Jade says if the Punjab government had gotten a hold of the DLI contacts, it would compromise the independence of the institutions and Canada’s immigration system. Murray was not immediately available for comment, and as of publishing, it is not clear whether the ICCRC attended or not. “But if we see something that is going wrong, we will not support it.” “We don’t have to tell what other governments have to do. CAPIC is the advocacy association that lobbies on behalf of the consultants. The ICCRC is the regulatory body that licenses and regulates Canadian immigration consultants. Through a letter posted on CAPIC’s website, Jade also urged the CEO of the Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council (ICCRC), John Murray, to decline the meeting, citing “concerns regarding the approach and program promoted by the government representatives connected to this event.” Jade says in one of their exchanges with a Punjab government official, they even admitted “that the money they collect from (DLI) commissions will subsidize the agency.” “They didn’t tell (invitees) about that piece…which is the masterpiece of everything,” he says. In a follow-up email to NCM, Jade said the Punjab government representatives wanted CAPIC to facilitate connections between them and Canadian Designated Learning Institutions (DLIs) “because CAPIC has key members with the necessary industry knowledge who could close such agency agreements.” The Punjab government wanted a list of DLI administration staff that could reach out to. 17 meeting because, in their view, there was a “hidden agenda” that had not been revealed to the rest of people invited.Īccording to Jade, the government first said they “wanted to see how to…be an authorized practitioner.” CAPIC told them they needed legislation by the Punjab government making it an offence to be an unauthorized immigration representative.īut it soon became clear to Jade that they were trying to cover the entire market, not just join it. SACA did not respond to requests for comment sent to their official Facebook page.ĬAPIC declined the invitation for the Nov. Approved Agent (sic).” Their website states they’re “committed to find ways to improve public image of profession (sic).” That invitation was found advertised on the Facebook page of the Study Abroad Consultants Association (SACA ), described as a “group of reputed & Punjab Govt. 17 meeting was apparently called to “understand how an Indian candidate with foreign country competency-based training in India (with or without formal qualification) can serve the demand in the ‘Country of destination’ ,” according to a description of the Zoom event. “We’re going to get the largest unauthorized representative group ever created,” Jade asserts. If that happens, Jade told NCM, the state government would effectively “take their citizens (international students) hostage” by forcing them to only apply through the government. Most students from India enroll in college programs, rather than universities, the paper reported.ĭory Jade, the CEO of CAPIC, said the Punjab government wants to become the sole agency that recruits students from the state to study in places like Canada. Brampton, the Globe and Mail reports, is home to the largest Punjabi diaspora in Canada.
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17 meeting after a series of exchanged emails between the two parties raised fears that the Indian state (similar to Canada’s provinces) is trying to create its own “para-governmental” consultancy agency.Īccording to reporting by the Globe and Mail, 105,192 Indian students “were enrolled in Canadian universities and colleges in the 2018-2019 school year, the most recent period for which data are available.” That same year, 150,000 students left the state of Punjab seeking education abroad (not just in Canada). NCM has learned that CAPIC declined the Nov.
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The tension came to light via an invitation that was declined by the Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants (CAPIC), which represents over 4,000 members, to a roundtable discussion with the Punjab government.
Immigration consultants are up in arms against a plan by the government in the Indian state of Punjab - a large source of Canada’s immigrants and international students - to create an agency that will stream students to Canadian universities and colleges.
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