Licensed Immigration Consultants in Dubai — Cosmos Immigration

What "licensed immigration consultant" actually means in Dubai

The UAE does not license immigration consultants the way Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom do. There is no Dubai-specific immigration register you can search to verify a consultant's competence. That is exactly why the question matters more here than almost anywhere else in the world.

A genuine licence — the kind that creates a real ethical and legal duty of care — comes from the destination country's regulator. For Canada that regulator is the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC). For Australia it is the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (MARA). For the United Kingdom it is the Immigration Advice Authority (IAA), formerly OISC. Every one of these regulators publishes a free public register. If a consultant cannot tell you which register to look them up on, that is the first answer you need.

How Cosmos Immigration is licensed (the specifics)

Cosmos Immigration was founded in Dubai in 2014. Twelve years later we operate from a head office in Oud Metha, a second UAE office on Salam Street in Abu Dhabi, an Indian office in Hyderabad, and a representative office in Oakville, Canada. Across that footprint we work with:

The licence sits with the named individual practitioner, not the firm. That is how every regulator on earth structures immigration practice. When you engage Cosmos for a Canada PR file, you receive an engagement letter that names the specific CICC-registered consultant responsible for your matter, their R-number, and where to verify them. The same applies for Australia and the United Kingdom. We do not list individual consultant names on the public website by design — that decision is about protecting our team from poaching and protecting client privacy, not about hiding credentials. Anyone considering engagement receives the named consultant's licence details in writing before signing.

Where we sit in Dubai

Cosmos Immigration Dubai HQ
Entrance-B, Al Fajer Complex
Office No.105 and 110, Umm Hurair Road
Oud Metha (landmark: Zabeel Furniture Mall)
PO Box 30757, Dubai, UAE
Phone and WhatsApp: +971 4 357 7796

The Oud Metha office is the operational head office. Walk-ins are welcome between 09:00 and 18:30, Monday to Saturday. Most first conversations happen on WhatsApp or by phone — the in-person meeting is usually the second or third touchpoint, once a profile has been screened.

What we actually do (and what consultants cannot do)

A regulated immigration consultant in Dubai does three things well and one thing they should never do.

What we do

• Eligibility analysis. Reviewing your education, work history, language scores, age, funds, and family situation against the current rules of the destination country — including the rules that just changed and the ones about to.
• Document strategy. The order in which you obtain WES, IELTS or PTE, police clearances, medicals, employer letters, and proof of funds. Sequencing errors are the single most common reason for delays.
• Application preparation and lodging. Where the destination regulator authorises us to act on your behalf — CICC for Canada, MARA for Australia, IAA for the United Kingdom — we prepare and submit the application as the named representative on the file.

What no consultant should do

• Guarantee a visa decision. The visa officer at the destination embassy makes the decision. A consultant who guarantees an outcome is selling something they cannot deliver.
• Inflate or fabricate work experience, qualifications, or relationship documents. This is misrepresentation under section 40 of Canada's IRPA and section 234 of Australia's Migration Act. It results in a five-year ban, sometimes longer.
• Take filing fees in cash without an engagement letter. If there is no signed engagement letter naming the licensed consultant on the file, there is no licensed consultant on the file.

Get a signed Eligibility Letter — within 1 business day

Most consultations in Dubai end with the client still not knowing whether they actually qualify. We do this differently. After we screen your profile, a named CICC- or MARA-registered consultant signs a 1-page Eligibility Letter on Cosmos letterhead. The letter states the verdict — yes, not yet, or no — and lists the two or three concrete steps that change the answer. It is free, and it is e-signed by a person you can verify on the regulator's register.

Request your signed Eligibility Letter →

Pathways our Dubai team handles

• Canada — Express Entry (Federal Skilled Worker, Canadian Experience Class, FSTP), Provincial Nominee Programs, Atlantic Immigration Program, Rural and Northern Immigration Pilot, study permits with PGWP planning, and dependent sponsorship.
• Australia — Subclass 189 (Skilled Independent), 190 (State Nominated), 491 (Regional Nominated), 482 / 186 employer-sponsored streams, and the Skill in Demand visa structure that replaced the TSS in late 2024.
• United Kingdom — Skilled Worker, Global Talent, High Potential Individual, Health and Care Worker, Innovator Founder, and family routes under Appendix FM.
• United States — EB-1/2/3 and family-based filings prepared with ABA-licensed counsel. We do not file US applications ourselves; we partner.
• UAE Golden Visa — Eligibility analysis for the investor, specialised talent, and outstanding-student categories.
• Study abroad — Canada, UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and Germany — including PGWP/PSW planning so the study route becomes a residency route.

Pricing transparency

The first profile review and the Eligibility Letter are free. We do not charge a "consultation fee" to deliver a verdict — if we did, the verdict would not be honest. Paid advisory and filing packages are quoted only after the Eligibility Letter is delivered, and only if you choose to proceed. Government fees (IRCC, Home Office, DHA, etc.) are always paid directly to the relevant authority by you, not through us. Where third-party costs apply — WES, IELTS, police clearances, medicals — we tell you the current published fee and you pay the third party directly.