Pre – Departure Guidance
Pre-departure guidance offers essential advice before moving abroad for study, work, PR, or travel. It covers legal requirements, cultural adaptation, practical matters, and safety, helping you settle smoothly. With DEC’s support, you’ll receive personalized guidance to confidently navigate your transition to a new country.
Visa and Travel
Assistance
Information on flight bookings, travel itineraries, airport procedures, and customs regulations.
Cultural
Orientation
Informing about cultural norms of the destination country to avoid culture shock.
Financial Planning and
Management
Tips on budgeting & information on setting up local bank accounts and handling finances abroad.
Health and
Safety
Information about health insurance, medical services & maintaining medical documentation.
Legal and
Documentation
Assistance with understanding immigration laws & tips for handling legal issues once abroad.
Technology
Setup
Tips on setting up phone services, internet access, and other communication needs.
Packing and
Essentials
Packing tips as per the destination country's climate, culture, and needs, plus baggage and customs guidelines.
Emotional and
Psychological Support
Offering coping strategies for homesickness, isolation, and adapting to a new environment.
Your pre-departure tips were spot on! Made packing and settling in so much easier for Germany.
Kunal Tayade
You had me covered—from what to pack to handling customs. Moving to Georgia felt way less stressful.
Suyash Harwal
Honestly, your pre-departure guidance saved me so much hassle. I felt ready to take on a whole new country- Australia!
Komal Patel
Get Answers to Your Questions
Yes! It is advisable to ensure that you’re fully prepared well in advance to avoid last-minute surprises. With pre-departure guidance, your transition to a new country gets much smoother.
Yes, we guide you on items you can and cannot carry to your destination country.
Yes, we provide housing options for temporary and long-term stay options as per your requirements and budget.
We offer suggestions about public transport and other travel options available in your new city.
Yes, we do share key emergency contacts like local consulates, embassies, and medical helplines.
Ideally, at least a month before your departure to stay fully prepared.
As soon as the student receives his/her visa, the candidate prepares to fly abroad to the country of choice to further his/her education credentials. Our pre-departure event (Zindagi naa milegi dobara) is a very useful session for students as it provides them all the necessary information to make their living in a foreign country a relatively easy affair.
Pre-departure event is offered to students who have their student visa approved by the embassy and their passports attested with the same. Our event gives the students a fair idea on where to start their planning process for the long-awaited journey.
Pre-departure event gives an insight into what to expect in the country of study. These are things that could make moving and settling into a new country a comfortable & enjoyable.
The orientation will certainly cover aspects regarding what to purchase from the resident country before looking to travel to your country of choice. Our expert orientation team will clear all your doubts and concerns giving you confidence throughout the pre-departure period.
Pre-departure Guide for Students
Before each intake, DEC will arrange a pre-departure orientation for students who are looking to travel to their respective countries. This is a great opportunity for students to network with other students who have chosen the same country, university, and course. We are here to provide our students A to Z guidance about the country (the country that he/she will be traveling to), its culture, dos and don’ts that need to be strictly followed by the students, and so on.
This information will help students to prepare mentally and physically for the new opportunities that await them in their respective universities and the countries that they are traveling to.
The Pre-Departure guidelines include the following
- Shopping List
- Travel Documents Required for Student Visa
- Navigating Through the Airport at Your Arrival Destination
- Airport Pickup
- Accommodation
- Transportation and Driving License
- Mobile Phone and Internet
- Opening a Bank Account
- Health Insurance
- Legal Assistance for Work Permit and Permanent Residence Permit
- Contacts of our students in the country they are travelling.
- Also we give their contacts to our representative in that country.