Saskatchewan immigration has issued invitations to 28 candidates in its first Entrepreneur stream draw since before the COVID-19 pandemic struck. The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) suspended draws as of March 2020, the month the deadly virus first swept through Canada, forcing governments to impose restrictions. The province conducted a new draw on July 12,…
Prince Edward Island has invited 9 entrepreneur immigration candidates in a new draw through the Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program. The August 19 draw through the Business Impact stream required a minimum score of 72 points. The same draw also saw 152 invites issued to Labour Impact and Express Entry skilled worker candidates. Read…
British Columbia immigration has conducted a new Entrepreneur Immigration draw, issuing up to 12 invitations through two streams of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program. The August 17 draw featured invites through both the province’s general Entrepreneur stream and its regional pilot. General stream candidates received eight invitations, requiring a minimum score of 126 points. …
Pandemic or no pandemic, Indian demand for the EB-5 visa, the Tier-1 Investor visa, and other golden visa programs of EU countries continues to grow unabated. EB-5 I-526 filings by Indians surged by more than 400 percent between 2016 and 2019. In 2019, more than 7,000 high net-worth individuals (HNIs) moved out of India. Despite…
Everybody is welcome in Canada. Skilled workers, family members, business people, Start-Up Visa entrepreneurs. But not investment immigrants. For a country that ranks high, if not at the top, of the list of preferred destination for immigrants, Canada’s stubborn refusal to revive its immigration program for wealthy investors is perplexing. Why Investment Immigration in Canada?…