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The whole product is one idea: a meter both sides can trust. Here is exactly how the money, the time and the verification work.
Pricing
Every per-minute call opens with 30 seconds nobody pays for. Enough to check the line, check it is the right person, and hang up if it is not. The timer only starts costing after that.
After the free window you are billed in blocks of ten seconds, rounded up. A call of 4 minutes 3 seconds costs 4 minutes 10 seconds — not five minutes. Rounding to the whole minute is how meters gouge people, so we do not do it.
If audio stops for more than a few seconds the meter pauses, and paused time is never billed. If the other person is the one who dropped, the last minute is refunded.
You are warned at five minutes, two minutes and sixty seconds of remaining balance. At zero the call ends by itself. It cannot quietly overdraw you.
Twenty-four hours from the receipt to raise a problem. Raising one freezes that session's payment until a person has looked at it.
Trust
An unqualified "Verified" tick promises more than anyone actually checked. So every profile spells out which of three separate things we confirmed, and what we did not.
A government photo ID, checked by a person against the name shown on the profile.
Evidence they live in that country now — a lease, a residence permit, a utility bill. Not that they once did.
A one-time code sent to a work or university email on the employer's own domain. Where that is not possible, a document read by a moderator.
Build status
Passkot is early. Rather than pretend otherwise, here is the honest state of it — updated as things go live.
Indians and people of Indian origin who already live, study or work in the country you are asking about. Every one of them is reviewed by hand before they can be listed, and their profile states exactly what we checked — identity, country of residence, and the credential they are claiming.
Two ways. A fixed-price session — 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes — is quoted upfront and that is what you pay. A per-minute call bills only for the time you are actually connected, in 10-second blocks, after a free first 30 seconds so you can hang up on a bad line without paying for it.
The meter pauses whenever audio stops for more than a few seconds, and paused time is never billed. If the call cannot be resumed you are billed only for the minutes you actually got, and if the other side was the one who dropped, the last minute is refunded.
No, and it must not be treated as such. People on Passkot share their own experience of moving, studying and working abroad. They do not file applications, do not represent you, and are not licensed advisers. For legal filings you need a qualified professional.
A consultant is frequently paid a commission by the university they are steering you towards. The person you speak to on Passkot is paid by you, has nothing to sell you, and has no reason to recommend a course they do not rate. We do not take money for placement in search results.
Apply through the "Share what you know" form. You will need to show identity, evidence that you live where you say you do, and one credential — usually a work or university email we can send a code to. Applications are reviewed by a person, not a script.