Kizuna means a bond.

Kizuna, written 絆, is the Japanese word for the tie between people. It is not a decorative name. The work is the tie between a student in Kathmandu and a classroom, an exam hall and eventually an institution or an employer abroad, and a tie only holds if both ends were told the truth at the start.

That order matters and it is the whole argument of this place. A consultancy sells you an application. We teach you the language first, put you through a model exam under real conditions, and only then talk about where the application goes. The language is the part nobody else can do for you.

We would rather tell you a track will not work for your timeline before you have paid for a course than after. We want to be known not for how many students we send, but for how few of them run into trouble once they get there.

• Language first

  Classes and exams before applications. The order is not negotiable, because reversing it is what fails students.

• Model exams, real conditions

  Full-length, marked, and worked through afterwards. It is the cheapest way to find out what you do not know yet.

• Honesty first

  If a track will not work for your record or your timeline, you hear it in the first conversation, not after a payment.

• Long-term support

  Guidance through the application, and a number you can still call once you have arrived.

Classroom and team photographs are published once supplied.