About
Kanika Gaba, RCIC
Licensed since 2019, practising in Edmonton. Licence R534737 — verifiable on the College's public register, which is where you should check anyone who offers to represent you.
Why the licence matters more than it sounds
In Canada, only three kinds of people may charge a fee for immigration advice: a licensee of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants, a lawyer, or a notary in Quebec. Everyone else offering to "help with your file" is operating outside that, and you have no recourse if it goes wrong. A licence means somebody is accountable to a regulator for the advice you are given.
Where the experience comes from
The Immigration and Refugee Board
Representation before the IRB, in matters where the facts were difficult and the consequence of losing was removal.
Appeals at the IAD
Sponsorship appeals carried through the Immigration Appeal Division to positive outcomes — the work that begins after a refusal.
NorQuest College
Worked inside the international department, which is a different vantage point from advising students from outside it.
Can-College
Serves as Designated Independent Third Party Counsel.
How the practice works
The first consultation is free, and its purpose is to tell you whether you have a case — including when the answer is that you do not, or not yet. Files are built from the facts before anything is filed, and nothing goes to IRCC until you have seen it.
Rules change often. Three material changes landed in the first two weeks of November 2026 alone. Part of the job is keeping up with them so that your application is assessed against the system as it is, not as it was when somebody last updated a web page.