November 7, 2026 · GlobalStudyConsulting database

Shortlisting Consultancies in StudyRoute: From 1,506 Offices to a List of Five

StudyRoute starts from the full database and narrows it the way a good counselor would: your city first, your destination second, your services third.

A database of 1,506 offices is only useful once it becomes a list of five. StudyRoute, the companion app for this database, is built around that narrowing. You set four things: the city you live in, the destination you want, the services you know you need, and whether free counselling matters to you. The app then ranks the offices in your city that match, and keeps the near misses visible instead of hiding them, so you can see what one change to your filters would add.

The order of the filters is deliberate. City comes first because consultancy work is physical: original documents get checked, bank statements get printed, and a visa file gets assembled across a desk. Destination comes second because an office's strength is destination-specific; the agency that files fifty Australian applications a month may file two German ones a year. Services come third, because loan assistance or SOP help only matters once the first two match.

A worked example makes it concrete. A student in Dhaka aiming at Canada, needing visa filing and loan assistance, starts from 150 Dhaka offices. The destination filter cuts that to the offices that list Canada. The service filter cuts it again. What survives is usually a working list of eight to fifteen, which the app then sorts with free counselling offices first, since 32 offices across Bangladesh carry that flag.

Keep the list honest. StudyRoute does not score or rank agencies by quality, because this database records facts, not outcomes. The shortlist is yours to interrogate: open each profile, read the fee statement in the agency's own words, and take the list into your first meetings.

Saving, comparing and revisiting the list

A shortlist is a living thing, and the app treats it that way. Saved offices stay pinned while you browse, the comparison view opens straight from the saved list, and every filter change shows its effect on your five before you commit to it. If a first meeting disappoints, the near misses are still there, in the order the filters produced them, so replacing a name takes seconds rather than a new search.

The app also records nothing about you back to the database. Your shortlist lives on your device, offices never learn they were shortlisted, and no consultancy can buy its way into it. That separation is deliberate: the moment a shortlist can be bought, it stops being yours. The list of five you carry into your first meetings should be the product of your city, your destination and your judgment, and of nothing else.

Data: the GlobalStudyConsulting database of 1,506 consultancy offices in 384 cities, collected from consultancies' own websites and verified November 7, 2026. Try the Agency Fit Finder or browse consultancies by city.