Unitia is a small, CICC-licensed Canadian immigration consultancy based in Toronto. Built around a simple idea: the RCIC who signs your retainer is the RCIC who handles your file, every email, every submission, every IRCC response.
Most immigration consultancies are built to scale, hire juniors, fill seats, push file volume, advertise. We built Unitia for the opposite reason: to do fewer files, but to do every one of them properly, with the same RCIC from intake through landing.
Canadian immigration consulting has a trust problem. Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, Nigeria, major source countries for Canadian immigration applications, are all flooded with unlicensed “agents” who collect cash, file paperwork badly, and disappear when refusals arrive. IRCC’s verification system flagged more than 14,000 letters of acceptance as ‘no-match’ in 2024 alone (out of roughly 651,000 verified), many traceable to unlicensed agents in source countries. Meanwhile, large licensed firms compete on volume and end up with the file-manager-and-junior model where the named consultant rarely touches the actual file.
I started Unitia because neither of those models, the unlicensed cash collector or the volume-scaled firm, produces consistently good outcomes for the families I serve. The Unitia model is the third path small, licensed, transparent, and accessible.
“We’d rather lose your retainer than your trust.”
That line is on the homepage because we mean it. The Refusal Diagnostic is a $500 productized service that ends with a written memo of your options, including “you need a lawyer for this, here’s who in our network.” If you walk away with the memo and zero retainer, we still earned $500 for honest work. That’s how the model is supposed to work.
You retain me directly. Complex submissions and second opinions are reviewed with network RCIC colleagues when the file benefits from outside specialty depth, disclosed to you in writing in advance.
RCIC R[XXXXXX] · CICC member since [year you were licensed] · Fluent in English, Bangla, Hindi, Urdu.
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[Optional second paragraph: what you find most rewarding about the work, a specific case archetype you handle particularly well, or your philosophy about consultant-client relationships.]
Verify on CICC public register ↗Volume work on your file, including document coordination, intake, deadline tracking, and administrative follow-up with IRCC, is handled by Unitia’s paralegal and document specialists. They work under the principal RCIC’s direct supervision per CICC Rule 5.1, which prohibits unlicensed staff from providing immigration advice.
What that means in practice: support staff handle the operational work that lets your file move forward quickly. They do not advise on strategy, draft submissions, or make decisions on representation. Every piece of advice, every IRCC submission, every strategic call comes from the licensed RCIC personally responsible for your file.
You always know who is doing what. The retainer specifies it in writing.
A registered office for mail and a separate meeting location for in-person consultations. Both in downtown Toronto, by appointment.
[Registered office address. TBA]
Toronto, ON
Canada
Our registered office for IRCC correspondence, mail, official documents, and any service of legal papers. Monday to Friday, business hours. Mail delivered here is processed and digitized for active client files within one business day.
Most consultations happen over Zoom or phone, but if you’d like to meet in person, we have a separate Toronto meeting location for booked appointments, details below.
[Meeting address. TBA]
Toronto, ON
Canada
By appointment only. This is our in-person meeting space for clients who prefer face-to-face consultations over Zoom. Reserved for booked appointments, we don’t staff the space for walk-ins.
Most of our work happens over phone, video, and WhatsApp regardless of where you live. The meeting location exists for clients who specifically want to look us in the eye before signing a retainer or discuss something sensitive in person.
The principal RCIC is a member in good standing. Public register entry linked from this site. New 2026 regulations effective July 15, already compliant.
CICC website →Active member. Continuing professional development hours logged annually. Network for ethics, best practice, and peer review.
CAPIC website →Mandatory coverage as required by CICC. We carry full professional liability insurance, with limits well above the regulatory minimum. Certificate available on request.
Request certificate →Free 15-minute eligibility check, paid 1-hour deep-dive ($200, credited if you retain), or the $500 Refusal Diagnostic if you’ve been refused and want options in writing.
Unitia is a solo RCIC practice by design. You retain me, and I am personally responsible for every file, every IRCC submission, every WhatsApp response. I sign every retainer and sit at every consultation. That is the brand promise and the regulatory reality under CICC Rule 4 (professional responsibility).
What that does not mean is that I work in isolation. I am connected to a national network of CICC-licensed RCIC colleagues across Canada with specialty depth I do not personally have, in areas like complex inadmissibility, refugee protection, Quebec selection (regulated separately by MIFI), and corporate immigration at scale. When a file would genuinely benefit from that depth, I either collaborate with a network RCIC or refer the file outright.
Disclosure rule: any involvement of another RCIC on your file is communicated to you in writing before work begins, with their CICC registration number and the scope of their contribution. You always know who is doing what.
Volume work, document handling, intake coordination, and administrative process is handled by Unitia’s support staff, working under my supervision per CICC Rule 5.1 (which prohibits unlicensed staff from providing immigration advice). They do not advise on your file; I do.