Graduates can expect to work for universities, colleges, major education agencies and if entrepreneurial your own student visa services business.
Major Topics to Study
1. Administrative Law: Understands the procedural aspects by which laws in general and immigration law in particular are created, applied and adjudicated upon from the perspective of a RISIA.
1.1 Burden of proof and standard of proof and its application
1.2 Concept and application of “discretion” among officers and Minister’s delegates Types of administrative tribunals in relation to immigration
1.3 Exams, detention reviews, admissibility hearings, and immigration appeals
1.4 Procedural fairness, natural justice, and fundamental justice
1.5 Roles of Canada Border Services Agency, Citizenship and Immigration Canada (Immigration Division), and Immigration Appeal Division (Refugee Board)
1.6 Standard review in regards to immigration decisions
2. Canadian Immigration Policy: Understands basic concepts in Canadian immigration law, policy, and practice; explains specific aspects of immigration law, policy, and practice as they pertain to international students and their dependents.
2.1 Canada’s judicial system as it applies to immigration
2.2 Canadian immigration changes as they pertain to international students and their dependents
2.3 Constitutional and judicial framework that shapes Canadian Immigration policy
2.4 Current Canadian legal terminology applicable to Canadian Immigration Law and other legislation as it pertains to international students and their dependents Objectives of Canada’s immigration law
2.5 Federal departments and agencies that have a role in immigration services for international students and their dependents
2.6 Identify the sources of research in immigration
2.7 Major categories and classes of immigration
2.8 Objectives of Canada’s immigration law
2.9 Policy implementation at the federal and provincial/territorial levels
3. Inadmissibility: Understands and able to provide guidance on basic concepts of inadmissibility to Canada as it relates to security, violation of human rights and criminal grounds.
3.1 Concepts and grounds of inadmissibility as they apply to the following situations: Criminal, Financial, Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, Inadmissible family members, Medical, Security, and Violation of human or international rights
3.2 Consequences of misrepresentation
3.3 Rules on the authorization to return to Canada
4. International Student Immigration Issues: Understands and able to provide guidance on basic concepts of temporary residency as it applies to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.
4.1 Different categories of temporary residents (e.g., workers, students, visitors, workers not requiring work permits)
4.2 General options with respect to permanently staying in Canada and refers clients to official resources for more information
4.3 How to assist students with developing an approach to applications based on clients’ individual circumstances, including determination of eligibility and admissibility Relevant sections of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations pertaining to students and their dependents
4.4 How to present students and their dependents with immigration options and relevant steps
4.5 Knowledge on how to complete application forms relating to Temporary Residents according to the type of application and requirements in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
4.6 Relevant sections of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations pertaining to students and their dependents
4.7 Requirements of obtaining and maintaining temporary status in the categories of this Class that are within their scope of practice
5. Research: Remains current with changes in immigration law, regulations and processes, as they pertain to international students and their dependents, including updated application forms and procedures.
5.1 Canadian legal terminology as it pertains to international student immigration
5.2 How to assess the reliability and credibility of immigration resources
5.3 How to collect and organize information as it pertains to international student
immigration issues
5.4 How to interpret and apply international student immigration statutes and regulations
5.5 How to search and communicate student-related immigration developments from relevant sources
5.6 Research methodologies to solve practical student immigration problems
6. Ethics and Professional Responsibility: This area of competency is to ensure that RISIAs understand the limitations of the scope of practice and to protect students from unethical or incompetent practice by a RISIA. Competencies outlined in this category are in addition to requirements from the RISIA’s place of employment.
6.1 Able to identify situations inside and outside the scope of practice
6.2 Applicable regulations, policies and practices pertinent to the student’s situation and how to provide timely and accurate advice to students
6.3 Apply a decision-making process when faced with ethical dilemmas as they pertain to international student immigration
6.4 Meaning and implications of the Code of Ethics for Regulated International Student Immigration Advisors (RISIAs)
6.5 Roles and responsibilities of authorized immigration representatives
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