Canada Immigration Issue for my Mauritian friend: I hope you would benefit from it since I have no vested interest but I cannot see my Mauritian fellow become victims scrupulously. Please read and give me some feedback. This article will help some clarification about bogus Mauritius Immigration Consultant, if you need to know more please do your home work. You may use Google translation into French shall the need arise The News Release — Don’t Become a Victim of Immigration Fraud Published on March 13, 2014 — Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander today encouraged potential newcomers to use authorised immigration representatives to avoid becoming victims of fraud. (Link of government sources below) Canadian Immigration Consultant needs regulation to avoid further deception By Nazim Rajbally The Fraud Victim are seeking contempt ruling against an illegitimate Immigration’s practitioner who have fraudulently deceived a group of prospective Canadian Immigrants. It is alleged that a deception of more than Rs 10 million Mauritian rupees in bogus cramming was hand over in summer 2013 to an individual who seemed to have the required operational licence. The victim stated that the Immigration Consultant claimed to be accredited and rightfully charge for disbursement and procedural cost, while suddenly at a later stage the consultant disappeared, despite being a Mauritian citizen no indication of his exact located being determined by the Mauritian Authorities, So what should we do? My recent article about immigration consultant spoke about threats related to the awareness of fraudulent misrepresentation by the so call ‘Immigration Consultant’ and its consequences but it seems to be in vain while the limited impact to create awareness by attracting the public in general were due their limited interest in reading English article as opposed to French one. According to the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (iccrc), it is unacceptable for the imposters to claim money for providing an immigration related services to any prospective Canadian immigrant despite being a qualified Kad Mauritius ian fellow citizen per se. The News Release — Don’t Become a Victim of Immigration Fraud Published on March 13, 2014 — Canada’s Citizenship and Immigration Minister Chris Alexander today encouraged potential newcomers to use authorised immigration representatives to avoid becoming victims of fraud. March is Fraud Prevention Month and this year Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) has partnered with the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC) and the Federation of Law Societies of Canada (FLSC) to promote awareness of authorized immigration representatives and what services they can provide. For Fraud Prevention Month 2014, CIC has developed a new video which urges newcomers to avoid becoming the victim of a “disappearing act” and explains where they can obtain information on immigration representatives that are authorized to deal with the Government of Canada. Unscrupulous and unauthorized representatives weaken Canada’s immigration system, cost taxpayers money, and slow down the processing of valid applications. Under Canadian law, only authorised immigration representatives can charge a fee to help someone apply for a visa to come to Canada. If a newcomer uses an unauthorised representative, their application may be refused and they could risk becoming victims of fraud. cic.gc.ca/english/department/media/releases/2014/2014-03-13.asp?utm_source=media-centre-email&utm_medium=email-eng&utm_campaign=generic If you would like to search our database to find out whether an individual is regulated: secure.iccrc-crcic.ca/search/en , If you would like to file a complaint against an authorised or unauthorised representative: iccrc-crcic.ca/public/complaintsDiscipline.cfm Please have a look on my article and inform me whether I can be further helpful by sending some more information and articles in order to deter immigration fraud. defimedia.info/blog/item/29762-stricter-policy-for-new-canadian-immigrants.html Prevention is better than cure; well our concern is how can we address this issue to prevent such crime to happen in the future? It is the authority who needs to have some strong rules. According to Immigration of Canada Regulatory Council (iccrc), it is illegal to provide advice or assistance to the public or clients without the iccrc license irrespective of their country which the service are provided. Despite the fact that the Canadian authority does not have the jurisdiction to deter representative outside Canada, however any one in contemplation constitutes to have committed a criminal offence. I also wish to explain how the Bill C-35 which limit immigration duties and make it clearly illegal to provide such a service, as the seriousness of the offence in providing legitimate services by any means or kind while operating outside Canada constitute an offence: for instance someone providing immigration service in Mauritius despite being outside the jurisdiction of Canada constitute an offence and should not be supported by any authority in question. As to whether it is legally enforceable by our authority should not be a debatable question. An offence by indictment will remain criminal liability and my point is whether shall we protect public interest by the enforcing the authorities’ power such as the police to equally know the rules by giving them statutory ground to prosecute the offender with strong ground for legal standing and at the same time making arrest confidently. How does Bill C-35 affect Travel Agents: Bill C-35 doubled the penalties from $50,000 to $100,000 and/or imprisonment of up to 2 years for conviction by indictment. Bill C-35 doubled the penalties from $10,000 to $20,000 and/or imprisonment for up to six months on summary conviction. How does Bill C-35 affect Educational Agents and Institutions? Bill C-35 made it an offence for anyone other than an Authorized Representative to offer immigration services for a fee or other consideration, at any stage of an application or proceeding. Authorized Representatives include: members in good standing of ICCRC (known as Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants – RCICs), lawyers in good standing with a provincial or territorial law society and notaries who are members in good standing of the Chambre des notaires du Québec. For a list of RCICs, please visit this link - iccrc-crcic.ca/public/membershiplistFull.cfm. Note that this exclude Mauritian lawyers, unless qualify or licensed in Canada not from the UK. What are the penalties? Bill C-35 doubled the penalties from $50,000 to $100,000 and/or imprisonment of up to 2 years for conviction by indictment. Bill C-35 doubled the penalties from $10,000 to $20,000 and/or imprisonment for up to six months on summary conviction. What Educational Agents and Institutions may operate without being an Authorized Representative? Provide translation services; provide courier services; provide medical services; make travel arrangements; advise an international student on how to select courses or register. Other than that would constitute criminal offence which I wish to ensure that the authority and the practitioner would understand, hence without choice they are deem to. Good luck Nazim Rajbally FIMIS, BA, CIM, PGDL,LCCI, Lc
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 04:17:41 +0000
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