Immigration Consultants

body: To avoid actual or apparent conflicts of interest, the committee recommends the new body report to a minister other than the minister of immigration, refugees and citizenship, according to CBC. As soon as the new body is up and running, the government should revoke the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council's designation as the regulatory body, the committee recommends. In a report tabled today, called Starting Again Improving Government Oversight of Immigration Consultants, the standing committee on citizenship and immigration calls for the creation of an independent, government-regulated body to oversee immigration consultants. Canada's current regulatory body that governs immigration and citizenship consultants and paralegals is unable to serve its purpose, the report concludes. Liberals face pressure to crack down on 'ghost' immigration consultants Council overseeing immigration consultants appears to be in turmoil Oversight council for immigration consultants faces criticism The committee says only lawyers and consultants admitted to the profession by the new regulatory body should be authorized to accept payments for immigration services, and that members should have more rigorous standards for admission in terms of training, education and ethics. The committee calls for a new regulatory framework governing immigration and citizenship consultants and paralegals that gives the government a stronger oversight role. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.