Student Visa
The application that decides your year
A student visa is not a bigger tourist visa. The financial evidence is scrutinised harder, the deadlines are fixed by someone else, and for several destinations an interview decides it. This is filing built around that.
Destinations
Where we file student visas
United States — F-1
3–8 weeksI-20 review, SEVIS fee, DS-160 and interview preparation. The interview is the decision point, and preparation for it is where most of the value sits.
United Kingdom — Student Route
3–6 weeksCAS verification, the 28-day maintenance funds rule, and the ATAS clearance that catches postgraduate applicants in technical subjects.
Canada — Study Permit
6–12 weeksProvincial attestation letter, GIC set-up, and a statement of purpose that addresses the return-intent question directly rather than avoiding it.
Australia — Subclass 500
4–8 weeksCoE, OSHC cover and the Genuine Student requirement, which replaced GTE in 2024 and changed what the statement needs to argue.
Schengen — National D visa
6–12 weeksAdmission letter, blocked account where required, and appointment capture — which for German and Italian missions is the real constraint.
Others
VariesIreland, New Zealand, Singapore, UAE and Japan student categories, filed on the same terms.
Support
What's included
Financial documentation
The most common cause of a student refusal. We work out exactly what your destination needs to see, in what form, and how far back the history must run.
Interview preparation
For US applicants, structured mock interviews against the questions that actually get asked, with feedback on the answers most likely to sink you.
Deadline management
Course start dates are immovable. We work backwards from yours and flag every point where a delay puts the intake at risk.
Document assembly
Transcripts, English test scores, funding proof and attestations, checked against the destination's current requirements before anything is submitted.
Dependants and onward travel
Spouse and child visas filed alongside yours, plus any transit visas your route requires.
Post-study routes
Guidance on the work rights attached to your visa and the transition into post-study work, before you commit to a destination.
Preparation
Start earlier than you think you need to
The single most useful thing a student applicant can do costs nothing and cannot be bought later: begin the financial history early.
Six months before you apply
Start maintaining the account that will evidence your funding. Most destinations want to see a consistent balance over time, not a sum that appeared recently. A deposit made three weeks before applying is the single most common trigger for a refusal on financial grounds — regardless of the amount.
Three months before
Sit your English test if you have not already, and request transcripts. University administrative offices are slow in ways that will surprise you, and a missing transcript can cost an entire intake.
As soon as you have your offer
File. For Canada and Schengen national visas, processing routinely runs to twelve weeks and appointment availability is the binding constraint. Waiting to be certain about your choice of university costs more than applying and withdrawing.
Two weeks before an interview
Begin preparation. US F-1 interviews typically last under four minutes, and the officer is assessing whether you are a genuine student with a plan and the means to follow it. Practised, specific answers matter enormously in that time.
Declare previous refusals
Talk to someone about your intake
Tell us the destination and the start date, and we'll work backwards to tell you when to file.