Code of Professional Conduct for College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants Licensees (SOR/2022-128)

Marginal note:Compliance with Code

• 38 (1) A licensee must ensure that a person who assists in the provision of immigration or citizenship consulting services

  • (a) is of good character;

  • (b) is provided with a copy of this Code and is familiar with its contents; and

  • (c) does not carry out any acts that, if carried out by the licensee, would contravene this Code.

• Marginal note:Professional responsibility

  (2) A licensee must supervise and assume professional responsibility for any work done by a person who assists in the provision of immigration or citizenship consulting services and ensure that the level of supervision is adequate for the type of work in question.

• Marginal note:Delegation

  (3) For greater certainty, a licensee may delegate certain aspects of their work to a person who is not a licensee but must ensure that the person does not provide representation or advice in contravention of section 91 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act or section 21.1 of the Citizenship Act.