Canada Residence By Investment, Startup Visa, and Golden Visa<\/a><\/p>\nQuebec Immigrant Entrepreneur Program<\/h2>\n
The Quebec Immigrant Entrepreneur Program (QIEP) was revamped in 2018 and now offers 2 streams: one for start-ups and the other one more conventional. Places are scarce as only 60 applications will be approved every year. It\u2019s the only entrepreneur program to offer permanent residence directly to applicants.<\/p>\n
Stream 1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- You must settle in Quebec to create and operate a business for which you have already received a service offer from a business accelerator or incubator or a university entrepreneurship center. You can carry out your project alone or with others, up to three of whom can be foreign nationals who have submitted selection applications as entrepreneurs for the same project.<\/li>\n
- You must present your project in the form of a business plan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Stream 2<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- You must make a startup deposit and a security deposit at a financial institution with an establishment in Quebec with whom you have signed a deposit agreement:\n
\n- You must use the startup deposit to set up your business. The required amount is lower (CAD $200,000) if you set up your business outside the Montr\u00e9al metropolitan area (CMM). A startup deposit of CAD\u00a0$300,000 is required if the business is located in the CMM.<\/li>\n
- The security deposit of CAD $200,000 serves as insurance that your business will actually be created. It will be refunded when you demonstrate that your business plan has been carried out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
You must also have a minimum net worth of CAD $900,000, alone or with your spouse or de facto spouse, and you must demonstrate that this money has been legally acquired.<\/p>\n
<\/h1>\nBC Immigrant Entrepreneur Programs<\/h2>\n
To qualify, you must:<\/p>\n