Slava Apel: Canada’s Startup Visa is the “most viable and direct path to Canada PR” and the “most profitable program” for immigration firms.
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In 2019, says Bastien Trelcat, “some consultants started abusing loopholes in the program, such as by selling it as a passive investment,” which has resulted in lower approval rates.
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From real estate to bonds and shares, global investors are spoilt for choice when it comes to investing in residencies. Except in Canada.
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The “QIIP is dead in the water,” lamented Sam Bayat on learning that Quebec will extend its program moratorium for a third time in 16 months.
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“A typical millennial”, Stephane Tajick says there is no book on his nightstand, only his phone, and that the falling supply of good RCBI programs keeps him up.
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Crunch time for EB-5, the North Macedonian surprise, why Canada makes immigration so hard, business as usual in the Caribbean, and much more.
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As Canada and Quebec battle the COVID-19 pandemic with curfews and travel restrictions, the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) is getting ready for a showdown that will decide its fate.
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“It is a program that could have helped in economic recovery, with this pandemic. To the business community, it is deplorable,” said lawyer Maxime Lapointe.
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The share of Québec Immigrant Investor Program participants who settled in the province had averaged 8% – until last year when it suddenly jumped.
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The money-for-rights model of investment migration – while economically successful – is a hard sell, politically. Canada’s model offers a compromise.
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When governments find the economic benefits of investment migration programs fall short, they should ask themselves who designed them in the first place.
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18,800 main applicants fulfilled the obligations of the QIIP but still await their permanent residence permits, a factor partly motivating the suspension.
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While the announcement spoke only of a suspension, “it is not clear if the program will reopen, and under what conditions,” said one major service provider.
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This is the first in a two-part series on now-defunct residence and citizenship by investment programs. This week, we look
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As part of its plan to reduce overall immigration to the province, the government of Quebec is cutting the number
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In a response to the airing of an investigative report on the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) by Canadian state
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On the 20th of September, the whole investment migration industry in Canada was holding its breath before the airing of
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Whereas questioning the degree to which unskilled refugees – tens of thousands of which Canada welcomes annually – sufficiently contribute
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The Quebecois government’s official gazette this Wednesday contained details of the upcoming amendments to the Québec Immigrant Investor Program’s (QIIP)
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By Stephane Tajick Is there a form of discrimination in our targeting of wealthy Chinese looking people in Canada? Are
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