According to the Canada Border Services Agency, flagpoling is when temporary residents of Canada leave the country and immediately re-enter within 24 hours to receive same-day immigration services at the border.Photo by Handout / Cornwall Standard-Freeholder / Postmedia Network

B.C. immigration consultant ordered to pay former clients $68K in restitution

The panel also fined the consultant $50,000 and ordered him to pay $63,790 to cover the regulator’s costs

by · National Post

A British Columbia immigration consultant’s license has been revoked permanently for “multiple instances of dishonesty and fabricating fraudulent documents,” “advising clients to continue working under exploitative conditions” on three occasions, even though there were other options available, threatening three clients with “immigration consequences if they persisted in raising concerns about working conditions,” and failing twice to refund fees for work that wasn’t completed.