Working together.

Two lengths. Thirty minutes is $150 and suits a focused question or a single decision. Sixty minutes is $250 and allows a full assessment of your options, which is what most people booking their first consultation want. Both are plus applicable taxes.

If you decide to work with me within 14 days, the consultation fee is credited against your service fee.

We go through your situation in detail, identify which programs you're actually eligible for, and talk through the trade-offs between them. You'll leave knowing what your realistic options are, what the timeline looks like, and what it would cost to proceed.

It is not a sales call. If the best answer is that you don't need me, I'll tell you that.

Because a proper assessment takes preparation and real time, and because a free consultation is usually a sales call with a different name. Charging means I can spend the session on your file rather than on persuading you.

If you work with me within 14 days, the consultation fee is credited against your service fee, so for clients who go ahead, it costs nothing.

Possibly not. IRCC's Help Centre answers a lot of general questions, and it's free. Email me and I'll tell you whether your question has a public answer or whether it genuinely needs an assessment of your circumstances.

It means I act as your authorized representative with IRCC. I prepare and submit the application, correspond with IRCC on your behalf, and handle any requests they make while the file is in process. You are not filling in forms and hoping.

Before we start, we go through the service agreement together so the scope, the fee, and what each of us is responsible for are all in writing.

No. I take full representation files only.

A review gives you a second opinion on a file I didn't build, without the ability to fix what's underneath it, and it leaves the responsibility for the outcome ambiguous. If a file is worth getting right, it's worth having someone accountable for all of it.

No. Immigration is federal, and I work with clients across Canada and abroad. Consultations are held remotely.

The exception is the BC Provincial Nominee Program, which has its own residency and employment requirements, we'd cover those at consultation.

By email. I do not use WhatsApp or social media to communicate with clients, which keeps everything about your file in one place and on the record.

Most emails are answered within 24 hours.

Contact me straight away rather than waiting until you have gathered everything. The deadline on a procedural fairness letter is short and it is rarely extended.

If you need to be seen quickly, book a priority consultation, 60 minutes within 24 hours where my schedule allows. If I cannot fit you in soon enough to be useful, I will say so rather than take the booking.

The fees on the fees page are starting fees. After your consultation, once I understand what your file actually involves, you receive a written quote. You review it before deciding whether to go ahead. There is no obligation to proceed.

If something emerges later that materially changes the scope, we discuss it before any additional work begins.

Government processing fees charged by IRCC or the province, language tests, educational credential assessments, police certificates, medical exams, translation, and courier costs. Those are paid directly by you to the relevant body.

Professional fees are generally payable in instalments tied to milestones in your file. The schedule is set out in your service agreement, so you know exactly what is due and when before you sign anything.

If you need a payment plan, ask. Something can usually be arranged.

I accept e-transfer and bank transfer. Credit card payments can be arranged, with the processing fee passed on to you.

GST or HST applies based on your province of residence in Canada. Clients residing outside Canada are not charged tax.

No, and neither can anyone else. Any consultant or lawyer who guarantees an outcome is telling you something they cannot deliver.

The decision belongs to IRCC. What I control is the quality of what goes in front of the officer: a file that is complete, accurate, and does not leave weaknesses for someone else to find. And if a refusal does come, you will understand exactly why, and what your options are.

No. You are entitled to prepare and submit your own application, and plenty of people do it successfully.

It's worth getting help when the file is complex, when you've been refused before, when your status is at risk, or when the consequences of an error are severe. If your situation is straightforward, I will tell you that.

My licence number is R524774. Every licensed consultant appears on the public register maintained by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants, and it takes about ten seconds to search.

Do this for anyone you're considering hiring, not just me. Unauthorized representatives are a real problem in this industry.

A refusal is not always the end of the matter. Depending on the ground of refusal there may be a reconsideration request, a fresh application built differently, or another route entirely. What matters is understanding precisely why the officer refused, which is not always what the refusal letter appears to say.

I take refusal and procedural fairness work for files I prepared and for files prepared elsewhere. See refusals and procedural fairness.