🐍 Fraud prevention
Only a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC), a lawyer registered in one of Canada’s 13 Law Societies, a notaire registered with the Chambre des notaires du Québec, or someone working directly under the supervision of someone belonging to one of those 3 previous professions, can legally offer Canadian immigration advice in exchange for money.
You can check if a person is licensed to represent immigrants or to give advice.
Citizenship or immigration consultants must be a member of the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council.
Lawyers or notaries must be a member of a Canadian provincial or territorial law society, or the Chambre des notaires du Québec.
Paralegals (Ontario only) must be members of the Law Society of Upper Canada
If they are not members in good standing, you should not use their services.
Most law societies let you check online to see if a person is a member in good standing.
Law Society of Nunavut (The Nunavut law society does not have an online search function. To find out whether a person is a member of this group, contact them directly.)
The Canadian Bar Association
Chambre des notaires du Québec: Membership validation service (French only)
Law Society Tribunal
The Law Society Tribunal is an independent adjudicative tribunal within the Law Society of Ontario. The Tribunal processes, hears and decides regulatory cases about Ontario lawyers and paralegals in a manner that is fair, just and in the public interest.
