Two men face fines of up to $100,000 or five years in jail for immigration fraud Two men in Nova Scotia, one a Canadian citizen and one a permanent resident, are facing up to $100,000 in fines or up to five years in jail for helping people get Canadian citizenship and permanent resident status in [...]
“Shady” Immigration Consultant Arrested in Montreal
The Canada Border Services Agency has announced in a press release that it has filed almost 150 different charges against an immigration consultant based in Montreal. The consultant is accused of aiding and abetting people to misrepresent themselves and forging documents for those looking to obtain refugee status and temporary resident permits. The man provided [...]
Free Immigration and Visa Consultations offered for the Month of October!
For the month of October, we are offering everyone FREE consultations. Normally, we charge $150 for a phone consultation. During that consulation we listen to your unique Canadian or US immigration and visa problems and provide you with a solution or “road map” that we hope will solve your problem in a quick and cost [...]
Fraudulent immigration consultant targets illegal immigrants
Fraudulent immigration consultant arrested, faces charges A fraudulent immigration consultant based in Brampton has been arrested after posing as an officer with the Canada Border Services Agency. According to this Vancouverite article, the fraudulent immigration consultant met with a number of people living in Canada illegally and told them he could give them legal status [...]
Crooked Immigration Consultants: A priority for CIC
CIC Warns against unethical Immigration Consultants Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is on the case of warning the public against unscrupulous immigration consultants. Their website features a section that warns intending immigrants to Canada about fraudsters. They have launched an aggressive campaign warning against consultants promising 100% guarantees, fast tracking of cases, inside connections with [...]
A few Canadian immigration updates from Citizenship and Immigration Canada
Canadian Immigration Minister proposes eliminating refugee class Canadian Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney has submitted a proposal to remove one of the three refugee classes in Canada. The class which would be eliminated is the source-country class, which has a list of specific countries from which people can apply to Canada for refugee [...]
Canada charges immigration consultant with fraud
Immigration consultant fast-tracked Canadian citizenship An immigration consultant has been charged with fraud in a massive immigration investigation led by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The case involves 1,100 applicants and their dependents, 76 of which obtained Canadian citizenship through fraudulent means. Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney said that allegedly the consultant, “fraudulently [...]
Questions to Ask an Immigration Lawyer Before You Hire
How to Choose an Immigration Lawyer: Questions to ask The immigration lawyer or immigration consultant you choose to hire will have an big effect on the success of your immigration application. When deciding whom to hire, ask them these five questions to know if they are the right immigration lawyer for you and your case. [...]
Immigration lawyers and Immigration consultants: what's the difference?
There are many people across Canada and the United States available to help people with their immigration paperwork, applications, work permits and other facets of the immigration system. There are two groups of professionals who offer these services: immigration lawyers and immigration consultants. Canadian Government seems to lack confidence in immigration consultants and their regulatory [...]
Another immigration consultant in the news after facing criminal charges
Immigration Consultant dupes Students It is starting to feel like an epidemic. Yet another immigration consultant A man in British Columbia was forging transcripts in order to get non-students into Canada under temporary student visas. According to the Vancouver Sun, there are a number of complaints about the immigration consultant, all from within the last [...]
Immigration consultant who had immigrants arrested resurfaces
Fake immigration consultant targeted students online We have previously blogged about a fake immigration consultant who took money from a group of students from China, promising to sort out their visa overstay issues. The immigration consultant didn’t do anything at all, that is, until one of the students had no money left after giving the [...]
Legislation targeting immigration consultants coming soon
Immigration consultant legislation receives final approval Legislation to regulate immigration consultants has received final approval in the House and Commons this week, and just has to pass through the Senate to become official. The bill, Bill C-35, would make it illegal for people who are unauthorized,to give immigration advice in exchange for a fee. The [...]
New lawsuit shines light on immigration lawyer fraud
Two lawsuits filed in Superior Court allege immigration lawyer fraud We have written extensively about immigration fraud perpetrated by Immigration Consultants. Sadly, now it’s the immigration lawyer’s turn. According to two lawsuits filed in San Francisco Superior Court this week, an immigration lawyer defrauded thousands of people looking for a better life in the United [...]
India to crack down on Canadian Immigration consultants…maybe
Beware of Canadian Immigration consultants abroad Last week Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney visited India in order to discuss how the country’s police force can deal with immigration consultants who guarantee their clients a life in Canada through fraudulent means. As Kenney left, he said that officials in the Indian government had promised [...]
Victims of Immigration Consultants arrested in Toronto
Immigration Consultants’ victims face deportation According to the Toronto Police Service and immigration officials, students from China are winding up in jail because they overstayed their time in Canada. The overstay in Canada was, allegedly, under the false pretense that “fake” immigration consultants were helping them sort out their immigration issues. These immigration consultants have [...]
