Contents
- Who provides advice
- General information, not advice
- No guarantee of outcome
- Official Government of Canada, Provincial and/or Territorial Requirements and our analysis
- Official Government of Canada, Provincial and/or Territorial Requirements change
- Third-party and government sites
1. Who provides advice
Immigration advice from the Team of Sean G. McKinsley and Kimberly J. White is provided by the following, each a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC):
- Sean G. McKinsley, RCIC, CICC R529731
- Kimberly J. White, RCIC, CICC R712483
Their regulator is the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC), and their College IDs can be looked up on the CICC public register (register.college-ic.ca).
We are not a law firm.
CHECKING ANY REPRESENTATIVE · consumer guidance
If you pay anyone for help with an immigration application, IRCC says that person must be an authorized representative: a consultant in good standing with the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC), a lawyer or paralegal who is a member of a provincial or territorial law society, or a Québec notary. A consultant’s current status can be checked on the CICC public register (register.college-ic.ca).
2. General information, not advice
The content on this website is general information about Canadian immigration. It isn’t advice about your situation and doesn’t create a client relationship. Advice on your situation is given only in a consultation or under a signed service agreement.
3. No guarantee of outcome
We don’t guarantee, and can’t guarantee, the result of any application. Decisions belong to the government bodies responsible for each program. Using a representative doesn’t draw special attention to an application or mean it will be approved. In Alberta’s nominee program, for example, a nomination doesn’t guarantee permanent residence: IRCC, not Alberta, assesses the application, and Canada decides admissibility. Anyone who promises you an approval is telling you something they can’t control.
4. Official Government of Canada, Provincial and/or Territorial Requirements and our analysis
On our program pages we keep two kinds of content apart:
- Official Government of Canada, Provincial and/or Territorial Requirement sections summarize what a government program publishes, with a reference to the source.
- Practitioner analysis sections are our professional opinion: how an Official Government of Canada, Provincial and/or Territorial Requirement tends to play out, where the risks usually sit, and what to think about. They are not Official Government of Canada, Provincial and/or Territorial Requirements.
5. Official Government of Canada, Provincial and/or Territorial Requirements change
Programs, fees, eligibility criteria and processing times change, sometimes without notice. Always confirm the current Official Government of Canada, Provincial and/or Territorial Requirement on the official government page before you act.
6. Third-party and government sites
Links to government and other sites are provided for convenience. We don’t control those sites and aren’t responsible for their content or availability.