Pathway Education & Visa Services

What Pathway Education & Visa Services does

Pathway Education & Visa Services is a privately held Australian education and migration consultancy headquartered at Level 32, 367 Collins Street, Melbourne, with a branch office in Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Founded in 2020, the firm delivers end-to-end advisory services across the full suite of Australian visa subclasses, including student (500, 590), skilled (189, 190, 491, 476, 485), employer-sponsored (482, 494, 186), family (partner, parent, child), visitor (600), training (407), and working-holiday (417, 462) visas, alongside education placement, RPL, Professional Year programs, skills assessments, PTE/IELTS coaching, OSHC arrangement, and career services. Its migration agents are registered with the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA), and the firm claims partnerships with more than 200 Australian universities and colleges for student placement and course-change routing.

The business is delivered through a direct-to-consumer model combining a WordPress-based website (pathwayeducation.com.au) with online consultation, walk-in offices, phone, email, and WhatsApp channels, supported by an integrated social presence across Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Pinterest. Revenue is generated primarily through professional-services fees: migration consultations at approximately $160-$200 per session, full visa application management at $1,500 to over $7,950 depending on complexity, and a flat $110 promotional EOI/ROI submission service. Adjacent income streams include education placement commissions via university partnerships, PTE/IELTS coaching tuition, OSHC referrals, and career services.

The firm employs 51-100 staff including multiple named MARA-registered migration agents (Omar Nafiz, Rudra Khadka, Panduka Amarasinghe, Sanju Kaweesha). Its client base is heavily weighted toward South Asian diaspora, particularly from Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, and the Dhaka branch functions as a wholly owned regional market entity to serve these origin-country clients directly.

Name

Pathway Education & Visa Services

Legal name

Pathway Education & Visa Services

Website

https://pathwayeducation.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Pathway Education & Visa Services is a privately held Melbourne-based migration and education consultancy that helps international students, skilled workers, and families navigate Australian visa applications, admissions, and coaching, with a wholly owned branch in Dhaka, Bangladesh serving South Asian diaspora clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Immigration and Education Consultancy Services

NAICS

Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Post-Study Work & Graduate Visa Transition Services (EDAIADAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Dependent/Family Visa Support (Spouse/Partner/Children) (EDAIADAI), International Student Employment & Practical Training Support (CPT/OPT/AT, work authorization guidance) (EDALANAF), Private Pathway & Foundation Providers (EDAIAJAB)

Keywords

• Immigration consultancy services
• Visa application assistance
• Education admission services
• Skills assessment services
• English test coaching

Headquarters

HQ city

Melbourne

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Migration consultation fees: One-time paid consultations priced at approximately $160–$200 per session for migration advice and visa eligibility assessment.
2. Full visa application management: End-to-end visa application management for Australian visas (student, skilled, family, employer-sponsored, etc.) charged on a per-application basis ranging from $1,500 to over $7,950 depending on visa complexity.
3. EOI & ROI submission service: Flat-fee Expression of Interest and Registration of Interest submissions for skilled migration at $110 per submission, presented as a promotional entry-level offer.
4. Education placement & admission services: Revenue from admission placements (new COE, course changes) with 200+ partnered Australian universities and colleges, plus professional year program enrolment and skills assessment services.
5. Coaching (PTE/IELTS): Test preparation coaching services for PTE and IELTS English-language tests delivered by experienced faculty.
6. OSHC health insurance referral: Referral/arrangement of mandatory Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for international students.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Pathway Education & Visa Services is a Melbourne-based immigration and education consultancy that delivers end-to-end Australian visa application support (student, skilled, employer-sponsored, family, visitor, and training visas) along with education placement at 200+ Australian institutions, PTE/IELTS coaching, skills assessment, RPL, OSHC, and career services. Services are delivered by MARA-registered migration agents through its head office in Melbourne, a Dhaka branch in Bangladesh, and remote online consultations via phone, email, and WhatsApp.

Product overview

Pathway Education & Visa Services operates as a multi-disciplinary immigration consultancy and education agency platform headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with a branch in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Rather than offering a single unified software product, the company delivers a portfolio of in-person and online advisory services organized into several interconnected modules: Migration Services (spanning Student, Skilled, Employer-Sponsored, Family, Visitor, Training, and other visas plus a dedicated EOI and ROI Nomination Service), Education Services (Admission, Professional Year Program, RPL, Course Change, Health Insurance/OSHC, and Skills Assessment), Coaching (PTE and IELTS), and Career Services (Job Assistance and Resume Assistance). These modules are delivered by MARA-registered migration agents and education consultants, supported by the company's website booking system and partnerships with more than 200 Australian universities and colleges.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Student Visa Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Consultation fees range from approximately $160 to $200 per session
• +3 more outcomes

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• 200+ Australian universities and colleges (unnamed collective)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPathway Education states it is partnered with more than 200 Australian universities and colleges to give prospective students better options for admissions and course changes. The exact university names are not enumerated in the supplied source.
• Department of Home Affairs (Australia)coreOthersOperational partner — Pathway liaises with the Department of Home Affairs on behalf of clients for visa lodgement, enquiries, and skill assessment applications. It is a regulator rather than a commercial partnership.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• Global Study Partners: B2B international student recruitment network linking education agents like Pathway with Australian and global institutions. Comparable as a channel partner in the same placement value chain and an indicator of the broader institutional recruitment ecosystem in which Pathway operates.
• Australian Migration Agents (MARA-registered peers): The broader population of MARA-registered migration agents in Australia represents the direct competitive set. Hundreds of small-to-mid agencies offer overlapping student, skilled, and family visa services to the same Melbourne and South Asian client base as Pathway.

Direct peers

• KC Overseas Education: India-headquartered international education consultancy with active Australian placement operations and end-to-end admissions and visa support. Comparable as a South-Asia-origin competitor serving the same international-student-to-Australia funnel.
• Aussizz Group: Melbourne-headquartered migration and education consultancy offering student visa, skilled migration, PTE/IELTS, and admissions support. Closest geographic and service-line competitor to Pathway, with similar MARA-registered, multi-visa-subclass offering.
• StudyCo: Australian-based international education and migration agency placing students into Australian universities and colleges, with strong South Asian recruitment focus. Directly comparable in target customer (international students from South Asia), placement model, and bundled visa-and-admissions service.
• AECC Global (Intake Education): Global study-abroad and migration consultancy with strong Australian placement presence and similar full-stack service offering (admissions + visa + coaching). Operates in overlapping source markets (South Asia) and competes directly for the same prospective international students and skilled migrants.
• Edvoy (formerly IEC and AECC Education): Digital-first international education platform offering admissions, visa, and pre-departure support. Comparable as a direct competitor in placing international students into Australian institutions and providing migration guidance, with stronger technology orientation.

Emerging players

• Leverage Edu: India-based study-abroad and migration platform providing admissions and visa assistance, including to Australia. Overlaps with Pathway on international student placement and visa services, particularly for Indian and South Asian source markets.

Broad incumbents

• IDP Education: Globally listed international education services company that places students into Australian (and other) universities and runs IELTS testing. Directly comparable as an international student placement and English-language testing platform with a far larger scale and broader product suite than Pathway.
• Migration Alliance: Australian migration law and agent body providing regulatory, educational, and industry representation services. Adjacent to Pathway's migration-services offering through shared MARA-registered practitioner base and Australian immigration policy expertise.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/pathway_edu_au
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCTa3LTWUI_a0KAXDNJpBAFQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/pathwayeduservices
• LinkedInke.linkedin.com/company/pathway-education-visa-services
• Instagraminstagram.com/pathway_edu_services
• Pinterestin.pinterest.com/pathwayeduservices

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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