Canada RCIC/CICC Immigration Consultant — Reviewer Profile

This page describes the reviewer seat for our Canada content — an RCIC/CICC-registered consultant who checks the facts before we publish. The seat is not yet filled. We say so plainly rather than print a name you cannot check.

Our model is information-first. We publish guides. Paid immigration consulting in Canada is regulated, so we route regulated advice and paid casework to a registered adviser. We never act as your representative. See our editorial policy and the rest of our reviewer profiles.

What an RCIC/CICC registration means — and how to check it

In short: paid Canadian immigration consulting is regulated. Only a CICC-licensed RCIC, a lawyer, or a Quebec notary may charge for it. Search the licensee’s name free on the CICC public register before you pay anyone from Nigeria. Source: college-ic.ca.

Consulting for a fee without a licence is an offence under section 91 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The CICC has been the federal regulator since 23 November 2021, when it replaced the ICCRC. Every RCIC gets a licence number. The public register shows that number, the licensee’s standing — active, suspended, revoked — and any discipline history.

That register is the point of this profile. Many sites aimed at Nigerians name a “consultant” and show a logo, with no link you can check. We are not naming anyone until the register can confirm them. A credential you can check beats one you must trust — the same rule governs our UK OISC adviser seat.

What this seat claims — and what it does not

In short: this profile claims no individual, no RCIC licence number, no years of experience and no client results. It states a review scope only. Source: our editorial policy, /editorial-policy/.

On assignment, three things change on this page: a real name, the consultant’s own CICC register entry under sameAs in the schema, and their licence number in plain text. Until then the schema points at the register itself, and the pages below carry sourced facts with the “expert review pending” note. Nothing here is signed off by a named consultant yet.

Articles reviewed by this profile

The seat covers the Canada routes where a Nigeria-origin file stalls or gets refused:

• Proof of funds from Nigeria — how much money, in what account, for how long.
• The one-year PGWP trap — a one-year diploma buys a one-year work permit, not three.
• GCKey and IRCC account access — a locked account or a mismatched security answer stalling a file from Lagos or Abuja.
• Canada biometrics from Nigeria — appointment and enrolment steps.

Why “verify the consultant” is the anti-scam rule

In short: the same CICC register check that will confirm our reviewer also exposes a fake consultant. If the person charging you is not on the register and not a lawyer or Quebec notary, do not pay. Source: college-ic.ca.

Unlicensed “consultants” and proof-of-funds “loaders” trade on the same gap: an applicant who never checks the register. Before paying anyone claiming to be RCIC-registered, run the search — the same one we are asking you to run on us. Full check: how to verify an immigration agent from Nigeria.