Hi friends, We are going to discuss another important factor relating to immigration in this video
about consultancies and agencies offering to help you move to Canada
who to believe,who are trustworthy agents ,these are the questions
its tedious trying to find them
Especially in India or any foreign country like Sri Lanka,Malaysia etc.,
there are many agents for this purpose,making it difficult
In case I am referring an agent
vouching for their services, assuring you the help you seek
even when the agents file the papers it's still a 50/50 chance
even if they file papers genuinely and it gets rejected, the agents will be accused of cheating
like they duped me of the 50k they took as fee
or Praveen guaranteed me that it will be successful with this agent, but didn't work out
such is the thought until now, So it is very difficult to recommend an agent and make the process successful
There are tons and tons of fake agencies out there, out of 100 mostly 90 are fake
A good agent will verify your papers and say
"your papers and documents are good, will get PR if we file this"
"and my processing fee will be 50k", and proceed to apply for PR it is genuine
let's forget, if the application gets approved or not
but many fake agents charge you a fee for example 50k even though they know your profile won't process through
eventually your application gets rejected, and you end up loosing money
with respect to Canada, be it express entry profile or work permit
all details are available in the official online portal
If we don't want to loose this 50k(processing fee), all we have to do is
follow the steps given in the portal and apply online
another important thing is
the fear of doing any mistakes when applying online and
also the thought that Canada might ban us for 5-7 years the event of any mistake
these misconceptions are usually leveraged by the agents to make you use their services
If the mistake is genuine for example.,
you make a mistake when entering your DOB
and it mismatches with the DOB given in your passport, like instead of 1990 you enter as 1991
or you make a spelling mistake in your name, The Canadian government doesn't ban you for this
maximum they reject and return your application, ask you to re-apply it, this has happened to many of my friends
Canadian government bans you only in the event of any fake job experience certificate attached along with your application
like instead of actual 5 years you show your job experience as 8 years, or if you submit a fake job letter
then Canadian government might ban you for 5-7 years if it proves your offence and will ban you based on the severity of the offence
this case is same even if you choose to apply with an agent, because he also will submit fake documents
and increase the chance of your application getting rejected and banned
coming back to how agents make money
out of 100 applications these agents or consultancies recieve only 10 go through
In that 10 , if 9 of them had applied online they would have earned a PR without any agent
due to lack of confidence and the belief that agents won't do any mistakes they choose to apply via the agent
Honestly, no one can fill your application more confidently than you
I will read my application 20 times and ask my wife/friends to help me with it and then i will choose to submit
but agents deal with 100's of applications at a time
so technically they are prone to make more mistakes since they don't have much knowledge on you
on the contrary if you are applying, you will double-check your personal details like age , job experience, DOB etc
all which you are sub-consciously aware of
these agents make money by processing that 10 applications out of 9 by giving them tips
like increase your IELTS scors/ your job experience you will increase your chances of getting it approved
the agents re-iterate what is given in the official portal and help the unaware applicants tackle them
and make profit from the processing fee of the remaining 90 applicants whose applications would have been rejected either way
so it is adviced to apply individually
I personally am not aware of any genuine agents or consultancy as such until now
all this is for getting a PR in Canada
in the case of a study visa , there are obviously very good agencies
tied-up with colleges and Universities in Canada
even if they ask you for a processing fee, it is not required to pay them
reason is Canadian universities/colleges pay the agents a commission for every student getting enrolled
so any agency asking money for this purpose is an addition to their commision
It's ok to pay a meagre amount of 15-20K, but never offer them more money than that
this is for the study permit,with respect to PR we have discussed enough already
hopefully, that would have given you a clarity. Please read about the process in the official portal online
and try to apply it self. It is economical and also gives you the opportunity to closely monitor the application process
so we dont get the feel that we lost money because of the agents
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