CICC-Licensed Immigration Consultants in Dubai

The CICC is Canada's regulator for immigration consultants. Cosmos works with CICC-registered associates whose names appear on the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants' public register — and the licensed associate handling your case is disclosed on your engagement letter before any fee is taken.

What "CICC-licensed" actually means

The College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants is the national regulator that took over from ICCRC in November 2021. It licenses individual practitioners — not firms. So when someone says they are "CICC-licensed," they mean a specific person who has passed CICC's entry-to-practice exams, carries professional liability insurance, and is on the public register at college-ic.ca. The licence travels with the person, not with the building or the brand.

For Canadian immigration matters specifically, only three categories of people are legally allowed to represent you to IRCC for compensation: a CICC-registered consultant (RCIC or RISIA), a Canadian lawyer or paralegal in good standing with a provincial bar, or a Quebec notary. Working with anyone outside those three categories means IRCC can return or refuse your application — and you have no recourse with a regulator if the process goes wrong.

How to verify your consultant in two clicks

1. Open college-ic.ca and click the public register link.
2. Search by the named associate's full legal name (not the firm name).
3. Confirm: active registration, registration class (RCIC or RISIA), and the most recent renewal date.

If the search returns nothing — or returns a different name from what you were told — stop the engagement before paying anything else. Screenshot the result, note the date, and ask the firm to reconcile. At Cosmos, the named CICC-registered associate is on the engagement letter; you can verify before you sign, not after.

What CICC-licensed associates at Cosmos handle

• Express Entry — Federal Skilled Worker, Canadian Experience Class, Federal Skilled Trades, with category-based draws (healthcare, STEM, trades, French) profile-mapped to the right pool.
• Provincial Nominee Programs — Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Alberta, BC, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and other provincial streams matched to occupation and work history.
• Family sponsorship — spousal, common-law, parent and grandparent, and dependent-child sponsorship.
• Study permits with PR pathway — post-graduation work permit (PGWP) eligible programs, CEC follow-through.
• Atlantic Immigration Program — for employer-supported pathways in Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and PEI.
• Citizenship — residency calculations, application preparation, and oath preparation.

Our honest-no policy

About one in five free profile reviews at Cosmos ends with us declining to take fees, because the profile isn't ready for Canada. We'd rather tell you that in twenty minutes than collect a retainer and walk you through a refusal six months later. This is unusual in the Dubai market; it's also why we've been here since 2014 with a 4.9 Google rating across 1,200+ reviews — clients who get an honest no come back when their profile changes, and they tell other people.

Cosmos credentials at a glance

• Working with CICC-licensed Canadian associates (verifiable on college-ic.ca).
• Also working with MARA-registered agents for Australia and IAA-authorised advisers for the UK.
• 10,569 consultations since 2014.
• 4.9 Google rating across 1,200+ reviews.
• Offices in Dubai (Al Fajer Complex, Oud Metha), Abu Dhabi (Salam Street), and Hyderabad (Babukhan Mall).