The opening of the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program has been until April 1, 2021 by the Quebec government. The decision was announced in the Official Quebec Gazette on Wednesday May 20, 2020. Originally, the QIIP was schedule to reopen on July 1, 2020, after it was paused on August 31, 2019. It has been reported…
Ontario immigration has published detailed advice for Entrepreneur stream candidates in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic state of emergency. Canada’s most populous province is still answering inquiries, processing applications and issuing invitations to apply through the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP), including the Entrepreneur stream. Candidates having difficulty obtaining information and documents are advised…
Fund managers catering to wealthy Chinese investors have come up with suggestions on Australia’s Significant Investor Program. The last major review of Australia’s Significant Investor Program in 2015 led to significant changes like bar on residential real estate purchase and mandatory investments in venture capital, private equity funds, and small cap/emerging companies’ funds. With the…
Portugal’s 2020 state budget has proposed a significant change to its golden visa program that, if implemented, will have a huge impact on its popularity among wealthy foreign investors. The government has proposed restricting property purchase in Lisbon and Porto as eligible investments to qualify for permanent residence under the golden visa program. Going…
Prince Edward Island has moved to reschedule its April Expression of Interest draw with its immigration office closed due to coronavirus. The rescheduling of the April 16 draw follows the rescheduling of the previous draw, on March 19. The province has now not conducted a draw since February. PEI has encouraged candidates to continue to…