Immigration to Canada: Two Options
When you apply for Permanent Residence visa under the Skilled
Worker Immigration scheme, you have two options:
In this article, I will talk about the first option:
a) Hiring an Immigration Representative:
The first option is to hire the services of an Immigration
Representative / Consultant. They are also called Immigration
Lawyers. Their job is to make the process easier for you,
because they know exactly the documents you need to submit with
your application. They normally charge legal fees and government
fees. The legal fees refer to the fees they charge for their
consulting services, and the government fees refer to the fees
that have to be paid to the Canadian government in order to
apply.
According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (2005),
authorized, paid representatives may only be:
Immigration consultants who are members in good
standing of the Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants. If
you wish to verify if an Immigration Consultant is in good
standing of this Institution, please visit the following
website:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/consultants/verify-rep.ht
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Lawyers who are members in good standing of a Canadian
law society and students-at-law under their supervision. Please
visit their following website to verify a lawyer's status in a
Society:
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/consultants/verify-rep.ht
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Notaries who are members in good standing of the
Chambre des notaires du Qu