Immigration consultants (working both registered and unregistered, paid or unpaid) have to stop their job activities if getting appointed to a position within Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to avoid situations of conflict of interest and conflict of duties with the goal of upholding the values and ethics of the public sector and the public interest. In addition, prospective IRCC workers who are Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultants (RCICs) have to resign from the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants in case getting a job within IRCC departments.
