Below are a few photos taken the immigration hub across the street from Khalsa College in Amritsar (click for bigger versions). The hub consists of a couple of city blocks consisting almost entirely of immigration consultancies. Signs advertising the same can also be found in the adjacent residential area. As you can see, PTE and IELTS dominate the market.
I’m really digging the stairway ads. And the hand painted signs on brick have a certain beauty to them.
I spotted a couple of Duolingo signs, and one CELPIP sign. I could not find any references to the TOEFL test at the hub, but did spot one from the window of my Uber about halfway back to my hotel in the center of town.
A mission for my next visit to India: understanding how these storefront operations fit into the agent/sub-agent/sub-sub-agent/sub-sub-sub-agent pipeline.
I did not dine on “Canadian Pizza.”