Canada visa agents in India

What IRCC says about visa agents

• Yourself, or a representative you declare. “You can apply for a visa on your own, or you can use a visa agent (called a “representative” in Canada). The agent helps you fill out forms, and they can also submit applications on your behalf. If you use a representative, you must include this information in your application. If you don’t, the application could be refused, and you could be banned from applying for 5 years.” IRCC: applying from India · read 1 Nov 2026
• Paid means authorized. “Paid representatives must be authorized in Canada to charge money for their services.” “If you give a representative money or compensate them in any other way in exchange for their services, they’re considered paid and must be authorized”. IRCC: applying from India · IRCC: choosing a representative · read 1 Nov 2026
• Fee-charging agents who aren't authorized. “We won’t deal with representatives who charge a fee but are not authorized. If you use an unauthorized representative, in Canada or abroad, we may return your application or refuse it.” IRCC: representatives · read 1 Nov 2026
• Consultants: members of the College. Consultants must be members of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants; lawyers and notaries of a law society; IRCC says not to use anyone who is not a member in good standing. IRCC: authorized representatives · read 1 Nov 2026
• No faster, no guarantee. “Hiring a visa agent will not help your application get processed any faster or guarantee that your visa will be approved. Agents do not have special connections with Canadian visa officers.” IRCC: applying from India · read 1 Nov 2026
• Be there when it is sent. “Ask to be present when the agent submits your application through IRCC’s online system to make sure it gets sent. A lot of scammers will tell you that they’ve sent in your application, but they haven’t.” IRCC: applying from India · read 1 Nov 2026

The register: what we searched

• Licensees located in India. 48 licensed consultants give India as their country (52 rows: a consultant appears once per company). None of them matched an agency on this page. CICC register · read 1 Nov 2026
• Each agency by company name. We searched the register's company names for each of the 67 agencies, and looked up the licence numbers that agencies name on their own websites. CICC register · read 1 Nov 2026
• Not yet confirmed. For 10 agencies the result needs a person's check before we show it either way: a similar company name in the register, or details on the agency's own site we couldn't confirm. Their rows say “not yet confirmed in the register”. CICC register · read 1 Nov 2026

“Not found” means our search of the register on 1 Nov 2026 by company name found no licensee for the agency, and none among the 48 licensees whose location is in India. The register lists individual consultants, and company names are free text: an agency can work with a licensed consultant under another name. It is not a finding against the agency. Ask for the consultant's name and College ID (the R number) and look them up yourself.

Visa centres and biometrics

• Visa application centres are contractors. Visa application centres are private companies under formal contracts with the Government of Canada; in India they are run by VFS Global in 10 cities. IRCC: visa application centres · read 1 Nov 2026
• The biometrics appointment is free. “Visa application centres (VACs) don’t charge you to give your biometrics. Your appointment is already included in your biometrics fee.” IRCC: scams · read 1 Nov 2026

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