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Kumar Shiwakoti has spent 10 years counselling students across Australia, Canada, USA, New Zealand, and UK, and his approach starts well before any course or university recommendation. He begins by asking what a student actually wants their life to look like in five years, whether they are optimising for the fastest PR pathway, the strongest return on investment, or the best possible learning experience. Once those answers are on the table, the course and country choices tend to follow naturally. He holds QEAC certification (N764), reflecting strict ethical standards for advising on Australia and New Zealand, and British Council certification for UK pathways.
One of his most complex cases involved twin siblings applying for the same intake in Australia on a single shared family budget. Treating them as two separate cases would have forced one into a weaker institution just to make the finances work. Instead, he solved it as one shared problem, recommending Kaplan Business School for both, which allowed the family to manage a single predictable cost without either student compromising. Both visas were granted for the same intake. He entered this field after guiding his own cousin sister through a nursing application to Canada when the consultancy they consulted gave advice he considered generic and inadequate. He did the research himself, worked through the requirements, and got her enrolled. That experience of seeing what a student loses when they receive poor guidance is what drives how he works with every student since.
Kumar holds a Master's degree and is QEAC Certified (N764) and British Council Certified. He has 10 years of experience in international education at AECC Global. He works in Nepali, English, and Hindi.
