Approved as a national non-profit organization by Industry Canada in January 2005, the Registered Immigration Consultants Association of Canada (RIC) is a truly self-regulating immigration consultants association in Canada with rules of professional conduct, professional liability insurance, consumer protection mechanism, and other key elements of the regulation of a profession. Currently, we have more than 200 registered members.

RIC maintains the highest professional standards for its membership and is the only immigration consultants association that requires a university degree for admission (Consultants eligible for grandfathering may apply for exemption).

Our missions are to enhance public and consumer confidence by regulating immigration consultants; to help members improve their professional performance by providing information support and continuing education, to advocate the use of our members' services ; and to promote research, academic study, and information exchange in the industry.

The establishment of RIC has been well received in the Canadian immigration consultant community, and it is especially welcomed by Chinese and other ethnic consultants who make up a majority of the consultants.