Newfoundland & Labrador immigration’s Expression of Interest system for business immigration will ‘proceed without interruption’ during the coronavirus crisis. The province will open a new invitation round for its International Entrepreneur category from April 17 until April 24, 2020. It will be the fourth application window opened this year for the Newfoundland & Labrador Provincial…
Candidates are encouraged to continue to submit Expressions of Interest for the Prince Edward Island Business Impact stream despite the coronavirus crisis. In an email, the PEI Office of Immigration said: “We encourage all potential applicants to create an expression of interest when they meet program criteria as we may perform unscheduled draws in this…
British Columbia has conducted a new Entrepreneur Immigration draw, issuing invitations to apply to 18 candidates. The April 6 British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program draw featured invites through the Regional Pilot category. Candidates required a minimum score of 107 points. The Regional Pilot category is designed to bring entrepreneurs and investment to smaller British Columbia…
There has been a steady uptick in demand for the UK’s Tier 1 Investor visa among wealthy Chinese investors with total applications rising by more than 100 percent between 2015 and 2019. Demand among investors from mainland China has surged by close to 170 percent, while total applications from Hong Kong, although much lower in…
US Citizenship and Immigration Services has announced a shift from first-in-first-out processing of EB-5 I-526 petitions to a visa availability approach. This change is set to come into effect from March 31, depending on the impact of shutdowns due to coronavirus. Understanding this Change Currently, USCIS processes I-526 petitions in the order in which they…