Citizenship and Immigration committee  I've been an immigration consultant for a year and a half.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We often work on a case-by-case basis. Clients need specific information for a particular situation. It can be difficult for someone who has no immigration training to answer the client, whereas consultants like me can quickly provide the correct answer. Above all, I provide immi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  That has been my experience to date, but I've been a consultant for only a year and a half. Later, I want to handle more complex cases.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I don't think they're ghost consultants. They're unauthorized representatives.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Unauthorized representatives may be anywhere. There may be some here at the table. It's an ongoing issue.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'll provide an example to show that it's an ongoing issue. Someone in a basement in Russia can be an unauthorized representative. There are also some in Canada. I think settlement agencies that provide immigration advice, and that say they provide free services, when they receiv

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think it would involve spending energy on something that isn't essential. When people use a service, they must be diligent and consider one, two or three options. When one consultant charges too much, it's always possible to select another consultant. On that note, I have a su

Citizenship and Immigration committee  There are significant variances. I think it's a matter of supply and demand. One consultant may need more resources than another. Consultants are allowed to increase their prices. It doesn't matter. Clients can access the registry on the IRCC site, and they can consider other opt

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In the immigration field, all people whose work concerns section 91 should operate under a regulatory body.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Is a Chinese consultant a regulated Canadian immigration consultant?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Therefore, the consultant must comply with the professional code, the code of conduct, all the organization's rules, and obviously, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I didn't take that training. I completed 500 hours of training after obtaining my bachelor's degree in international relations.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think IRCC already has plans to increase the number of hours of immigration consultant training. Currently, the training takes 500 hours. Since I took other legal training, I think I have the skills needed to do my job.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My opinion is about the same. We need to choose a model, a legal status, that would help the ICCRC support the fight against unauthorized representatives. We need to give more power to regulatory bodies. We need to stop using the term “ghost consultant”. In my presentation, I sh