JR Associates Consulting LLC is a New Jersey based immigration consulting firm specializing in US and Canada immigration matters. We offer professional consulting services in two languages: English and Mandarin Chinese.
Our firm focuses on helping our clients:
- attain permanent residence status in Canada or the United States
- obtain student or temporary worker visas in Canada or the United States
Where We Add Value
It is true that immigration applicants are not required to use a third-party representative. However, it has been strongly proven that a thoroughly prepared and professionally advised application will go more smoothly and yield a significantly higher success rate. At JR Associates Consulting, we employ our extensive experience and expertise along with our high level of professionalism and commitment to maximize your odds of success.
Canadian Immigration
In the past few years, Citizenship and Immigration Canada refused a substantial percentage of worldwide applications under the skilled worker and business categories. Our historical success rate for Canadian immigration applications has kept a remarkably high percentage. Although we cannot use this figure to guarantee future success, we hold a high level of confidence for every case we represent. As a Certified Canadian Immigration Consultant (Member of former regulatory bodies, Canadian Society of Immigration Consultants CSIC, Immigration Consultants of Canada Regulatory Council ICCRC, and a FULL Member of the current regulatory body, The College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants, CICC), we are authorized by Citizenship and Immigration Canada to competently advise and represent you in each step of the visa application process.
US Immigration
With over 20 years of US immigration experience, we assisted our clients on a variety of US visa and Green Card matters, including visa applications and/or change/extension of status on B-1, B-2, H-1B, H-4, H-2, H-3, K-1, K-3, L-1, F-1, E, O, TN visas, applications on PERM, Employment-based Green Cards (EB-1, EB-2, EB-3), Family-based Green Cards, Nurse Green Cards, and asylum petitions. For additional details on our US immigration service offerings, see Services.
Professionals
Ning Jin has over 25 years of experience advising clients on a wide range of US and Canadian immigration matters. Prior to starting JR Associates Consulting, he worked with law firms such as Rosenblatt Associates (Toronto), Sills Commis (New Jersey), Xu & Iacona (New Jersey), Fox Rothchild, and other US law firms and corporations’ Legal Departments focusing on US/Canada employment-based immigrant and non-immigrant visas in addition to corporate/commercial/employment laws and international business law matters. Formerly a law professor in China with numerous legal publications in Chinese and English, Ning holds B.A. in English, LL.M. in International Law from Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, China, and LL.M. in International and Comparative Law from The University of Iowa. He furthered his doctoral studies at University of Toronto in International Trade Law from 1994 to 1998. He also completed key LL.B/JD courses from Canada’s law school and passed the NCA Challenged Examinations with the qualifications of LL.B/JD equivalence. Ning is an experienced notary public in the State of New Jersey, and has been a certified Canadian immigration practitioner (RCIC) since the inception of the Canadian regulatory body of the Canadian immigration consulting industry endorsed by the Canadian federal government.
Why hire a certified consultant?
The answer is simple and straight. A Certified Canadian Immigration Consultant (CCIC) or a Regulated Canadian Immigration Consultant (RCIC) possesses updated knowledge of the latest legislation, practices, and internal procedures of Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Most applicants, who choose to submit their applications on their own, tend to consume considerable energy on completing the immigration forms and gathering all the necessary documents but find themselves embarked on the process with little or no knowledge of the Canadian immigration system and its decision-making procedures. On the other hand, valuable time is wasted in many instances where people, who choose to save money on professional fees, make crucial errors, and it is often too late to seek professional advice because irreparable damage has already been done.
Certified Canadian Immigration Consultants are regulated professionals serving the interests of enhancing public confidence. Since April 2004 the Canadian government has regulated the immigration consultancy industry. As mentioned above, the current regulatory body is CICC. Its primary goal is to protect vulnerable consumers of immigration services. To fulfill this mandate CICC has established a series of strict admission criteria, rules of professional conduct, and complaint and disciplinary mechanisms. Of the three types of “Authorized Representatives”(Member of the CICC, Canadian lawyers, and Quebec notaries), CICC members are strictly subject to a code of professional conduct specifically created to address practices in the field of Canadian immigration. All CICC members are required to carry errors and omissions insurance with coverage of 1 million Canadian dollars per incident.
CICC is also committed to the education of its members. All members have to meet continuing professional development requirements. The Canadian immigration system is extremely dynamic and complex: laws, policies, and practices are frequently being reviewed and changed. The CPD requirement and the ongoing CPD activities available to the CICC members help the certified immigration consultants keep their professional knowledge and skills current.
Ning Jin is the principal of JR Associates. Over the past 14 years, he has helped clients from around the world resolve numerous immigration-related issues. Ning has received comprehensive legal education from China, US and Canada, and has extensive law firm and corporation experience in immigration law.