Filipiniana News - March 2017 Rhyme and Reason Beware of Ghost Immigration Consultants When I started practicing Canadian immigration law ten years ago, the unscrupulous practices of so-called immigration consultants was widely reported and discussed in the media. Among others, there was a series of investigative new articles published in the Toronto Star which reported how certain immigration consultants advised prospective immigrants to concoct stories in support of refugee claims or to commit marriage fraud as a quick way to obtain permanent residence in Canada. These expos é s led to calls from various sectors to clamp down and regulate the business of immigration consultancy. A few years later, the government introduced a law called "Cracking Down on Crooked Consultants Act" which was meant to impose strict regulations on those who are paid to provide immigration advice to prospective applicants and the general public. ...