Colin R. Singer is Managing Partner of investmentimmigration.com and immigration.ca
and one of Canada’s foremost senior corporate immigration attorneys.
He is recognized as an experienced authority on Canadian immigration matters as well as the international residence-by-investment industry through investmentimmigration.com. He is a licensed immigration lawyer in good standing with a Canadian Law Society during the past 25+ years.
The UK Tier 1 Investor and the Quebec Investor represent investment immigration avenues to permanent residence in two of the most sought-after countries in the world. They are in direct competition given the economically-developed status of the UK and Canada. A recent increase in threshold for the QIIP means the investment requirements for both are similar, although the UK program…
Two of the world’s most popular residence-by-investment immigration programs are the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program and the U.S. EB-5. Both offer permanent residence – in Canada and the U.S. respectively – to high net worth individuals in exchange for significant investment. Here, we review the two programs and compare their advantages and disadvantages for high net worth candidates…
Canada will lift its visa requirement for citizens of the United Arab Emirates from June 5, 2018. Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen made the announcement in a meeting with UAE counterpart Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Monday. The move comes following ‘a comprehensive and rigorous evaluation of the UAE against Canada’s visa policy criteria’,…
The broadening consensus that change is coming to the U.S. EB-5 investment immigration program means anyone thinking of filing a green card application should consider doing so now. There is growing support for the program to be revamped with increased investment thresholds after a series of last-minute short-term extensions ranging from weeks to months. Investment…
Manitoba immigration has announced applications are open for the province’s new Business Investor Stream (BIS) under the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. Interested candidates can apply for both the Entrepreneur Pathway and the Farm Investor Pathway. The Entrepreneur Pathway has an interim application procedure, more details of which are below. The Entrepreneur Pathway is for applicants wanting to…