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.
Under the act table on Monday, the federal immigration minister will get new powers, including in the establishment of the code of conduct and in the formation of the board of directors of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC).
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