Make your first conversation count.

Prepare for your consultation

• Write down your main goal and the questions you want answered.
• Make a short timeline of relevant applications, travel, study or employment.
• Note the dates on current immigration documents and any letters received.
• Identify previous refusals or other issues you want to discuss.
• Tell the office about any urgent deadline when first making contact.
• Ask which documents are needed and how they should be shared.

Know what you are agreeing to

Before an appointment, confirm the consultation fee, duration, format and what it covers. If you decide to retain further assistance, read the service scope, fees, responsibilities and terms before signing.

Follow official updates

Our official-updates hub links directly to the IRCC newsroom, programme notices and invitation rounds. The PNP guide includes provincial and territorial programme websites.

Use information you can verify

Immigration programmes and instructions change. These official resources are a starting point; they do not replace an assessment of your own circumstances.

• Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
• IRCC processing-time information
• CICC public register
• IRCC: checking whether a representative is authorised

Programme availability matters

New application intake for the Start-Up Visa and Self-Employed Persons programmes is paused as of the review date below. Review the current official instructions before making plans around either route.

Start-Up Visa information · Self-Employed programme information

Information checked 12 November 2026. See the official source links on each programme page.