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Saurav Kumar

Saurav Kumar

Visa Operations & Admission
Faridabad

Summary

Highly skilled Visa and Immigration Specialist with over 14 years of expertise in Visa Counselling, Documentation, Admission procedures, and operational aspects of immigration. Demonstrated proficiency in advising and facilitating international education opportunities for students. Expert in visa and immigration laws, policies, and procedures across various countries, with a strong record of successful applications. Extensive experience collaborating with the UK High Commission Visa Processing division, ensuring streamlined processes and adherence to regulations. Recognized for exceptional performance, analytical abilities, and effective communication skill Proficient in MS Office suite, with a history of conducting training sessions and managing large datasets. Committed to delivering outstanding service and enhancing organizational success.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
2
2
Languages

Work History

Senior Visa Officer

Newstrides Consulting Pvt Ltd
02.2025 - Current

Operations & Admissions

  • Advisory and Counseling: Provided guidance to students and parents on universities, courses, admission requirements, entrance exams, and scholarships in the UK & Ireland.
  • Visa Documentation: Assisted students with visa requirements, verified documents, and ensured proper documentation prior to application submission.
  • Liaison: Coordinated with universities and officials on visa-related matters, applications, offers, documentation, visa letter, deadline updates and enrollments.
  • B2B Agent Management: Followed up with agents on applications and offers, deposits, documents, visa acceptance, enrollments, resolving queries from business partners, students, and counselors.
  • Application Processing: Managed student applications for universities in the UK, Ireland,and UAE including UCAS and maintaining communication on application status.
  • Training: Conducted training sessions on visa application and admissions processes.
  • Data Management: Consolidated and maintained data for the operation teams.
  • Forex: Support students with Forex payments and transactions via flywire portal.
  • Team Handling: Manage the team and handling PAN India applications on daily basis.

Senior Visa Executive

AECC Global
10.2019 - 05.2024

Client Relations & Operations

  • Advisory and Counseling: Provided guidance to students and parents on universities, courses, admission requirements, entrance exams, and scholarships in the UK and Ireland.
  • Visa Documentation: Assisted students with visa requirements, verified documents, and ensured proper documentation prior to application submission.
  • Liaison: Coordinated with universities and officials on visa-related matters, applications, offers, and documentation.
  • Events and Branding: Represented AECC at international education fairs and events, contributing to brand development.
  • B2B Agent Management: Followed up with agents on applications and offers, resolving queries from business partners, students, and counselors.
  • Application Processing: Managed student applications for universities in the UK, Ireland, Canada, and Australia, maintaining communication on application status Training: Conducted training sessions on visa application and admissions processes.
  • Data Management: Consolidated and maintained data for the counseling and client relations teams.
  • Team Handling: Manage the team and handling PAN India applications on daily basis.

Visa Officer

SIUK - United Knowledge Education Consultants Pvt. Ltd
05.2016 - 09.2019

Visa Operations & Admissions

  • Advisory and Counseling: Advised students and parents on universities, courses, admission requirements, entrance exams, and scholarships in the UK.
  • Visa Documentation: Assisted with visa requirements, verifying necessary documents.
  • Liaison: Coordinated with universities and officials on visa-related matters.
  • Events and Branding: Represented SIUK at international education fairs and events, enhancing company branding.
  • Team Handling: Manage the team and handling PAN India applications on daily basis.

Visa Counsellor

The Chopras (TC Global)
01.2015 - 05.2016

Student Visa Operations

  • Visa Processing and Counseling: Assisted students in filling visa application forms and guided them on document requirements and visa processing aspects.
  • Back Office Operations: Verified and organized received documents for submission, prepared individual student files, and communicated with applicants on additional document requirements.

Operations Officer

VFS Global
02.2012 - 01.2015

UK Visa Division (UK Embassy)

  • Visa Processing and Submission: Assisted clients in filling visa application forms, guided them on document requirements, and updated the online management system.
  • Biometric Enrolments: Conducted biometric enrolments and updated system records.
  • Back Office Operations: Scanned and uploaded documents verified forms for accuracy, and prepared client files.
  • Training: Trained new employees on job specifications and procedures.

Education

MBA - Finance

Annamalai University
New Delhi
06-2015

Bachelor of Commerce - undefined

Dr. D.Y. Patil ACS College
Pune
06-2011

Class XII - undefined

Dr. D.Y. Patil ACS College
Pune
05-2008

Class X - undefined

N.S. DAV Public School
Sitamarhi
05-2006

Skills

MS Office including Advance Excel, Word and Powerpoint

Data Entry Procedure

Time Management

Innovation and Ability to Learn

Team Player

Excellent Communication Skills

Application Review

Problem Solving

Customer Service

Documents Review and Verification

Multitasking Abilities

Certification

British Council Certification Award UK Agent & Counselor Training

Timeline

British Council Certification Award UK Agent & Counselor Training

04-2025

Senior Visa Officer

Newstrides Consulting Pvt Ltd
02.2025 - Current

British Council Certification Award UK Agent & Counselor Training

02-2023

Senior Visa Executive

AECC Global
10.2019 - 05.2024

Visa Officer

SIUK - United Knowledge Education Consultants Pvt. Ltd
05.2016 - 09.2019

Visa Counsellor

The Chopras (TC Global)
01.2015 - 05.2016

Operations Officer

VFS Global
02.2012 - 01.2015

Bachelor of Commerce - undefined

Dr. D.Y. Patil ACS College

Class XII - undefined

Dr. D.Y. Patil ACS College

Class X - undefined

N.S. DAV Public School

MBA - Finance

Annamalai University

AWARDS

Special Recognition Award AECC Global 11/2023 Exceptional performance of the month in the central support team

Special Recognition Award AECC Global 08/2022 Exceptional performance of the month in the central support team

Saurav KumarVisa Operations & Admission