India has more than 330,000 individuals with assets of $1 million or more and is adding thousands more to this tally every year. Yet, India is facing a ‘wealth drain’ situation due to a steady increase in the number of HNIs leaving the country for golden visa destinations like Cyprus, Malta, the US, and Portugal. …
British Columbia immigration has conducted a new Entrepreneur Immigration draw, issuing 11 invitations. The April 13 British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program draw featured invites through both the province’s general Entrepreneur stream and its regional pilot. General stream candidates received six invitations, requiring a minimum score of 126 points. Five invites went to regional pilot candidates,…
Prince Edward Island immigration issued invitations to apply to 16 entrepreneur candidates in its latest provincial immigration draw. The April 15 draw saw the Business Impact candidates require a minimum score of 75 points to qualify for the Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program (PEI PNP) stream. The same draw also saw the province issue…
Ontario immigration is aiming to ease the application process with changes planned for the province’s Entrepreneur Stream. In proposals announced this month, the province says it will: Make video interviews permanent to speed up the arrival of candidates in Canada. Monitor applicants less often as they establish their businesses here. Ontario officials have proposed changes…
Portugal has announced amendments to its golden visa program that will come into force from January 2022. The significance of this decree is that it defers the exclusion of Lisbon and Porto from the golden visa program from July 2021 to January 2022. Other changes include changes to the minimum investment required under the Capital…