Tuesday, May 25, 2010

IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD ....

This article from today's Globe and Mail is a fairly typical story: a "consultant" makes outlandish promises that sound "perfect", misrepresents "connections" and "guarantees" a good result. The trouble is that those promises are just that....empty promises. On the other hand, the "client" is not without blame: he was eager to bring people to work in his business, and instead of hiring a reputable immigration lawyer who would give him accurate and measured advice, he opted for someone with purported "connections", hoping to gain the inside track. The result? no success, and his money wasted. The lesson? Hire competent immigration lawyers who give realistic advice and have a proven track record, and stay away from individuals who promise success and offer "money back guarantees". Professionals must be compensated accordingly, and NEVER guarantee a specific result, as they do not make the decisions. A professional can only offer to use his best efforts in a case, in accordance with his experience and with the law. What is also interesting here is that the "client" wanted to bring foreign workers for a construction business at a time when there are many unemployed Canadians in that industry. Had the client received good advice from an immigration lawyer, he would have been told that it would be extremely difficult to bring foreign construction workers in these hard economic times and probably would not have proceeded with the application, or at least have done so with lowered expectations.


'Ghost agents' slip through immigration loophole - The Globe and Mail

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