Hi,
I am very happy for you and I hope everything goes well, just remember that, as long as you pay them, they will be nice to you so they can keep profiting , if one day you refuse to pay they will show you their true colours.
I went to a test photoshoot at date style studio in London and Samia the assessor was really nice and lovely wow what a wonderful creature.. She talked me through the process, listened to my life stories bla bla bla, and them she showed me the portfolio prices, I said I couldn't afford it even if I wanted , and all the sudden this wonderful woman turns into devil, asking me to call friends and family and even to take a credit card loan to pay for this portfolio. "you should invest in your dreams. You will get the job. How do you expect to succeed if you don't invest in you. Don't you want this?... " and she kept on lowering the price with my NOs. "this is the last offer, I am doing it only for you. I only have one more place and I'm giving it to you ". We went from nearly £2000 portfolio to £450 (like you ain't leaving here without paying us something).
We agreed to 450 four month installments, but she wasn't very happy with me she escorted me to the door like 'just go'.
When I got home I tried to contact identity management to tell about the photoshoot as they were the one that sent me to this place and I couldn't, there was somebody else on the phone saying I have the wrong number, no replay to the emails, I called the number they called me from and they said that the person I spoke with went on annual leave ( I believe I was speaking with that same girl but she denied it)....honestly I felt so stupid, like how could I let this scammer fool me, luckily I didn't pay the full amount.... I don't think identity management exists it's just a facade to make you buy expensive portfolio and this Aiden manages everybody which I strongly believe that's Samia if that's her real name.
Each case is a case, but just be careful putting your dreams in somebody else's hand, sometimes you have to create you own platform for your dream to come true.