Bharowal Cited For Multiple Instances of Dishonesty And Fabricating Fraudulent Documents And Threatening Three Clients With “Immigration Consequences!

High flying Indo-Canadian immigration consultant who flaunted his easy got wealth through the lucrative Canada immigration racket on social media was grounded after his license was revoked and he was heavily fined for wrongdoing. Raghbir Singh Bharowal, who operated out of Surrey and used the phrase “aah gaya ohhe time”(the time has come), which he ripped off from another local disgraced Punjabi music video director,  had his consultant’s license permanently revoked for “multiple instances of dishonesty and fabricating fraudulent documents,” “advising clients to continue working under exploitative conditions” on three occasions, even though there were other options available, threatening three clients with “immigration consequences if they persisted in raising concerns about working conditions,” and failing twice to refund fees for work that wasn’t completed. The Discipline Committee of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants ordered Bharowal to pay two of his former clients a total of $68,875 in restitution and work out with another consultant how much a third is owed. It also fined him $50,000 and ordered Bharowal to pay $63,790 to cover the regulator’s costs for legal expenses, investigation and hearing fees.

By DESIBUZZCanada Staff

SURREY – High flying Indo-Canadian immigration consultant who flaunted his easy got wealth through the lucrative Canada immigration racket on social media was grounded after his license was revoked and he was heavily fined for wrongdoing.

Raghbir Singh Bharowal, who operated out of Surrey and used the phrase “aah gaya ohhe time”(the time has come), which he ripped off from another local disgraced Punjabi music video director,  had his consultant’s license permanently revoked for “multiple instances of dishonesty and fabricating fraudulent documents,” “advising clients to continue working under exploitative conditions” on three occasions, even though there were other options available, threatening three clients with “immigration consequences if they persisted in raising concerns about working conditions,” and failing twice to refund fees for work that wasn’t completed.

The Discipline Committee of the College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants ordered Bharowal to pay two of his former clients a total of $68,875 in restitution and work out with another consultant how much a third is owed. It also fined him $50,000 and ordered Bharowal to pay $63,790 to cover the regulator’s costs for legal expenses, investigation and hearing fees.

“In a case where a member has breached the (college’s code of professional ethics) for matters of competence, mistake or even momentary lapse of judgement, there may be hope for rehabilitation,” said a recent decision from the three-person disciplinary committee panel.

“But in this case, the matter goes beyond the competence of the licensee. (Bharowal’s) conduct speaks to his character. It is unbecoming for a licensee to threaten his clients with immigration consequences for raising concerns about exploitive working conditions. It is unbecoming to fail to give clients alternative options in the face of such exploitation. This conduct suggests Mr. Bharowal was perhaps conflicted by his relationship with their employer and apparently did not give due priority to the interests of his clients.”

But “the most troublesome aspect of Mr. Bharowal’s conduct was his reaction when being investigated by the college,” said the written decision, dated Sept. 27.

“A licensee who alters or fabricates documentation in response to a regulatory body’s investigation is a person who is ungovernable. Such a person should not be allowed to continue to be a member of any professional organization whose members are trusted to act faithfully and in the best interests of their clients and the public.”

The discipline panel found that Bharowal’s “offences were severe in nature and given that there were numerous findings of misconduct against him, general deterrence dictates that (his) membership be revoked permanently.”

Bharowal was licensed by the college since June of 2017.