David Comtois

David Comtois is the Founder and Managing Director at JDL Immigration, he brings more than 12 years of experience in Canadian immigration law and strategy. Based in Toronto, he advises clients on complex temporary and permanent residence matters across the private client spectrum, while also helping businesses assess pathways to mobilize talent to Canada.

David works extensively with entrepreneurs, investors and collaborators in the Canadian start-up space and private wealth sector. Having advised and assisted on hundreds of Start-Up Visa applications since the early years of the program in 2015, and having accompanied dozens of founders more strictly through entrepreneur/business investment-based temporary residence pathways, David has developed recognized expertise in entrepreneur-focused immigration solutions and Canadian business immigration programs.

Prior to founding JDL Immigration, David has worked in the Hong Kong office of an international immigration firm, where he advised clients across Asia on investment immigration solutions, providing tailored strategies for residency by investment and entrepreneurship-based programs such as the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program, the Quebec Entrepreneur Program, the Start-Up Visa Program. He later joined the Toronto office of a leading global immigration services firm, where he helped develop the firm’s private client practice in Canada and supported its Quebec-based corporate clients with their immigration needs. More recently, David has acted as Senior Associate at Canada’s oldest immigration law firm within the Permanent Residence practice group, bolstering the firm’s business immigration expertise.