Chandigarh and Jalandhar sit at the centre of Punjab’s decades-old overseas-migration consulting industry, originally built around Canada, the UK, and Australia study and work visas. Germany’s Ausbildung route is a comparatively new addition to that landscape, and it brings a specific risk worth naming clearly: an established immigration-consulting business that’s good at, say, Canadian study permits is not automatically equipped to handle an Ausbildung application correctly, because the visa category, the employer relationship, and the language requirement all work differently. This guide covers what to check if you’re evaluating options in Chandigarh, Jalandhar, or elsewhere in Punjab.
Ask directly: is Germany a genuine specialisation or a recent add-on?
It’s reasonable and common for an established consultancy to expand into a new destination country. It’s worth asking directly, though: who on the team specifically handles Germany and Ausbildung cases, how long have they been doing it, and can they walk you through the training-contract and visa process in specific detail rather than in general immigration-consulting language borrowed from other countries’ processes.
What to verify
- Registration and GST, checked independently before paying anything.
- A named German employer and specific recognised trade, not a vague placement promise.
- A real signed training contract shown before the bulk of any fee is due.
- Staged fees — see our fee structure comparison for what a fair structure looks like.
- Accurate language-requirement information — German language expectations for Ausbildung are not the same as English-language requirements for Canada, UK, or Australia visas, and a consultancy that treats them as interchangeable is a warning sign.
Document consistency matters more in a high-volume market
Punjab’s overseas-consulting market processes a very high volume of applications across many destination countries simultaneously. In a high-volume operation, ask specifically how your file is kept separate and accurate — Ausbildung-specific documentation shouldn’t get mixed up with templates built for a different country’s visa category. Request to see your own file’s checklist and confirm it’s specific to the German training-visa process, not a generic overseas-study checklist with country names swapped.
Verification checklist
- Registered legal name and GST number, verified independently.
- A team member specifically knowledgeable about Germany/Ausbildung, demonstrated through specific, accurate answers.
- Named employer and recognised trade classification before major payment.
- Real training contract shown, even redacted.
- Written, staged fee schedule with refund terms.
- A document checklist specific to the German training visa, not a generic template.
For the state-wide picture, see our Punjab guide, and for the full national criteria, our buyer’s guide. Auzubi Global’s programme sectors are at Ausbildung Programs, and you can reach us via contact.
This article does not name, rank, or evaluate any specific consultancy operating in Chandigarh, Jalandhar, or elsewhere in Punjab.
