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Our Humble BeginningsFirst Choice International Placement Inc. was incorporated in 1992 as a small home-based business. Located in North Vancouver, Canada, we primarily arranged homestay and coordinated the transportation arrangements of incoming groups of international students involved in short-term academic and cultural exchanges. Within a few short years of our inception we were sub-contracted to arrange homestay and airport transportation for students attending any one of three private ESL schools in downtown Vancouver.
Our Expansion to Commercial Office SpaceIn 2004 First Choice International Placement Inc. moved into a commercial office space in the Lower Lonsdale area of North Vancouver. The move to 255 West 1st Street provided us with significant opportunity to increase access to our growing network of schools and allowed us to significantly expand the number of staff employed to better address the requirements of our expanding services. It further demonstrated that we were becoming an industry leader in addressing the non-academic needs of international students.
Our Growing Network of Valued AgentsA key shift occurred in 2005 when we began to establish formal agreements with those agents who were directly responsible for recruiting international students abroad. Recognizing the value of consistency in the support their clients receive, international agents increasingly elected to utilize First Choice International Placement Inc. to ensure that, no matter where their clients elect to attend school, they were assured that they would receive superior quality homestay, monitored guardianship, and airport transportation services.Our Monitored Guardianship ServicesTo address the needs of a growing number of minor-aged students who come to the Metro-Vancouver area each year to study at public secondary schools and public post-secondary colleges and universities, we introduced our Monitored Custodial Guardianship Service in 2006. Though this service a representative of First Choice International Placement Inc. serves as a student's Custodial Guardian and, supported by a network of Student Monitors, we ensure that the students under our care get the most from their international learning exchange. Our role is also to represent the interests of the student's natural parents and to act on their behalf.
A Promising FutureEach year we continue to expand our operations to better serve international students attending various public secondary schools, public post-secondary colleges and universities, and private post-secondary institutions and ESL schools throughout the Metro Vancouver area. Through our network of international agents abroad, our expanding base of quality homestay families, and our highly skilled Placement Consultants, Student Monitors, and other support staff, First Choice International Placement Inc. continues to provide exceptional services to over 1,000 students, visitors and tour group members arriving each year. Our future truly looks bright.
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