Canada to Reform Startup Visa: Financially Backed Applicants to Get Priority
Canada will raise the number of spots for Startup applicants and prioritize those financially backed. Work permits will be open and last 3 years.
Read moreCanada will raise the number of spots for Startup applicants and prioritize those financially backed. Work permits will be open and last 3 years.
Read moreSlava Apel: Canada’s Startup Visa is the “most viable and direct path to Canada PR” and the “most profitable program” for immigration firms.
Read moreTo qualify for a UK Startup or Innovator Visa, applicants must obtain the endorsement of designated endorsing bodies. John Courtney explains how to get it.
Read moreThe strong rebound, says Tolstaia, reflects the UK’s persisting status as a “magnet for international UHNWIs.”
Read moreIn 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.
Read moreArrows are pointing up for all of the UK’s investment-based visas.
Read moreFrom real estate to bonds and shares, global investors are spoilt for choice when it comes to investing in residencies. Except in Canada.
Read moreThe most common reasons for rejection were “weakness of the business model” and “lack of innovative value of the business project”.
Read moreKnow how to answer the next time your client asks about investment-based residence permits for Germany. By Leanne Wang.
Read moreDominica’s new entrepreneurship visa, which offers a path to citizenship in two years for US$50,000, finally has a launch date (of sorts).
Read moreDominica is planning an Entrepreneur Visa that offers a direct path to citizenship in two years for those who invest upwards of $50,000.
Read morePresuming an average family size of three and investment of US$250,000, the program will have raised in excess of US$3.6 billion in FY2019.
Read moreThe Home Office saw 52% YoY growth in Turkish Businessperson Visas in 2019. Brexit’s releasing the UK from its Ankara Agreement obligations has something to do with it.
Read moreThe money-for-rights model of investment migration – while economically successful – is a hard sell, politically. Canada’s model offers a compromise.
Read moreOnly 49 main applicants received Tier 1 Investor visas during the Q3 2019, a down from 124 in the preceding quarter.
Read moreIn the last ten years, 74,128 individuals have arrived in the US through the EB-5 program, while 352,076 have come on an E2 visa.
Read moreEight of ten startups end up in the wealthier Northern regions, and fully 56% of founders launch their business within a two-hour drive from Milan.
Read moreOver the past few years, China has increasingly promoted the concept of “mass entrepreneurship and innovation” and implemented policies to
Read moreStartup visas are too customized, risky, hands-on, and low-margin to catch on at a grand scale, argues Stephane Tajick.
Read moreHarvey Law Group’s global managing partner, Jean-François Harvey, tells IMI his firm is phasing out of the golden visa market, opting instead to focus on startup and entrepreneur visas, a category of immigration that, he points out, adds more value to the destination economy – and his firm.
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