Get involvedReferral partners

Send ambitious talent.We’ll finance their careers

Passage works with a small, vetted network of education agents, consultants, and recruiting partners. You refer ambitious international talent. We finance their tuition and living costs at PGWP-vetted Canadian colleges.

  • Loan amountC$65Ktuition + living costs
  • Program qualityPGWP-vettedlabour-shortage aligned
  • CoverageOnshore + offshorein-Canada or abroad
  • Post-landing supportUnmatchedsettling, advising, careers
Why partner with Passage

Three things only Passage brings.

We’re selective about who we partner with because we’re selective about who we fund. Here’s what changes for your agency on day one.

  • Loan

    Financial proof

    On approval, Passage issues proof of financial support covering full tuition fees and the first year of living costs in Canada — the document your referrals need to satisfy IRCC and the school.

  • Quality

    Outcome-aligned programs

    We only fund programs that meet PGWP eligibility and align with verified Canadian labour-shortage data. Healthcare, skilled trades, ECE, and STEM — not the catalogue.

  • Reach

    Reach further in your network

    Financing means you can place students from your network who would otherwise be turned away on funds-of-support grounds. Your conversion improves; their lives change.

Who we work with

A small network, on purpose.

Passage approves a small number of referral partners each year. We’re looking for three things in particular — and we read every application against them.

  1. I

    Mission-aligned

    You believe access to education is a right that shouldn’t depend on a family bank balance. We do too. Most of our partners say this is what made the conversation feel different from day one.

  2. II

    Innovation-minded

    You’re comfortable replacing manual workflows with platform-native ones, and you treat compliance as a feature rather than a tax. Passage runs on software, not spreadsheets.

  3. III

    Canada-experienced

    You’ve placed students at public Canadian DLIs before and understand the realities of PGWP, study-permit timelines, and provincial program changes. We don’t train the basics; we build on them.

How it works

A high bar — by design.

Every partner passes strict requirements and agrees to our accountability and transparency standards. Follow these four steps to start empowering ambitious international talent.

  1. 01

    Apply to join

    Apply to join Passage as a referral partner. We’ll review your application to understand how you’ll refer international talent to programs supported by Passage.

  2. 02

    Get onboarded

    Once approved, we’ll book an onboarding call with your team where you’ll become an expert on the product and how to best help students.

  3. 03

    Refer talent

    Help top international talent enrol at college programs aligned with filling Canadian labour shortages.

  4. 04

    Earn a referral fee

    Earn a fee for every student who successfully enrols in a program supported by a Passage loan.

Partner FAQ

Questions partners ask first.

Have more questions? Apply below and a partner manager will follow up after your registration.

Your role is to identify and refer right-fit talent, then guide them through the application and financing decisions. We give you a platform with the tools, brand assets, and product training to advise applicants effectively without compromising the integrity of the admission and financing process. We’re actively expanding the scope of services partners can offer over time.

Become a partner

Apply to join the network.

Submit your application in a couple of minutes. We review every partner before approval, then book your team into an onboarding call where we walk you through the product.