This might not be favorable for agents, but I've been burned by them before, so I'll skip the details and get straight to the point. The day before yesterday, I arrived at the airport to do an ecc, but as I expected, it was not possible. Thinking it was all over and that refunding my ticket wouldn't yield much, I decided to take a chance. Today, feeling utterly disheartened, I went to pick up my boarding pass and go through customs. To my surprise, when they first asked me for ten thousand, I thought there might be a chance. Then, seeing that I was five months overdue, they demanded fifty thousand, ten thousand per month. That should have been the case, but I bargained with them. Later, I stepped out, stuffed twenty thousand into my passport, and handed it to them. They were satisfied when they saw the money and stamped my passport. Then, I watched as he slipped the money into his pocket. However, he told me I couldn't come back, which probably means I was going to be blacklisted, but he mentioned that a new passport would work. PS: Essentially, you don't need to go through agents for visa issues. You can just bribe customs at the airport directly to get on the plane, and it costs less and saves time.