Avoiding Canadian immigration scams

New Canadian immigrants and future immigration applicants are unfortunately very vulnerable to a variety of scams. Here are three things to remember that will help current and potential Canadian immigrants avoid the consequences of immigration fraud.

Between November 14 and December 8, 2022, a span of just 24 days, the CBC reported on three different Canadian immigration scams.

In Edmonton, a Concordia University student who moved to Canada from Iran this fall lost nearly $11,000 to phone scammers. In early December, reports surfaced that a Ghanaian man had fallen victim to a job scam on social media. The scammer also asked for money for health insurance. Fortunately, he managed to realize it was a scam before sending the money.

Unfortunately, “dozens of victims” who were allegedly defrauded of “$5,000 or more” each by a Vancouver immigration consultant have not been so lucky. The immigration consultant in the scam (who is now the subject of a class action lawsuit) allegedly posed as a lawyer and defrauded immigrants. “With promises of a path to permanent residence in Canada through an unrealistic program.”

The above examples are all provided to illustrate the prevalence of Canadian immigration scams across the country. Accordingly, the following are three points to remember that will help recent Canadian immigrants and future hopefuls looking to work, study or immigrate to this country avoid the harsh consequences of becoming a victim of fraud. Avoid immigration or immigration fraud.

Immigration and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and collection of fines/fees

Immigration phone scams are becoming increasingly common. In fact, scam calls in Cantonese or Mandarin have increased 20 percent since 2019, according to a survey conducted as part of a January 2022 story from CityNews Vancouver. In addition, 60 percent of cell phone users receive scam calls pretending to be members of a government agency, according to the head of the Vancouver-based research firm.

To this end, it is important for Canadian immigration hopefuls to understand that Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will never contact anyone either online or in person to charge them a fee or fine to avoid consequences such as deportation. does not call IRCC notes that scammers “often give a fake agent name and number to make it look legitimate,” but stresses that these types of calls are always scams.

If you are in Canada and someone calls and threatens consequences for not paying money or providing personal information, call the police immediately.

Official IRCC resources for fraud detection

Immigrating to a new country is a journey that requires immigrants to find information they can rely on. In the age of the Internet, unreliable information is everywhere because almost anyone can start a website or a blog and claim to be an expert on their topic. For this reason, official government resources are important to any immigrant’s journey to Canada.

It’s important to remember that IRCC also provides official government resources (FAQs and tip sheets) to help recent immigrants to Canada and those who want to come to Canada in the future avoid fraud and immigration scams. Identify and prevent it.

Whether one is looking for information on a specific type of fraud (telephone/internet scams, document fraud, etc.) or is looking to understand what to do if one is a victim of fraud, IRCC provides extensive online resources on all It provides topics. These tools help both recent immigrants to Canada and future Canadian immigration applicants to be aware of and protect themselves from these situations.

You can click on the following link to visit this site:

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Verifying the legitimacy of Canadian immigration service providers

When immigrants come to a new country, they often need help from other people. (Depending on the choices made by the individual,) this assistance can be an online forum or an immigration advisor such as a lawyer, agent or immigration consultant. However, anyone can present themselves as an expert through a website, and it is not difficult for fraudsters to pose as trustworthy and reliable immigration consultants.

To help recent Canadian immigrants and future immigration hopefuls manage this, there are official directories registered in Canada to verify the legitimacy of those who claim to be authorized to represent immigrants, providing immigration advice. For example, all Canadian citizenship and immigration counselors must be members of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Counselors. Likewise, Canadian immigration lawyers and notaries must be registered with a Canadian provincial or territorial law society, and lawyers based in Ontario are required to be members of the Ontario Law Society.

IRCC emphasizes that most provincial and territorial law societies should use online tools to securely indicate which Canadian immigration lawyers they can trust.

You can refer to the Canadian federal immigration website (link below) to ensure the legality of your lawyer.

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Introducing a reliable immigration lawyer in Iran and Canada

Mr. Mohammad Heydari graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in financial engineering. He started his career as a senior financial analyst in a Canadian insurance company and finally served as a senior risk manager in one of Canada’s most prestigious banks.

Because of following the news of immigration to Canada and following some successful experiences in academic counseling, he became interested in this field and to The title of immigration lawyer to Canada operated Mr. Mohammad Heydari then studied Canadian immigration and citizenship at Anderson College, and after completing his studies and passing the relevant exams, Succeeded in obtaining consulting license number R708099.

He is now He is an official member of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Counselors of Canada (CICC).. He has two immigration offices in Tehran and Canada that will accompany you in all immigration stages.

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