VANCOUVER Two immigration consultants who live in Langley have had their licences suspended after they were charged with 69 combined counts of fraud by Canada Border Services. The suspensions of Navdeep Batth and Rupinder Batth came down on Jan. 28 from the disciplinary committee of the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council. Navdeep and Rupinder both face charges for misrepresenting facts and counselling others to do the same in Surrey. The incidents are alleged to have happened between 2014 and 2017, and the allegations against the pair have not been proven in court. Specifically, Navdeep faces 15 counts for “counselling misrepresentation” under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Rupinder faces 49 counts of misrepresentation under the act and five counts of counselling misrepresentation.
Posted: Jan 22, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 22
Yellowknife immigration consultant Liang Chen and his former client, Shengtang Wang, are suing each other after their business relationship fell apart.(Walter Strong/CBC)
A Yellowknife immigration consultant allegedly told his Chinese client that if he purchased $1 million worth of shares of Fortune Minerals Ltd., the mining company would offer him a job and help him immigrate to the Northwest Territories.
The accusation came out in a series of court documents filed by consultant Liang Chen and his former client, Shengtang Wang, who are suing each other after their business relationship fell apart.
Government of Canada proclaims the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants Act into force
Government of Canada proclaims the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants Act into force
BURLINGTON, Ontario, Dec. 11, 2020 The Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC) has formally applied to the Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, to be continued as the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (College)
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“Over the past two years ICCRC has worked with IRCC and key stakeholders to obtain the necessary statutory authority required to protect the public against immigration fraud,” said John Burke, RCIC, Chair of the ICCRC Board of Directors. “We are pleased that the College Act is now in force and that we are one step closer to fulfilling our mission of protecting consumers and enhancing the profession.”
BURLINGTON, Ontario, Dec. 11, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) The Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC) has formally applied to the Honourable Marco Mendicino, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and
In British Columbia, foreign workers are protected from unfair
employment practices under the
Temporary Foreign Worker
Protection Act (the Act ). Since the Act was
enacted in 2018, the BC government has taken additional measures to
extend protections to foreign workers. This includes the creation
of two separate registries: one for employers that hire foreign
workers in British Columbia, and one for foreigner worker
recruiters. Employers who hire temporary foreign workers under the
Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) in British Columbia are
required by the Act to register with the provincial government
before December 15, 2020.
The BC government is now retaining a public registry of