The Asian countries of India, China and the Philippines are sure to once again be the top three most important sources of new permanent residents to Canada in the coming year as Covid-19 vaccines are rolled out and travel restrictions fall away. Before the pandemic hit and caused immigration to Canada to slow to a
Small and medium-sized businesses in Canada are looking to spend more on technology as the Covid-19 pandemic draws to a close and that will spell opportunity for immigrant entrepreneurs in the Start-up visa program. “Nearly 40 per cent of Canadian SMEs plan to invest in technology in 2021, which should benefit the sector,” writes Pierre
Tech start-ups are booming in India and mean the country is replete with companies that could benefit from access to Canadian and American markets through Canada’s Start-Up Visa program. Bain and Company, a management consulting firm to Fortune 500 CEOs, pegs the number of start-ups in India at almost 80,000 in its India Venture Capital
Israel has one of the most active start-up ecosystems in the world, meaning it has thousands of established innovative companies featuring AI that could thrive with access to the Canadian and U.S. markets through Canada’s Start-Up Visa program. Israel has an established start-up track record dating back 30 years, from when the government successfully began
U.S. President Donald Trump’s overhaul of the H-1B visa program in October made it more expensive and difficult to get highly-skilled immigrant workers into the United States – and likely gave Canada’s Start-Up Visa Program a much-needed boost. Under the sweeping changes to the H-1B visa program in the United States, the wage scale employers
Canada’s Start-Up Visa represents an important option for international students who do not qualify for permanent residence through skilled worker immigration streams. While Ottawa has taken steps to gear up the Express Entry system to favour international students, they are by no means guaranteed to qualify for a coveted Invitation to Apply (ITA). Despite specific
There are many options for candidates looking to apply for Canada permanent residence from the USA, as President Donald Trump continues to push his anti-immigration agenda during the coronavirus pandemic. Trump is targeting a second term in the US presidential election in November, and, should he win, the Republican president is only likely to continue
As Canada continues to show how welcoming immigrants remains an important policy despite the restrictions in place due to coronavirus, the opposite is true in the United States. Donald Trump signed an Executive Order on Wednesday that he says entirely suspends immigration to the US. He puts the decision down to the need to stop the
1) What Is Canada’s Start-Up Visa Program? Canada’s Start-Up Visa Program offers Canadian permanent residence to qualified immigrant entrepreneurs. It is officially known as the Canada Start Up Class. But it is largely referred to as the Start-Up Visa program (SUV). The program targets innovative entrepreneurs and links them with private sector investors in
Immigrant entrepreneurs considering where to base their start-up businesses are looking closely at Donald Trump’s actions in the United States, and seeing Canada as the stable option. Trump this week halted U.S. H-1B visas until at least December 31, 2020 – shutting off an important stream of tech workers for major Silicon Valley companies as
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