Immigration Consultant
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The Accredited Immigration Consultant Diploma Program is designed to prepare students for a wide range of opportunities within the immigration consultancy field. Along the duration of six months program, and four weeks internship/placement, students learn both the theoretical and practical aspects of the profession required to analyze clients’ cases, advise and represent potential immigrants and refugees before the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). Furthermore, the program aims to educate students and enhance their skills necessary to apply their knowledge not only while representing clients competently and ethically before these governmental authorities, but also to enable them to operate a successful immigration consultancy practice. To this effect, the program curriculum provides students with the various aspects of immigration law, rules and regulations as well as with the letter and the spirit of the ICCRC Code of Professional Ethics and professional conduct.

The Accredited Immigration Consultant Diploma Program also prepares students to write the Entry-to-Practice Exam (ETPE), administered by the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC), so that they can obtain their Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) designation as the ICCRC Members in good standing.

Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants (RCIC) are able to work and practice across Canada as well as in other countries around the world. Graduates of the Accredited Immigration Consultant Diploma Program may also find employment at immigration law firms, immigration consulting firms, and government’s agencies.

Financial assistance may be available to qualified students.

Students must pass all courses and achieve a 70% program average to earn an Immigration Consultant Diploma.

Full-time students must attend the required hours per week as per the course schedule.

University graduates (must be evaluated if foreign); or

• College graduates (graduates of a two or three year program); or
• Individuals with two years of post-secondary education and one year of related work experience; or
• Individuals with three years of related work experience; and
• Individuals who are proficient in the English language (students will be required to provide sufficient documentary evidence of work or study in an English language setting or results from an established English Language Proficiency Testing Service such as IELTS or MELAB), or pass the English Language Proficiency Test administered by the College

• Integrated Learningâ„¢ System training facilitated by Academy of Learning College facilitators.
• Instructor-led training.

Immigration consultants provide legal services in the area of immigration law as permitted by legislation. Their duties may include the following:

• Represent people applying to Citizenship and Immigration Canada for entry to Canada
• Represent clients before the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
• Provide legal advice and prepare applications
• Represent individuals in proceedings
• Negotiate on behalf of clients

To be successful in an Immigration Consultant career, individuals must possess the following:

• Excellent communication (reading, writing and verbal)
• Strong people and interpersonal skills
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Self-motivated and professional
• Strong analytical skills
• Detail oriented
• Ability to resolve issues

• Business Skills
• Business Correspondence Level 1, Grammar Essentials for Business Writing, and Business Verbal Communication

• Immigration and Refugee Law Overview
• Family Sponsorship
• Business and Skilled Worker Classes
• Temporary Status
• Administrative Law and the IRB
• Refugee Protection
• Ethics and Professional Responsibility
• Client Care for Immigration Consultants
• Operating Your Own Practice

The Externship exposes the student to a working environment where classroom instruction is put into practice. This allows the student to link classroom knowledge and training with real life practical activities.

Contact Academy of Learning College Bay & Queen Campus today for more information and find out if a career as an Immigration Consultant is right for you. With financial assistance options for everyone, there’s no reason to put it off any longer!