Before You Pay: Study and Work Abroad Safety Workbook (English)

Before you sell land or pay anyone for a study or job offer abroad, check it together as a family.

Before You Pay is an interactive workbook you fill in on your phone. It helps you check any offer step by step:

✅ Is it really a scholarship, or are you paying?

✅ Is the agency registered, and is the contract complete?

✅ Is it the right visa for work?

✅ Automatic red-flag score: Safe, Check more, or Stop

✅ The exact questions to ask the agent, school and employer

✅ A cost page that adds up the real total and the gap

✅ A family decision page that the student and parent sign together

✅ Bonus: compare up to 3 offers, plus your next steps once you say yes

21 pages. Open it in Adobe Acrobat Reader (free) to type, tick and see your totals.

By Rachel, Migration Lens. Lived in six countries, with a Master’s in International Migration.

This workbook does not guarantee admission, a job or a visa. It helps your family check an offer before you pay.