New Member - needs help to confirm fee

[seahunk]

Hello everyone,

I am looking to apply for Canadian PR as a skilled worker. I am an Indian citizen and currently working in the US. A consulting firm in Canada is helping me to file, however, I have not signed or submitted any documents to them. I need to check if the fee they are asking me is justified as a consultation fee, and I believe most of the members here would be aware of the normal fee. I have been asked to pay $3000 as consultation fee to the firm for filing as a skilled worker. Plus, the fee that needs to be sent with the application is separate.

My friend is also interested in coming, however, he does not qualify as skilled worker. This same firm is asking for $11,000 to get his petition done under Foreign worker category. Can anyone comment if the fee looks reasonable for me and my friend. To us these numbers appear reasonable since earlier another firm had asked me for 5k and my friend for 13k as consultation fee.

Regards.

[Karlshammar]

$3,000 sounds a bit high for an immigration consultant; it is more what you'd expect from a lawyer, but if they are good at what they do it's a reasonable fee.

$11,000 is completely insane and I would absolutely not pay that. It makes the whole firm suspect, and I would not hire a firm that is trying to rip someone off in such a manner.

[PMM]

Hi

$3,000 sounds a bit high for an immigration consultant; it is more what you'd expect from a lawyer, but if they are good at what they do it's a reasonable fee.

$11,000 is completely insane and I would absolutely not pay that. It makes the whole firm suspect, and I would not hire a firm that is trying to rip someone off in such a manner.

Sounds like for 11K that they are "buying" an AEO, CIC has caught on to this ploy.

PMM