Investment Immigration Visa Program for Canada

The Quebec and Canadian business immigration programs allow business people , qualified managers and their families living in the UK to immigrate to Canada under a business immigration program called the Immigrant Investor Program . The so called “ investor” will receive the Permanent Residency in 14 to 18  months under the Immigrant Investor law category. This special immigration program allows business immigrants from the UK to obtain the Immigrant investor Visa which is a permanent residency visa , leading to the Canadian citizenship and passport .

Unlike most categories  of immigration , the Immigrant Investor Program is based on Investment Visa Immigration and is not limited by quotas per region. As another great advantage of the Immigrant Investor Program, there is no age limit or university diplomas required to be admissible . Other criteria are also waived for Immigrant Investors.

As a result you will receive your Canadian Permanent Residency for your direct family in about 16  months if you are living  in the UK or if you are a British citizen and your direct family will become Canadian Citizens and receive passports after 3 years of Residency in Canada. Processing times vary in time and are not guaranteed.

Investment Immigration Visa - Immigrant Investor program 

To qualify you under the Immigrant Investor class , we must demonstrate the following :

1. The Immigrant Investor  must have accumulated a minimum of 1,600,000 CAD of worldwide Net Worth  (see Questions/answers page for definition)
2. The Immigrant  investor must own a company since at least 2 years or have owned one for at least 2 years out of the last 5 years. If the Immigrant Investor is not a business person , he/she must have at least 2 years of management experience as an employee in a Manager of Director qualified position
3. The Immigrant Investor must make a passive investment of 800 000$ Canadian (not the choice of the investor) with the Canadian and Quebec governements  for a period of 5 years or pay the standard financing fees of 220,000 $ Canadian ( see details below)

Details on  the required investment ( mandatory investment in theory to obtain the visa )

Following the approval of your  Business Immigration file from the Quebec government or by the Federal , you are required  to deposit 800 000$ Canadian directly at a brokerage firm selected by the government for Investment Immigration purposes. This investment will be returned to you after 5.5 years without any interest being paid by the government. If you do not wish to liquidate your assets to make the required investment, please see the financing solution below.

What really happens - There is a  Financing solution to replace the 800 000$ required investment (95% of Immigrant investors from the UK do this) All Inclusive ONE time  payment of 220 000 $ Canadian

Almost all investors do not wish to sell assets or change their UK pounds in a short period in order to make the $800 000 CAD mandatory deposit, VIP Business Immigration will provide all information regarding the  financing through a recognized  Canadian bank - the cost of the financing is 220 000 $ Canadian , payable directly to the Investor Immigrant Canadian bank account that will be opened by the bank . The bank will than take the 220,000% Canadian as 1 time interest payment.

With the financing solution , the Investor does not need to pay fees to VIP Business Immigration . The financing interest rate is less than 5%, you can have a better return by keeping the difference, therefore the financing option is the best. Obviously, the required 800 000$ investment does not apply anymore with the financing solution .

What will the Government do with your investment (or through the financing option)

The required investment of $800 000 Canadian is invested in a term note guaranteed by the Government of Quebec. A small portion of the interest generated by the investment is used to pay the financial intermediaries such as the brokerage firms and VIP Business Immigration . The large part of the interest generated by the investment or the paid financing fees is given to local corporations in the form of grants.

As a result, The  immigrant investor contributes to the economic development of Canada and helps create jobs in Quebec and Canada. In return, Canada and Quebec will waive certain immigration criteria . In addition the regular immigration timeline and quotas will not apply to immigrant investor and his direct family.

Definition of a Qualified Manager for Investment Immigration purposes ( Investment Visa Canada & Quebec )

Manager Immigration under the Immigrant Investor Program is different for Manager Immigration under employment applications for immigration . In order to be recognized as a Qualified Manager under business immigration law, the Immigrant Investor must only show 2 years of working as a manager or Director with direct supervision of employees , operations  or  financial resources . The definition is very flexible and can only really be understood by business immigration specialists. If you qualify on the Net Worth criteria and would like an opinion on your qualification under the Investment Immigration special considerations, please write a detailed message from the contact page  Manager Qualification for Canada Investment Visa  Immigration