The Globe and Mail just published news highlighting serious problems facing prospective immigrants to Canada. It has to do with the prevalence of unscrupulous and bogus immigration consultants preying on innocent potential immigrants to Canada. These uncertified consultants are lynching prospecting immigrants to Canada. They are providing false hope, lying and even charging anywhere from $1,500 to $30,000.
Just within Canada, these bogus immigration consultants number more than 2000. Without a doubt, one can imagine, there exists a high possibility of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of these bogus immigration consultants residing outside of Canada preying on innocent potential immigrants to Canada.
Therefore, the best suggestion to any prospective immigrants hoping to make Canada home is that they should be careful about hiring an immigration consultant. Due diligence on part of the prospective immigrant is highly warranted to verify if the consultant is certified by the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants.
On the other hand, an excellent option would be to hire a Canadian Lawyer. The Canadian Lawyers, by virtue of their designation and membership in a provincial law society, can represent prospective immigrants to Canada. Further, hiring a lawyer is a smart investment and good decision. The other alternative is doing it yourself.
Canadian Lawyers are governed by a provincial law society which requires high ethical standards and checks on complaints by clients. A potential immigrant to Canada can find out if the lawyer is in good standing or not by visiting the law society’s web site such as Law Society of Upper Canada.
Ashish (“Ash”) Duvadie
Barrister & Solicitor
