According to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC), investor immigrant approvals in 2014 rose by 7.2 per cent to reach a total of 8,762 approvals, the most since 2011. This is despite federal Immigrant Investor Program (IIP) migrant arrivals falling by 42 per cent when the program was terminated. Last year’s cancellation of the Canadian Immigrant…
Canada’s pilot Immigrant Investor Venture Capital (IIVC) program for millionaires has received just six applications since its launch in January, far fewer than the number of applications received for the Canadian Immigrant Investor Program (CIIP) that it was meant to replace. Canadian authorities were seeking 60 applications for the pilot IIVC program, which requires candidates…
St. Kitts and Nevis (SKN) is set to open an embassy in Ottawa as the government continues its bid to rebuild its relationship with Canada, SKN Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris announced last week. “We are committed as a Government, as we said in opposition, to make Canada a foreign affairs priority, and I am…
Canada has received just six applications for its pilot immigration program for millionaires, far fewer than for its immigrant investor class program that was scrapped last year amid government claims it was not achieving program objectives. The federal government launched its new Immigrant Investor Venture Capital (IIVC) Pilot Program which aims to raise $120 million from…
Canada has received just six applications for its pilot immigration program for millionaires, far fewer than for its immigrant investor class program that was scrapped last year amid government claims it was not achieving program objectives. The federal government launched its new Immigrant Investor Venture Capital (IIVC) Pilot Program which aims to raise $120 million from…