Québec Extends Suspension of Immigrant Investor Program to 2023
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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Pace of Industry Change is Speeding Up: 10 on the Weekend – Stephane Tajick
“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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Quebec IIP’s Future Hangs in the Balance as Govt. to Decide its Fate in March
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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Québec IIP Suspension Extended Until April 2021; IIAC Calls for Re-Launch of Federal Program
“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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91% of Québec Immigrant Investors Settle in Other Provinces – But That’s Changing Quickly
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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Backlogs: An Existential Threat, Not Just to Programs But to Agents as Well
Investment migration firms are taking client fees on the presumption that their applications will be processed in the future. What if that doesn’t happen?
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Québec IIP’s 20,000-Application Backlog Precipitated Suspension
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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Quebec to Cut QIIP Selection by Up to 65% in 2019, CSQ Wait-Time to Double
As part of its plan to reduce overall immigration to the province, the government of Quebec is cutting the number
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IMC’s L’ecuyer Urges Adherence to Ethical Code Following QIIP-Investigation
In a response to the airing of an investigative report on the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) by Canadian state
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Tajick: Public Broadcaster Investigation Rocks Québec IIP
On the 20th of September, the whole investment migration industry in Canada was holding its breath before the airing of
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Tajick: 3 Common Myths Canadian Media Uses to Demonize Investor Immigrants
Whereas questioning the degree to which unskilled refugees – tens of thousands of which Canada welcomes annually – sufficiently contribute
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Big Changes Coming to Québec Investor Program – Min. Investment Now C$ 1.2M, Net Asset Requirement Raised
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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Analysis: Does Investor Immigration Have a Future in Canada?
By Kareem El-Assal, Senior Research Associate at the Conference Board of Canada Canada was once the world leader in attracting
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Canada’s Deportation of Chinese Up 700% Since Last Year, Attributed to Massive Visa-Fraud Case
Of the 15,237 individuals slated for deportation from Canada, 2,066 are Chinese nationals. While the number of persons repatriated from
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