CONTRACT OF SERVICE
This contract of service (contract) is entered into between “IEC Consultants”, herein
referred to as the organisation, and “the client”, herein referred to as you. Both the
organisation and the client shall be collectively addressed and known as the parties.
RECITALS
1) IEC Consultants, with its headquarters at SCO 74-75, Level 1, Sector 17-C,
Chandigarh, is a professional agency which renders assistance to students and people by
providing variegated services ranging from assistance in international admissions to visa
lodgements. The organisation’s legacy can be traced back its inception in 2004. The
organisation is also referred by its registered trademark which is “INPHASE”.
2 ) The client , on his own will and
accord, is desirous of availing the service of assistance qua international education
provided by the organisation as per the organisation’s policy for a specific period of time
at specific costs, set and determined by the organisation and communicated to the client.
Educational Institution & CountryCourse/ Program/ DegreeInterested Intake/sNow therefore, for and in consideration, of mutual covenants and understanding and the
agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties have agreed to the following set of terms
and conditions.
A. The recitals shall be construed as an operative and effective part of this contract. The
same are not to be abdicated at any time during the interpretation, performance or any
claim or at any time till the existence of the contract.
B. For the purposes of interpretation, definition of certain terms of the contract is set out
herein, from Clause C to Clause I.
C. The term “organisation” shall include its administrators, attorneys, legally authorized
representative, executors and successors.
D. The term “service” and its relative plural shall expressly mean the study abroad
assistance service provided by the organisation inclusive of counselling; course
selection; admission process; document verification and visa lodgement and
assistance qua its requirements, as indicated in the recitals to this contract.
E. The term “expression of interest” shall imply desire, willingness and any kind of
inclination towards manifesting the intent of availing the services of the organisation.
F. The term “post visa decision fees” shall mean the requisite fees as determined, set out
and fixed by the organisation and agreed to mutually by the client, which the client or
his representative shall pay once the organization informs the client or his
representative of the visa decision. The client can request a waiver from this fees only
in cases of a visa refusal.
G. The term “claim” includes any issue, subject matter, dispute, discord, disagreement,
variation, demand, penalty, fine, injunction, suit, inquiry, judicial and non-judicial
order or proceeding whether under civil or criminal law.
H. The term “organisation policy” include within its ambit its relative plural. This
includes but is not limited to the organisations’s written rules and regulations, rules in ordinary practice and any custom or tradition or principle which the organisation
follows, whether documented or not.
I. The client upon his expression of interest qua the services of the organisation shall be
entitled to up to two-free of cost counselling sessions, whose duration shall be fixed
at 20 minutes and may be extended by the counsellor if deemed appropriate.
J. Once the client agrees to avail the services of the organisation, he/she shall pay or
make adequate financial arrangements to pay the enrolment fees. It is only upon the
payment of enrolment fees that the organisation will start with the rendering of its
services.
K. There shall be no variation, negotiation and bargain by the client as to the fees/costs
of the service, which is demanded by the organisation in light of the services rendered
to the client.
L. Once the client pays or arranges for the payment of enrolment fees to the organisation
and the same is acknowledged and received by the latter, the organisation shall enrol
the client in its list of records and issue the client with the slip of acknowledgment, if
demanded by the client.
M. The client understands that the firm will apply for the coming session in the course
and selected university as chosen by the client. However in case there is no seat
available in the coming intake or if the admission deadline lapses for whatever
reason, the firm has the right to defer the application of the client to the next session.
N. The client acknowledges and fully understands that the payment of any fees
demanded by the university and government agencies including foreign embassies
shall be paid or arranged by the client or his/her representative. The payment of
university application fee, medical fee and embassy fee is non-refundable.
O. In case the client does not show up after enrolment or does not want to continue, for
whatsoever reason and circumstance, any fees paid towards
the university and meeting the requirements of study visa including embassy fee shall
not be adjusted and refunded.
P. The client shall be duty boundto provide all documents, original or certified scans
and genuine to the organisation so that the latter can smoothly perform the services as
requested by the client. These documents shall be handed over to the organisation or
its authorized representative, when demanded, in the manner requested by the
organisation.
Q. In case the client, at any time, deliberately or knowingly or with reason to believe
about the non-veracity of documents, provides the organisation with fabricated,
forged, altered, frivolous or non-genuine documents, the organisation will cease to
provide its services with immediate effect and will not refund any amount paid by the
client. Furthermore in case of any legal action by any competent authority, whether in
India or abroad, the client solely shall stand responsible and liable.
R. The client at no point of time shall create or intend to create, cause or give effect to
any hindrance or circumstance which may hamper or hinder the ability and potential
of the organisation to deliver its services in the best manner possible.
S. The organisation shall to no extent in whatsoever capacity or manner be liable to
provide its services in case of any unforeseen event or exigency as determined by the
organisation.
T. The client fully understands that the organisation is aiding the former in attaining the
university offer letter and study visa from the embassy. Aid in preparation,
arrangement or development of any documents of the client required for the purposes of university admission or visa lodgement is not a duty/responsibility of the
organisation.
U. In no way or manner is the organisation liable under tort, criminal and civil law for
the final result including visa decision of the client as declared by the official
university authorities and the embassy/high commission of the relevant country.
V. The organisation has no liability to any extent in whatsoever capacity or manner
towards the client in respect of any claim arising under this agreement.
W. In the event of a successful result i.e. visa granted by the embassy, the client
undertakes, understands and acknowledges to pay specified sum, as determined by
the organisation and mutually agreed by the parties, as post visa decision fees, after
the organisation intimates to the client about the same. Furthermore the client
understands and fully acknowledges that in case after the visa decision, he or she
chooses to change his institute, the client shall be responsible for the payment as
equivalent to the commission received by the organisation from the institution in
which the client had originally applied. Also in case the client does not wish to pursue
his studies, he shall only be entitled to a refund of the tuition fees, if the university/
institute he/she applied for permits as per its policies. The organisation has no hand in
deterring the amount in such cases.
X. As indicated in the above mentioned clauses to this contract, it is reiterated for the
purposes of specificity and lucidity that there shall be no variation to the service fees
demanded by the organisation and the client is contractually bound to pay the amount.
Y. The contract shall stand terminated in case of mutual written consent of both parties,
grant of visa decision, by written notice of at least 7 working days days by the client,
written notice of at least 3 days prior by the organisation, absence of the client for a
continuous period of 40 days without notice, death of the client, on account of any exigency or unforeseen event, and by the organisation immediately without assigning
any reason.
GOVERNING LAW
The laws of the Republic of India shall prevail with respect to this agreement any dispute
if any shall first be referred to mediation. The courts of Chandigarh, U.T Chandigarh,
India, shall only have the exclusive jurisdiction to deal with any dispute qua this
agreement, in case mediation does not resolve the issue.
I, hereby, with full understanding and knowledge of the terms and conditions give my
unequivocal consent to the terms and conditions in this agreement and mutual
understandings of covenants which have been agreed by the partiesAs per the above terms, the client in full capacity to understand and contractually bound
agrees to pay – (amounts stated in INR & concerned foreign currency)
• Enrolment Fee-
• University Application Fee-
• Tuition /Program/ Course fee-
• Medical Related Expenses –
• Visa Requirements & Visa Lodgement-
• Post Visa Decision by the Embassy-
• Miscellaneous Expenses-