MS Office Suite
Shahan Aziz
Senior Consultant
Summary
An experienced manager with over 15 years in migration services industry, having excellent reputation for helping students and professionals achieve their academic and career goals in various countries, having a strong knowledge of education systems, visa requirements and immigration policies of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK and the USA. I have assisted hundreds of clients in applying for study permits, work permits, permanent residency and temporary residence visas, having excellent communication, research and problem-solving skills and passionate about providing quality service and guidance to clients. I am a fast learner, can handle pressured environment with narrow deadlines and have total aversion for piled-up work on the table. I am looking for an opportunity to join a reputable organization where I can utilize these skills and expertise to help more people realize their dreams of studying and living abroad.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Senior Consultant (Education & Immigration)
Migration International
Lahore, PB
11.2008 - Current
- Providing individual or group counselling to address prospective students' needs for target institutes pinpointing their course, financial requirements and visa policies
- Evaluating students and immigration candidates to gauge their eligibility, capabilities and devise appropriate pathways
- Assisting candidates with academic scheduling, course selection, immigration pathways that align with academic and profession goals
- Providing guidance and resources for achieving academic and/or career goals, while assisting them for probable helpful courses and certifications
- Discussing with prospective students and professionals for providing support for their academic pursuits, personal growth and future endeavours
- Acting as a single point of contact between aspiring candidates and target institutes and immigration departments on all matters of admissions and immigration cases
- Responsible for effective relationship between all stakeholders for smooth execution of business
- Ensuring fast-changing policies and guidelines are delivered to processing officers and counsellors and implemented in timely manner
- Responsible for ensuring that team is delivering services to clients according to pre-defined service standards and agreed upon directives for optimizing business output
- Responsible for managing complaints and follow-ups of students and local agents network
- Working closely with marketing people for raising campaigns to introduce new service products and ensuring its successful implementation
Manager (Education & Immigration)
NC Solicitors
Lahore, PB
03.2005 - 10.2008
- Counselled prospective students and professionals for further/higher education and career growth through permanent residence programs
- Transmitted the policy rules, guidance and methodologies for the admissions and case processing to achieve results in least possible timeframes
- Handled complex immigration cases at nascent levels and supervised the case processing after the submission and did the follow-ups from time to time
- Liaised with foreign institutes representatives, immigration departments and tier tribunals on behalf of clients for smooth execution of the applications/cases and appeals
- Conducted meetings with foreign representatives from time to time to understand and learn internal admissions policies of panel institutes
- Conducted seminars and information sessions successfully in coalition with foreign university representatives for preliminary assessments for admission programs
- Went through training from the UK solicitor every fortnight to understand the case laws, the interpretations and understanding the immigration clauses applicable on usual case types under processing
- Drafted administrative reviews and appeals against the objectionable decisions by the authorities and presented them (on paper) to the relevant tribunals and courts on behalf of UK solicitor
- Supervised a team of 4 case processing members and guided them for operational work on the applications and cases
- Conducted meetings with senior management on the numbers and figures for the growth of business
- Performed all other duties assigned by senior management under the umbrella of education and immigration matters
Assistant Manager (Education)
HR Consultants
Lahore, PB
12.2003 - 03.2005
- Assisted the manager with course outlines, assessing materials and application forms and the requirements for maturing applicants for further and higher education
- Helped universities' representatives to conduct admission interviews and provided with relevant material to finalize proposed courses
- Compiled, processed and made follow-ups on admission applications of the students to obtain positive decisions
- Helped students to better understand the conditions of the admission, technical requirements and explained the solutions
- Did research on the course outlines, institutes' rankings and visa requirements to keep abreast with institutes and embassy's visa policies
- Prepared and processed the visa applications of the students with their consent
- Documented the disclaimer agreements, power of attorneys and mode of understanding and signed them on behalf of employer for the clients
- Liaised with Gerry's officers and visa application centres for appointments and follow-ups of the cases
- Worked daily on the clients' database to discuss figures and numbers with the manager for business growth
- Helped students explain the requirements of English language tests being a mandatory requirement for the admissions and helped enroll them into language classes conducted at the office
- Reported to the manager about overall day's business
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism, Political Sciences and Statistics
University of the Punjab
Lahore, Pakistan 03.2002 - 2004.04
Skills
Education Counselling
Accomplishments
- Integral part of the team having highest ratio of successful visas at HR Consultants amongst the then 5 offices across the country - 2004
- Arranged and organized education promotion event of Consortium of British Universities (34 in number) - 2004
- Arranged and organized a number of education promotion seminars of Australian, British, Canadian and Irish institutes - 2004 / 2005 / 2006 / 2007
- Acted as sole liaison between First-tier Tribunal (IAC) and the client and won 50+ appeals against visa refusals in each academic session - 2006 / 2007 / 2008 / 2009
- Completed apprenticeship under UK Solicitor registered with Law Society of England and Wales for handling administrative reviews, appeals and judicial reviews - 2005 / 2006
Software
Zoom
Microsoft Teams
Google Meet
Interests
Understanding psychology of human behaviour
Staying conversant with education and immigration related policies
Book Reading and Self-created Writing
Learning about advancement of technology
Music
Chess and Snooker
Timeline
Senior Consultant (Education & Immigration)
Migration International
11.2008 - Current
Manager (Education & Immigration)
NC Solicitors
03.2005 - 10.2008
Assistant Manager (Education)
HR Consultants
12.2003 - 03.2005
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism, Political Sciences and Statistics
University of the Punjab
03.2002 - 2004.04
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