As you begin your journey of preparing to study in the United States, you may be considering the option of consulting service providers to help you in this process. Depending on where you live, such services could include a recruiter, broker or agent who charges fees or receives a commission for such things as helping you obtain a student visa, housing or other services.

You do not need to use a recruiter in order to obtain a United States student visa, and it is important to know your rights and responsibilities and the problems you could encounter by hiring an agent or recruiter. You can read more about commission-based recruiters on our new commission-based recruiters resource page.

Resources:

• What is a Commission-Based Recruiter?