Do I need an agent for a Canadian Student Visa?

Dear friend,

This is a trick question to answer but depends on the scenario. But in all scenarios look for a Career Coach rather than an agent.

Below are the factors that you should consider:

1. Admission: An agent will help you in seeking admission in Canadian Universities / colleges as per his benefit, while a Career Coach will help you get admission in any college or university regardless of the perks
2. Course Finalization and Career options: An Agent will tell you to take a course without an analysis or understanding, while a certified coach will help you finalize and narrow down your career aspirations and fields. Additionally, the Career coach conduct multiple tests (Psychometric, Aptitude Questionnaire / survey and Interviews to understand your liking in the subject. Additionally, will tell you about the job opportunities, salary scales, wages, benefits and dis-benefits and many other factors.
3. Scholarships: Career Coach will help you seek scholarships as they are well aware of the processes and documentations, mostly the eligibility.
4. Visa Process: This is the most important factor and a decision benchmark which you should keep by evaluating the Visa success ratio of the consultant as this is the vital factor for your selection. A Consultant with better Visa insights would be preferable.
5. Post Landing support: This is an added feather on a hat. This is where most of them fail. I strongly recommend to go ahead with someone who has better Post Landing services like: Accommodation search, Flight search, Job related help, Resume building and other
6. PR Assistance and Guidance: It is always good to think big. Your consultant should be well aware to guide you on the PR options and prospects. As one wrong step might lead to a PR Rejection. To illustrate, I have seen cases where PR has been rejected due to application been filed under wrong NOC codes(National Occupation codes) or misleading data which was provided at the time of Student permit application. To illustrate, I have seen a case who had not shown his work experience while the student application but at the time of PR application, a certain Work Experience was demonstrated. This may be a mistake form your consultant but as per IRCC, ignorance is an excuse.

To summarize, you can do the entire progression by yourself if you are aware of the entire process. Having said that, having a consultant eases your work and probability of success.

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