After the initial meeting, we are happy to answer any follow-up Canada immigration questions you may have. You can click on the Follow-up Consultation option, available at a reduced fee, to book your appointment. If you have retained our firm to represent your immigration application, there is no cost for follow-up questions.

Yes! Immediately after you have booked your appointment, you will receive an email with a link to sign your Initial Consultation Agreement. You can upload your documents using the same link or during the online booking step. Sometimes this email may go into your junk mail folder, so please check there if you don’t see it in your inbox. If we need any additional documents before our meeting, we will email you to request them.

During an appointment at Perez McKenzie Immigration you will meet with a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant who has experience in dealing with the topics that concern you. You can click on the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants to verify our consultant’s licenses any time.

Our firm has been in operation for more than 15 years and we have assisted thousands of clients to successfully immigrate to Canada during that time. The Canadian immigration system is complicated and there are many areas to specialize in. If your situation falls outside of our realm of expertise, we will refer you to a trusted colleague who can assist you. But don’t just take our word for this; we encourage you to refer to our Google Reviews as well as the client testimonials included on our website.

File reviews are conducted in an environment without any distraction, so that all important issues for the file are considered and carefully documented. Any distraction during a file review could result in something important being overlooked. Once your file has been thoroughly reviewed within 5 business days, we will provide you with written feedback.

When you book an appointment, you can pay directly with your credit card. If you are inside Canada, you may choose to pay via email transfer. The details of how to send the email transfer will be included with your booking confirmation email.

We are happy to answer quick specific questions for our existing clients, because we have already met with them and have a good understanding of their immigration situation. If we have not already met with you to review your situation, we are not able to answer “just a quick question” for your situation. Canadian immigration is complicated and most often the correct answer to your “quick question” will depend on a host of other factors that are unique to your situation. You may not be aware of what you don’t know, and that could seriously affect your situation.

Here’s an example. One client recently contacted our office with questions about his Canadian Permanent Residence Application. During the course of our consultation, we discovered information that led to the conclusion that he is actually already a Canadian citizen and doesn’t need to be stressing about his application for Permanent Residence (which seemed likely to be refused at the time). If we would have just answered his quick question about his application for PR, chances are that he would have left Canada when his work permit expired and may never have come to realize that he is entitled to remain in Canada forever. That’s a big deal!

No. Our office does not provide employment services. Please do not schedule an appointment if your only objective is for us to match you with a Canadian employer. Appointments are held in order to assess immigration situations and options. In some cases, after assessment, it may be determined that you will need a job offer in order to fulfill your immigration goals. In those instances, we will be happy to point you in the direction of how you can contact suitable Canadian employers directly.

Sure! Keep in mind that each client will have a different set of circumstances and, therefore, specific questions that are important for their case. But in general, these are the types of things we would ask if we were in your position:

• What are the steps involved in going through this process?
• Are there any assessments like language tests or educational assessments that I will need to undertake?
• How long does it take for these results and what is the cost?
• How long is the processing time for this program?
• Is my approval certain because I am eligible, or does the officer have discretion to make the decision based on their opinion of my application?
• What are my realistic chances for success?
• Do you see any red flags on my case that might cause problems or delays with the application? What are they?
• How many of these types of applications have you handled to date? What is your approval rate?
• What will my total costs be from start to finish if I undertake this process? Include all professional fees, government fees and costs to obtain needed items like a medical exam, etc.

Free Canadian immigration consultation’ is a somewhat misleading marketing strategy, in our opinion. We seek to provide our clients with as much value that is possible to pack into an hour long consultation. Below, we share some of the ways that ‘free Canadian immigration consultation’s’ claim to work – at Perez McKenzie immigration, we choose to work differently.

Free immigration consultations, particularly overseas, are often hosted by individuals who are not licensed to practice Canadian immigration law. We frequently see clients who have been given advice that is blatantly incorrect, and they are now encountering problems with Canada immigration as a result. Sadly, we also often meet clients who have simply been scammed out of thousands of dollars, and are coming to our firm to confirm their suspicions. They started out with a free consultation, were told they were qualified, and sent the scammer thousands of dollars but have achieved no result. For your own protection, ensure that you only work with an immigration expert who is licensed under Canadian law. You have the highest level of protection if your licensed immigration expert is located inside Canada, because Canadian authorities will be able to intervene in the event you are scammed by that individual.

Free Express Entry Assessments usually require that you first do your language test and have your educational credential assessments completed. For a single person, to obtain these items will cost about $600 CAD. It will cost a couple almost $1200 CAD. In many cases, someone will spend all of this time and money, have their “free” assessment and realize that they don’t actually qualify for Express Entry or other programs. They have wasted their money. At Perez McKenzie Immigration, we can predict your scores on the basis of our experience, and during your consultation we will inform you if it makes sense for you to spend the money to get your language test and educational assessments completed or not. Our paid consultation is far less costly to you than a free assessment that requires you to spend hundreds upfront.

In most cases, the outcome of a free assessment for Canadian immigration eligibility is a simple yes or no. “Yes we can help you” means that you are expected to hire the firm to represent your application; and hence the firm is able to recover their costs in providing the “free” consultation to you. At Perez McKenzie Immigration, we will always share with you the results of your Canadian immigration eligibility assessment in the form of a detailed summary sent out after the meeting, so that you can decide if you want to prepare your own application or if you want to hire our firm. We will even spend time explaining to you how you can take care of your own application if that’s your preference. We are working for your benefit during our meeting, not for the benefit of our firm.

Finally, most free Express Entry assessments simply tell you if you are eligible or not. If you are not currently eligible, you are not provided with suggestions on how to improve your Express Entry points, or other pathways to achieve your Canadian Immigration goals. When we meet with a client to assess their immigration situation, we methodically review every possible way for that client to achieve their goal of life in Canada. There are more than 80 different programs that might help you get to Canada. One of them just might be the right fit for you!