on my license. Luckily she did not, possibly because it was her first tour with BIE. KashkaiBoy, what was your experience regarding name check?