Regulated Vancouver immigration consultant

A Vancouver immigration consultant gives paid immigration advice and represents you before IRCC and the BC PNP. To charge for that, they must be a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC). At Wild Mountain Immigration, Nicola Wightman (RCIC #R706497) assesses your options, builds and submits your BC PNP, Express Entry, work permit, study permit or family sponsorship application and, once you name her as your representative on IRCC's Use of a Representative form (IMM 5476), deals with IRCC on your behalf.

Check the consultant on the CICC public register: the licence should be active and entitled to practise. Ask for a written service agreement, which the CICC Code of Professional Conduct requires, with the fees set out before work starts. Be wary of anyone who guarantees a result, because only IRCC and the Province of British Columbia decide applications. A good consultant explains every realistic route, including the ones that cost you less. Avoid unlicensed "ghost consultants" who charge for advice but leave their name off your forms.

No. We work entirely online, by video call, phone and secure document sharing, so clients in Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Richmond, Victoria and the rest of British Columbia get the same service without travelling to an office. The practice is registered with the CICC in Canmore, Alberta, which is what the public register shows, and has no walk-in office in Vancouver. Working online also suits people still overseas or on a work permit with little time off. Your first call is free and takes place by video or phone.

Yes. Wild Mountain Immigration is a CICC-regulated practice that looks after newcomers across Metro Vancouver and the rest of British Columbia. Whether you work in tech, healthcare, the trades, hospitality or another field, we map a route from a temporary permit to permanent residence using options such as the BC PNP, Express Entry BC and federal Express Entry.

You're free to file yourself, but Canadian immigration rules are detailed and a small slip can mean months of delay or a refusal. As a licensed RCIC, Nicola builds the strongest application your facts allow and heads off problems before they surface. Prefer a lighter touch? Our File Review tier lets you prepare the application and have a licensed consultant check it before you submit.

RCIC stands for Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant, a designation overseen by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC). Nicola Wightman holds licence R706497, and you can look her up on the CICC public register at any time. Only licensed consultants, lawyers and paralegals of a provincial law society, and Quebec notaries may charge for Canadian immigration advice.

For standard applications, such as the BC PNP, Express Entry, work and study permits and family sponsorship, a licensed RCIC and an immigration lawyer can both represent you, and consultants usually cost less. Cases headed to the Federal Court need a lawyer. If your file involves criminality, misrepresentation or another inadmissibility issue, speak to an immigration lawyer, as we do not take on those cases.

Across Canada, a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant's professional fees commonly run from a few hundred dollars for a single permit or a file review to several thousand for a full permanent residence application, depending on the program and how complex your file is. With us, your first call is free. An in-depth consultation costs $120, is free for spousal sponsorship, and is credited back if you engage us for File Management. After that it depends on the service and the tier you choose: full File Management, where we run your case end to end, or the lower-cost File Review. Either way, fees are set out in writing before we begin, and our full fee schedule is published on our fees page. Government fees, such as IRCC processing fees and the BC PNP application fee, are paid to the government separately.

With File Management we prepare every form and document, submit the application and deal with IRCC or the BC PNP for you. File Review is the budget-conscious alternative: you assemble your own application and Nicola checks it for mistakes and missed opportunities before you submit it.

Every province except Quebec. That covers federal Express Entry, the BC Provincial Nominee Program (BC PNP) and other provincial streams, family and spousal sponsorship, Super Visas, work and study permits, and citizenship. We do not take on Federal Court judicial reviews, Immigration and Refugee Board appeals or hearings, or inadmissibility cases.