The True Total Cost of Ausbildung from India - and Why There Are No Hidden Charges

One of the most reasonable fears any Indian family has is the hidden charge - the “extra fee” that appears only after you've committed. So let's do the opposite of hiding anything. Here is the full, honest cost picture of doing an Ausbildung from India, split into two clear buckets: what you pay Jet Set Jobs, and what you pay other people (the exam body, the German mission, the airline). Nothing tucked away.

Bucket 1: what you pay JSJ

The Jet Set Jobs programme fee is ₹2,50,000 + 18% GST (₹2,95,000 in total), and that single figure covers the heart of the programme - your full German language training from A1 all the way to B2, plus document and application guidance and your employer-matching process through our partner. It's paid in three milestone-based instalments tied to your progress, not demanded all at once. That's it. There is no separate “training top-up,” no surprise “processing fee,” no late “documentation charge.” What you see is what you pay us.

Bucket 2: the third-party costs everyone pays

These are not JSJ charges. They're the standard, unavoidable costs of moving to any country, paid directly to the relevant body. We list them openly so you can budget for the whole journey, not just our part of it.

None of those go to JSJ, and none are unique to us - a student, a tourist or a worker heading to Germany pays the same visa fee, the same airfare and the same exam body. Being upfront about them is simply how an honest consultancy should operate.

Put it in perspective - against the student route

Here's the comparison that matters. A self-funded student going to Germany pays tuition on top of all of the above, and must lock away a block account of roughly ₹11 lakh before the visa. The Ausbildung route has no tuition for the training and no block account - and it pays you a stipend once you arrive. So even after counting every honest rupee, Ausbildung's total real cost is a fraction of the self-funded study route.

How to protect yourself from real hidden charges

• Ask for the fee in writing, with exactly what it includes - and whether language training to B2 is part of it or billed separately.
• Ask which costs are paid to third parties (exam body, visa, flights) versus to the consultancy. A genuine one will explain this happily.
• Be wary of any “extra” that appears only after you've paid the first instalment.
• Confirm the instalments are tied to milestones you can see - registration, clearing A1, receiving your offer letter.

The honest takeaway

The true cost of Ausbildung from India is the JSJ programme fee of ₹2,50,000 + GST, plus the standard third-party costs that every overseas journey carries - exam fees, a visa fee, documents and a flight. That's the whole picture. The reason we can show it to you on one page is that there's nothing hidden to leave off. As always, no one can promise a visa - but you can absolutely expect a consultancy to be straight with you about money, and that's the bar we hold ourselves to.