NOTICE OF CHANGE OF POLICY
ON ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRES AND FEEDBACK FORMS
FOR IMMIGRATION ADVICE

Due to the increasing number and time I am spending reviewing Assessment Questionnaires and Feedback forms on immigration questions, I must start charging for this professional service. Effective immediately, there is a nominal fee of CAD $100.00 for evaluating an Assessment Questionnaire and answering any immigration questions for an individual applicant or CAD $150.00 for two partners (neither of whom is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada). I will not answer feedback forms or direct e-mail unless you have first completed the Assessment Questionnaire. I will discuss payment with you before I review the Assessment Questionnaire.

You can do a free point assessment by going to the Citizenship and Immigration Canada web site. In addition to assessing your eligibility as a skilled worker according to Citizenship and Immigration Canada criteria, I will assess whether you might qualify as:

• a self-employed person, entrepreneur or investor according to federal selection criteria
• a skilled worker or business person under the Quebec selection system
• a skilled worker or business person under any of the Provincial Nominee Programs, all of which have their own criteria

• what you can do to improve your chances if you are not presently eligible
• what office you should file an application in
• what the approximate time frames would be to process an application
  

Robert J. Hughes
Barrister & Solicitor

Smith & Hughes
102 - 4088 Cambie Street
Vancouver, B.C.
V5Z 2X8

Telephone: 604-683-4176
Fax: 604-683-2621