Five steps, one road: how a Kaitu plan works

From a first, free conversation to your first day abroad — and every goal after it. Scroll the road to see how a Kaitu plan unfolds, step by step.

Kaitu Editorial5 October 2026 · 3 min read
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Every family that comes to Kaitu arrives with a different destination in mind: a boarding school in England, a doctorate in California, a residence permit in Portugal, a role in Tokyo, a company in Singapore. The roads look different. The way we walk them with you does not.

Whatever you need — admissions, residency, citizenship, a career move or a company abroad, or several of them at once — your plan follows the same five steps, led by one consultant from the first conversation to the first day, and on through whatever comes next. Scroll the road below to follow it.

Step one: a free, private consultation

Everything starts with listening. In a first conversation — free, private and without obligation — a senior consultant asks about your goals, your timeline, your family and the constraints that matter to you. Many families come with one question and leave having seen the whole picture: how a school place, a residence permit and a new role can fit together, and in which order.

You leave with clarity and honest options, including the ones we would advise against.

Step two: your bespoke plan

If you decide to work with us, your dedicated consultant turns that conversation into a plan built around you. Every milestone, document and deadline goes onto one road, sequenced so that each step makes the next one easier: residency filings timed around school applications, a partner's job search lined up with the move, a company set up before the founder's visa is needed.

The plan lives in your private client portal, where you can see exactly where things stand at any moment.

Step three: guided, step by step

This is where most of the work happens. Essays and interviews, due diligence and government filings, CVs for a new market, registrations and translations — we prepare, review and coordinate each one, so nothing slips between the cracks. You always know what is due, who is doing it and what comes next.

Step four: decisions and approvals

Offers arrive, visas are granted, residence cards and passports are issued. Each outcome comes with a decision: which university to accept, when to travel, how to structure the move. We help you weigh every option and then complete whatever follows — enrolment, biometrics, the paperwork that turns an approval into a life you can start.

Step five: arrival and beyond

The road does not end at the airport. We help with the first months in a new country — a home, registrations, a first day at school or at work — and we stay beside you afterwards: renewals and milestones tracked in your portal, the next degree, the next role, the next chapter. Many of the families we work with come back to us years later for a road we have not yet travelled together.

Start your own road

Every Kaitu plan begins with the same free conversation. Book a free consultation and talk your plans through with a senior consultant — we will show you how your own five steps could look.

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