Hi,
I was wondering if one here was con by Lisa Macdonald of Macdonald &
Accoiates (www.canadavisaonline.com). Below is my story:
We have following complains about Lisa Macdonald.
1=2E Withholding the immigration fees without prior notification.
2=2E Providing us wrongful information about our case
3=2E Misrepresenting our case
4=2E Harassing us
5=2E Causing us unnecessary stress and emotional
And we would like to receive the full refund of our money
Fund Paid Amount
Initial Payment made to the Firm $ 797 USD
Application Processing Fees $ 475 CAN
Sponsor's Processing Fees $ 75 CAN
Landing Fees $ 975 CAN
>From this point Lisa Macdonald would be referred as She and Drew Quantz
as He.
We hired Lisa Macdonald to file my wife's immigration case (spousal
sponsorship) back in October 2002. Every thing was going OK till
January 2003, when I asked her to provide me some sort of proof that my
wife's application is filed. She refused to provide me the proof
instead she stated that she mail IMM5401 (immigration payment receipt)
to immigration by mistake and I should wait at least a 60 day to
receive LOA (Letter of Authorization) and referred me to Drew Quantz.
In March 2003 I even went to Montreal, to meet Lisa Macdonald. Upon
arrival in Montreal Drew Quantz met me and told me that Lisa is on
vacation. He demanded me to give him rest of the payment before he can
give me some sort of proof that my wife's application has been filed.
During our meeting when Drew showed me the paper work nothing was done
to it, even the FBI fingerprints were sent. I refused to pay Drew the
second payment of their fee and told them he needs to find the status
of my wife's file instead he refilled my wife's case with incorrect
fee. A month later my wife and I called immigration to check the
status of my wife's application and was told by immigration that our
application has been returned. Two weeks later Drew called us and said
he has received the receipt from immigration and demanded rest of the
payment. I refused to pay him the second payment because he had not
filed my case back in January 2003 and application, which was filled in
March 2003, was also returned by immigration. Since nothing was done
to my wife's application I demanded Drew and Lisa refund my money
specially Processing and Land Fee, which they refused.
Since that day my wife and I have taken following steps.
=B7 Called Immigration (to file a complaint against but was referred to
Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants) {Date: Sometime in
September 2003}
=B7 Called Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants: (Canadian
Society of Immigration Consultants told us to call Quebec Law Society)
{Date: Sometime in September 2003}
=B7 Called Quebec Law Society: (Law Society gave us another bad news
that she is not a registered lawyer and was referred back to Canadian
Society of Immigration Consultants) {Date: Sometime in November
2003}
=B7 Called Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants again: (This
time we were told to call Better Business Bureau) Date: Sometime in
December 2003}
=B7
=B7 Called Quebec Better Business Bureau: (They told us, Macdonald and
Associates are not registered we them, so BBB wont be able to assist us
and was referred to Montreal police. Or file a small claims case
against MacDonald and Associates) {Date: Sometime in January 2004}
=B7 Filed Small claims case against Macdonald and Associates which was
dismissed because jurisdiction. {Hearing Date: April 15th 2004}
=B7 Called Montreal Police: (Montreal police did their investigation
for at least 6 months and than told us that they can't file any
criminal charges against them and asked us to file a small claims law
suite against Macdonald and Associates. Another thing I would to
mention here that Montreal Police detective told me that there is more
than one complaint against Lisa Macdonald and Drew Quantz) {Complained
filed Sometime in August 2004 response received sometime January 2005}
One thing I would like to mention is that Lisa Macdonald is still
practicing and she is not the member of any Bar Association or
registered with Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants.
HOW CAN SHE STILL PRACTICE, I THOUGHT THE NEW LAW DOESN'T ALLOW ANY
REPRESENTATIVE TO PRACTICE UNLESS THEY ARE AUTHROIZED OR REGISTERED.
SHE IS NONE.
PLEASE HELP ME GUYS.
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