Our Story

We're building the backbone of international student recruitment.

ApplyWorld was built by recruiters, for recruiters. We saw the same problem everywhere — talented agencies drowning in admin, losing students to slow processes, and earning less than they deserved. We decided to fix it.

2,000+
Partner agencies worldwide
500+
Institutions across 40+ countries
50K+
Students placed successfully
94%
Average visa success rate
Mission

Empowering agencies to place more students, faster.

We give recruitment agencies the infrastructure they need to compete globally — real-time application tracking, automated commission management, AI-powered document checks, and dedicated partner support. One platform. No chasing. No guesswork.

Vision

A world where every student finds the right path.

International education changes lives. We believe the agencies that make it happen deserve tools as sophisticated as the work they do. When recruiters thrive, students succeed. That's the world we're building toward.

What We Stand For

Our values.

Partner First

Every product decision starts with one question: does this make our partners' lives easier? If not, we don't build it.

Radical Transparency

Commissions, application status, acceptance decisions — everything is visible, in real time. No black boxes. Ever.

Outcomes Over Activity

We measure success by students placed, not applications submitted. Our partners' results are the only metric that matters.

Built for Scale

Whether you're placing 10 students or 1,000, ApplyWorld works the same way — reliably, predictably, and without adding headcount.

Milestones

Eight years of building trust.

2017
ApplyWorld Founded

Started in Kathmandu with a single mission: reduce the time it takes a recruitment agency to submit a compliant application from days to minutes.

2019
100 Partner Agencies

Reached our first major milestone. Partners in Nepal, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka were placing students in the UK, Canada, and Australia with measurably higher success rates.

2021
Automated Commission Tracking Launched

Eliminated the single biggest pain point for our partners — manual commission reconciliation. Partners now get paid automatically on enrollment, with a full audit ledger.

2023
AI Document Verification

Introduced AI-powered document checks that flag missing or non-compliant documents before submission — cutting rejection rates by an average of 23%.

2025 — Today
2,000 Partners. 50K+ Students.

ApplyWorld now serves over 2,000 partner agencies across South Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. We're just getting started.

Leadership

The team behind the platform.

D
Dev Bahadur
CEO & Co-Founder

Former international student and recruitment counsellor. Built ApplyWorld after spending three years processing applications manually for agencies across Nepal.

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