28 Dec2015
10 Jul2015
Citizenship Legal Advice is now regulated by I.C.C.R.C.
ICCRC Named New Regulator for Citizenship Consultants
June 18, 2015 – Burlington, ON – Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) announced that the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC) has been named the new regulatory body for consultants providing citizenship advice across the country. ICCRC now protects consumers of citizenship services, as well as consumers of immigration services, through effective regulation of consultants providing citizenship and immigration advice and representation, and the promotion of the benefits of using only authorized representatives.
“I welcome CIC’s designation of the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council as the regulator of persons providing citizenship advice, and the confidence in the ICCRC as an effective regulatory body that this reflects,” said Bob Brack, President and CEO. “We look forward to assuming our expanded role in consumer protection”.
It is now an offence for anyone other than an authorized representative to provide advice or representation regarding an application for Canadian citizenship – or offer to do so – for a fee or other consideration, at any stage of a citizenship application or proceeding, including the period before an application is submitted.
Anyone offering paid advice or representation to applicants for Canadian citizenship must now be members in good standing with the ICCRC or members in good standing of a provincial or territorial law society or the Chambre des notaires du Québec.
For further information, please contact:
M. Daniel Roukema
Director of Communications
ICCRC
1002-5500 North Service Road
Burlington, ON L7L 6W6
T: 1-877-836-7543 x 1084
E: communications@iccrc-crcic.ca
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Le CRCIC est désigné comme nouvel organisme de réglementation
des consultants en citoyenneté
Burlington (Ontario), le 18 juin 2015 – Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada (CIC) a annoncé que le Conseil de réglementation des consultants en immigration du Canada (CRCIC) a été désigné comme nouvel organisme de réglementation des consultants fournissant des conseils en matière de citoyenneté dans l’ensemble du pays. Le CRCIC protège maintenant les consommateurs de services de citoyenneté et d’immigration en réglementant efficacement les consultants qui fournissent des conseils en citoyenneté et en immigration et des services de représentation et en faisant la promotion des avantages à utiliser seulement des représentants en immigration autorisés.
« Je me réjouis que CIC ait désigné le Conseil de réglementation des consultants en immigration du Canada comme organisme de réglementation des personnes fournissant des conseils en matière de citoyenneté et de la confiance que cela témoigne envers le CRCIC en tant qu’organisme de réglementation efficace », dit le président-directeur général du CRCIC, Bob Brack. « Nous avons hâte de remplir notre rôle élargi en matière de protection du consommateur. »
Toute personne, autre qu’un représentant autorisé, qui conseille ou représente un demandeur de citoyenneté canadienne – ou qui offre de le faire – moyennant rétribution, à n’importe qu’elle étape de la demande ou de la procédure de citoyenneté, y compris avant que la demande soit présentée, commet une infraction.
Quiconque offre des services rémunérés de conseil ou de représentation à des demandeurs de citoyenneté canadienne doit être membre en règle du CRCIC, d’un barreau d’une province ou d’un territoire ou de la Chambre des notaires du Québec.
10 Jul2015
Express Entry – Know your scores
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19 May2015
Express Entry – Program Update (No LMIA!)
CIC’s Express Entry intake system is now 5 months old. Here is what we know so far:
- 8 rounds of invitations have taken place
- A total of 8491 applicants have been invited
- Based on parliamentary planning, expected total for 2015 could be 30,000-35,000 invitations
15 May2015
Canadian Citizenship Numbers Fall to a new low under the new Citizenship Rules
The number of immigrants wanting to become citizens in Canada has dropped to an all time low of 26 percent from a previous 79 percent from the period 2000 and 2008, former citizenship director-general Andrew Griffith said. He attributed the decline to government’s recent rules and fees regarding citizenship.
“These changes have made it harder and prohibitive for some to acquire citizenship, turning Canada into a country where an increasing percentage of immigrants are likely to remain non-citizens, without the ability to engage in the Canadian political process,” Griffith said, noting that in the past, citizenship was viewed as a stepping stone to immigrant integration. “So it must be done earlier on.”
In 2008, only 26 percent of permanent residents who settled in Canada acquired Canadian citizenship. A year before it was 44 percent, and in the year 2000, it was 79 percent.
