Designated immigration-consultant body no longer required to file annual governance reports with the Minister

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A detailed section requiring any body designated to oversee immigration consultants to submit annual governance and financial documents to the federal Minister — including board minutes, conflict-of-interest codes, fee schedules, complaint statistics, and training records — has been repealed. The companion rule allowing the Minister to demand urgent documents within 10 business days when a designated body's ability to govern in the public interest appeared compromised has also been removed. Designated bodies that previously maintained compliance programs around these reporting obligations no longer have that regulatory requirement. Organizations, consultants, and consumers who relied on that oversight framework should be aware that this particular reporting mechanism no longer exists in the regulations.

Who this affects: designated immigration consultant regulatory bodies · immigration consultants · federal immigration regulator (IRCC) · consumers using regulated immigration consultants