Student services
The hardest month of studying abroad is not the application. It is the first thirty days on the ground, with no bank account, no tax number, no phone and a landlord asking for a bond. This is the part we are actually built for.
In Pakistan, before you fly
We read your transcripts, your English score and your budget, and we build a shortlist that is realistic instead of flattering. If your grades will not carry a Group of Eight university, we say so in the first meeting rather than after your application fee.
Documents assembled and checked in the Lahore office, applications lodged with the institution, and the offer letter and Confirmation of Enrolment chased until they are in your hand. Missing attestation or a mismatched name on a document is the most common reason a file stalls, so we catch that early.
OSHC is compulsory for the entire length of an Australian student visa. Budget roughly AUD 500 to 700 a year for single cover, around PKR 92,000 to 130,000, and more for a family policy. We compare providers, explain the waiting periods, and make sure the policy dates cover the full visa period, which is where students get caught out.
Your first thirty days in Australia
You land at six in the morning with two suitcases and no phone number. Somebody should be there.
What we handle on the ground
Every figure below is indicative and moves with the market and the exchange rate. We give you current numbers for your city and your course on the consultation, in writing.
Someone is at Sydney airport when you walk out of arrivals, holding your name. After a fourteen hour flight from Lahore, with a suitcase and no local SIM, this is worth more than any brochure. You are driven to your accommodation, not left to work out a train ticket at midnight.
Shared housing near your campus or a student residence, arranged before you fly so you land with an address. Expect roughly AUD 800 to 1,600 a month for a shared place, around PKR 148,000 to 296,000, plus a bond of about four weeks rent that you get back at the end. We explain the lease before you sign it.
Australian banks will open an account for a student on a valid visa, usually with your passport and enrolment letter. We take you through it in your first week so your part time wages have somewhere to land and your rent can be paid without cash.
Without a TFN your employer must tax you at the top rate, which quietly costs you thousands over a year. The application is free, it is done online through the Australian Taxation Office, and it takes fifteen minutes. We sit with you while you do it, because no student should be paying that penalty.
An Australian number on day one, so your family in Pakistan can reach you and employers can call you back. Prepaid plans run about AUD 30 to 50 a month, roughly PKR 5,500 to 9,200. We tell you which carriers actually have coverage where you will be living.
Student visa holders can work up to 48 hours a fortnight while the course is in session, and unlimited hours during scheduled breaks. We help you build a local resume, point you at the sectors that actually hire students, and explain your rights on the minimum wage so you are not underpaid in cash.
Airport pickup, a lease inspection, a walk into a bank branch: none of it can be done over WhatsApp from another continent. It requires a person standing in New South Wales. Our head office is at 6/13 Hunter Street, Parramatta NSW 2150, which is the only reason any of the above is a real promise instead of a line on a website.
30-second check
Questions
Yes. Our head office is at 6/13 Hunter Street, Parramatta, about thirty minutes from the airport, and the pickup is done by our own team. This is only possible because we have an Australian office. An agent who operates only from Pakistan cannot do it, whatever they tell you.
Plan for accommodation of roughly AUD 800 to 1,600, around PKR 148,000 to 296,000, plus a bond of about four weeks rent, plus food, transport and a SIM. Realistically you want two to three months of living costs in your account when you land, because your first pay from a part time job will not arrive for several weeks.
Yes. Overseas Student Health Cover must be held for the full duration of an Australian student visa. If the policy lapses, your visa condition is breached. Single cover is roughly AUD 500 to 700 a year, around PKR 92,000 to 130,000, and family cover costs more.
Up to 48 hours per fortnight while your course is in session, and unlimited hours during scheduled course breaks. This is general information about the visa condition, not immigration advice. Confirm your own conditions with a registered migration agent, and never take a job that pays cash below the legal minimum wage.
The consultation and the shortlist are free. Arrival services are quoted to you in writing up front, before you agree to anything. You will never get an invoice from us for something you were not told about in advance.
That is the whole point of having both offices. Your family can walk into the Lahore branch and speak to Zain or Areeba in person, in Urdu, while you are eleven thousand kilometres away sitting an exam. They do not have to chase an international number.
Anything on this page about visa conditions, work rights or health cover requirements is general information, not immigration advice. Rules change. Confirm your own circumstances with a registered migration agent before you rely on it.