Your Path to Residency and Entrepreneurial Achievement.

To apply for the Start-up Visa Program, you must pitch your qualifying start-up to a designated organization and get their support. Meet the language requirements. Bring enough money to settle and invest in your business in Canada.

Canada’s Start-up Visa Program targets immigrant entrepreneurs with the skills and potential to build businesses in Canada (outside Quebec) that Are innovative. Can create jobs for Canadians. Can compete on a global scale.

The processing time for the Canada Start-up Visa is 37 months.

Anyone who meets the requirements of the Start-up Visa Program can apply. If you have a qualifying business, fulfill the language requirements, and have enough settlement funds, you can apply for the Start-up Visa Program.

A total of five business partners can apply under one application for the Start-up Visa Program.

To qualify under this program Each applicant must hold 10% or more of the total voting rights. Applicants and the designated organization together must hold more than 50% of the total voting rights.

Designated organizations are business groups that have been approved to invest in or support potential start-ups. The organization will also send a commitment certificate directly to the IRCC. This is an immigration document used to evaluate your application.

Each calendar year, only 10 complete group applications per designated organization will be considered. Applications will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis. If you apply after the annual cap is reached, your application will be returned and your processing fees reimbursed.

You need to achieve a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 5 in listening, reading, writing, and speaking (in either English or French) to qualify for the Start-up Visa Program.

The Government of Canada won’t support you financially as a start-up visa immigrant. When you apply, you’ll need proof that you have the money to support yourself and your dependents after you arrive in Canada. The amount you need depends on the size of your family. These amounts are updated every year.