Find out if your representative is authorized

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 College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants.
• 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 Ontario

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.

Other contacts

• Canada Border Services Agency
• Canadian Council of Better Business Bureaus
• Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
• Office of Consumer Affairs
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police
• The Canadian Bar Association