April 9, 2019 – Canada will overhaul its system for
regulating immigration consultants by creating a new College of
Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC).
The College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants Act,
tabled as part of the budget implementation bill tabled on Monday
April 8, 2019, will see the introduction of a new licensing regime
and a new code of professional conduct for immigration
consultants.
The system will remain self-regulatory, as with the current
Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC),
created in 2011.
This, despite a parliamentary committee recommendation dating
back two years calling for the regulation of immigration
consultants to be brought under the direct authority of the federal
government.
