How to Choose a Study Visa Consultant in Jalandhar

Start with your own profile, not a country

A good consultant asks about you before recommending anything: marks, gaps, English score, budget, family plans and what you want to do after the course. If the first thing you hear is a country and a college, before any of these questions, the advice is not about you.

Eight questions to ask before you sign

• Are you licensed? Ask to see the Punjab licence and note the number.
• Which colleges do you suggest for me, and why those? The reason should be your profile, not the consultant’s tie-up.
• Is this institution on the official approved list? A DLI in Canada, a CRICOS provider in Australia, a licensed student sponsor in the UK, an SEVP-certified school in the USA.
• Does this course lead to a work permit after study? In Canada this is checked course by course, not college by college.
• What will the first year cost in total? Tuition, living funds, visa fee, health cover, and your fee, each shown separately.
• How should my funds be shown? The answer should be about genuine, traceable money, never arranged balances.
• Who prepares and reviews my file? Get a name.
• What happens if I am refused? There should be a plan that starts with reading the refusal reasons.

Check the consultant’s numbers against the official ones

Living-fund figures are published by each government and change regularly. Canada, for example, currently asks a single applicant to show CAN$23,448 (approx. ₹15.43 lakh) for living costs, on top of first-year tuition. If a consultant quotes a figure, ask them to open the official page. Our country guides link every figure to its source: Canada, Australia, UK, USA, New Zealand, Germany.

Rupee amounts are approximate, converted at exchange rates of 12 November 2026, and change daily.

Red flags

• A guaranteed visa, or a stated “success rate” with no way to check it
• Pressure to pay a deposit on the first visit
• Advice that is years out of date, such as Canada’s closed SDS stream
• Offers to arrange funds, experience letters or IELTS scores
• A college you cannot find on the official approved list
• Refusal to let you see the file or hold your own login

What a good first meeting looks like

It takes 30 to 45 minutes. You are asked more questions than you ask. You leave knowing which destinations fit and which do not, roughly what the first year will cost, which intake is realistic, and what documents to start collecting. You are not asked to pay that day.

See how we work on our process and study visa services. If you already have a refusal, start with a refusal review.