This page is the rulebook we hold ourselves to — how agencies get reviewed, what our labels mean, and what happens when we get something wrong.
We publish visa, cost, and agency-review content on a set of internal rules. This page states them plainly so you can check our homework.
How an Agency Gets Reviewed
We don’t review every agency in the Philippines — we review the ones Filipino students actually ask about, plus any that apply through our partner page.
- The agency is licensed to operate in the Philippines with a verifiable business registration.
- It has a public track record we can check — reviews, complaints, years operating.
- It services at least one of the countries in our current pillar coverage.
Meeting these criteria gets an agency reviewed. It does not guarantee a positive review, and it does not require payment.
Verifiable business
Licensed, registered, and traceable — not a Facebook page with a phone number.
Public track record
We check complaint boards, past client reviews, and years operating before we publish anything.
Coverage match
The agency has to actually place students in a country we cover, so the review is based on something real.
Being reviewed and being recommended are two different things — plenty of agencies we review don’t get our top pick, and we say why.
What Our Labels Actually Mean
Every link that earns us money is marked. Here’s what each label means, in the exact wording you’ll see on the page. You’ll see one of three labels next to every agency, course, or service we mention.
We earn a commission if you buy. Your price is the same either way.
Paid, labeled placement. It buys visibility, not a better score.
No money changed hands for this specific recommendation.
These are the three real label components used sitewide — not a screenshot, the actual chips:
If you ever find an unlabeled affiliate link on this site, that’s a bug — report it and we’ll fix it within 48 hours.
How Often We Check Our Own Facts
Visa rules and costs change. Here’s the schedule we hold ourselves to. Every page carries a visible “last reviewed” date.
| Page type | Cadence |
|---|---|
| Visa & post-study-work pages | Checked every 3 months, or immediately after a policy change. |
| Cost-of-studying pages | Checked every 6 months against current tuition and PHP exchange rates. |
| Scholarship listings | Checked quarterly for open/closed status. |
| Agency reviews | Checked annually, or sooner if a verified complaint pattern shows up. |
If a page is overdue for its check, the “last reviewed” date will show it — we’re not hiding the clock.
Found Something Wrong? Tell Us.
Visa rules and costs are the kind of thing you don’t want us to get wrong. Here’s what happens when you report an error.
Send the page URL and what’s wrong to corrections@aralabroad.com or use the contact form. We check factual corrections (visa rules, costs, dates, broken links) within 5 business days and post a visible correction note on the page if we were wrong. We don’t quietly edit and pretend the error never happened.
You don’t need to prove you’re right — send what you found and your source, and we’ll check it against the official one.
No Agency Can Pay for a Better Review
A “Partner” label means an agency paid for visibility — a spot in a featured placement, clearly marked. It does not mean they paid for a better score, a better ranking, or a more flattering review. The person who writes an agency’s review does not know, and cannot be told, whether that agency has a partnership with us. If that ever changes, this page will say so.
This is the one rule that, if we broke it, would make the rest of this site worthless. We know that.