How to Choose My Registered Agent

How to Choose My Registered Agent? Key Questions answered on Australian Student Visa

There are hundreds of agencies all around the country offering visa consultancy for Studying in Australia. Once you have decided to study in Australia, you should start doing a personal research to find the best agency that can guide you properly until you arrive in Australia safely.

While choosing the agent, generally there are some guidelines to follow in choosing your right agent. The agent is not only someone who can give you application assistance. They should also be able to assist you personally at every step throughout the process. So it is important to choose the agents who have direct connections and past experiences in Australia.

Here are some questions to help you on choosing the right agent for Australian Visa:

Are they Qualified?

To apply student visa for first time, having a qualified agent would be an advantage as well helpful in many ways. Also this will prevent your from scammers and unregistered agents who are widespread in the country for financial purposes.

Unlike other countries, Australian Universities will only accept the admission applications, which are submitted via their approved agents. By law, Australian education institutions that use the agent in another country should have a formal service contract with them. Inquiring about the contract with the specific institution is the first thing you must do with your choses agent.

Since an institution can have more than one agent in a country, it is required to compare the service of the agents with their past tracks and experiences before sign the contract with them.

Approved by your study institution?

It is necessary and common practice for every institution to publicly list agents for each countries in their official website. So you also should make sure that the particular agents name is listed in the website of the college/university you are applying for. Also should make sure do the agent you are choosing have the office in Australia. We, Study Abroad Consultancy have student affairs office based in Australia too to serve our clients a star rated service.

Also an institution should be registered under CRICOS (Commonwealth Register of Institutions and Courses for Overseas Students) to issue an approved COE to any International Students.

If you do not find the names listed, there are many simple ways to communicate with the institution to inquire about their official agents in Sri Lanka. Simply call us to find the right agents in Sri Lanka for your Australian Visa.

Where are they based?

It is always recommended to check whether an agent has a direct contact with Australia. If they are based in Australia as well, it is a good reason to consider them since you will need their assistance once you arrive in Australia for first time.

Are they Knowledgeable and caring you Personally?

Knowledgeable and qualified agents with experience can provide you better advices with their up-to-date knowledge on the subject matters and recent updates throughout your application process, which is reassuring the success rate of your visa application with the best interest of heart.

We also give you information about how our Student Handling Process works on one-to-one basis.

Our student handling process is by appointing our specially trained and qualified staff per student to deal his/her matters until he/she arrive in Australia safely.

Here are some of the key works our in-house student counsellors do:

• • Conduct an interview to assess your interests, goals and study preference to guide you the best option to choose.
    

• • Give you detailed assistance to obtain all the necessary documents for the application process.
    

• • Review your SOP (Statement of Purpose) give suggestions, and prepare for you for the interview.
    

• • Guide you to the submission and visa process.
    

• • Arrange your Travelling and help you with itinerary arrangements of your travel.
    

• • Guide you the basics of Travelling and arriving instructions with Airport procedures.
    

• Arrange representative to receive you and provide you the initial arrangements coordinating with our Australian Based Student Support Office.

Learn more here about our Student Handling Procedure