FAQ
Questions, answered plainly
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The basics
Blift is a platform that connects people who need Canadian immigration help with consultants licensed by the CICC, and gives those consultants the software to run their practice — booking, case management, documents, agreements and payments.
No. Blift is a technology platform. All immigration advice comes from independent consultants who are licensed by the CICC and professionally responsible for the advice they give.
A Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant — a professional licensed by the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants (CICC) to represent clients on Canadian immigration matters for a fee.
Anyone seeking Canadian immigration help can use Blift as a client, anywhere in the world. On the consultant side, Blift only admits CICC-licensed RCICs.
For clients
Nothing. Searching, booking, signing agreements and tracking your case are all free. You pay your consultant’s fee plus any government or third-party fees, and each of those is shown separately before you pay.
Every consultant is verified against the official CICC registry before they can take clients on Blift, and their licence class is displayed on their profile.
Yes. Expert Answers lets you put a question to a licensed consultant and get a written answer, and the public community is free to read.
You can request a refund through the platform. Requests go through a defined review process rather than an ad-hoc email negotiation.
Yes. Your agreement is with your consultant rather than with Blift, so ending it is governed by that agreement’s terms.
Payments run through Stripe. Where your consultant has set a country-specific price, you will see and pay in your local currency, and Stripe handles the conversion.
For consultants
Nothing. The free plan covers clients, consultations, documents, agreements, payments, messaging, reviews and Expert Answers. Blift is funded by a service fee on platform transactions. Blift Pro is optional at $10 CAD per month.
An optional subscription that adds the Pro Workspace: the Action Center, Practice Intelligence, Practice Continuity and Global Pricing, plus advanced analytics and priority support.
You set your own fees. A service fee applies to transactions on the platform and is invoiced to you clearly so it appears properly in your accounting.
Yes. Client relationships belong to you, not to the platform. Your agreements are directly with them.
Nothing is deleted. Cases, documents, clients and payment records are all part of the free plan. You lose access to the four Pro Workspace tools only.
Practice Continuity, part of Blift Pro, is built for exactly this — arranging coverage, transferring cases with a reviewed handover, and settling the financial side afterwards.
Trust and security
Documents are stored against the case and shared through the platform rather than over email, accounts support multi-factor authentication, and significant actions are recorded in audit trails.
No. Consultation and retainer agreements are between the client and the consultant. Blift provides the platform on which they are signed and stored.
Contact us, and note that consultants are regulated by the CICC — professional conduct complaints can be raised with the College directly.