Seminar ID

BC-2025-06-26

Date and time

Thursday, June 26, 2025 at 13:00 see it in calendar

Attendance

• recording

Languages

• in English

CPD hours

Venue

Webinar
Capacity: 150

Description

2025 Half Year Updates, BC PNP and Professionalism

This webinar will review the IRCC updates from November 2024 to June 2025, with 1 hour Professionalism related topics. We’ll primarily focus on the preventative measures to avoid potential Misrepresentation A 40 and Non-compliance A 41. 

1) IRCC updates from November 2024 to June 2025

Study Permit and International Students Options
Work Permit Updates
Temporary Resident
Express Entry Category-based ITA
Economic Class – Non EE
Family Class PR
Temporary Special Policies
The future of immigration after election – Trends and Predictions

2) BC PNP Updates – April 14, 2025 announcement of 4,000 annual quota allocation

3) Mandatory components  in the Code of Professional Conduct

Section 6 Duty of Honesty and Candour
Section 7 Duty of Civility
Section 8 Relationship of Trust
Section 11 Intimidation and Coercion
Section 12 Dishonesty, Fraud or Illegal Conduct
Section 27 Opinion to be provided
Section 34 Termination of Service Agreement

4) Act 40 Misrepresentation and A 41 Non-compliance

How to catch typical red flags from early stage
What to do when clients overstayed and did unauthorized work
How to respond to A 40 and A 41 Procedural Fairness Letter PFL
IRCC, CBSA, IRB, who is the decision maker?
Recent case laws

5) Communication and Managing Client Expectation