British Columbia entrepreneur program
INVEST IN BUSINESS*
1+ CR.
NET WORTH
3+ CR.
IELTS*
NO
ON FULL INVESTMENT*
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British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program for Entrepreneur
Strategically located in Canada’s west coast, British Columbia is the most diverse and beautiful Canadian province known for bustling cities, natural beauty, warm weather, and dense forests. As the most popular province, British Columbia is a center of cultural diversity and economic prosperity. British Columbia is also an attractive location to start a new business or manage an existing one. All thanks to its favorable investment policies, welcoming government, competitive tax regime, and a world-class quality of life. Having said that, one can consider British Columbia an ideal destination to leverage promising business opportunities around the world.
British Columbia PNP Entrepreneur Immigration
- Demonstrate a personal net worth of at least CAD$600,000
- Show a valid business and/or management experience
- Be eligible for legal immigration status in Canada
- Provide a proposed business plan that gives an overview of your business activities and its related day-to-day operations. Your business must also be able to generate at least one job in B.C.
- Be lawfully admitted in the country where you currently reside
- Make an eligible personal investment of at least CAD$200,000 in the business.
- Select a community in British Columbia that has a population under 75,000 and is located 30 kilometers away from a city.
- Establish a business with at least 51% ownership
- Establish an active business ownership and senior management experience in the last 5 years, which includes:
- 3+ years as business owner-manager; or
- 4+ years as a senior manager; or
- 1+ year as business owner manager and 2+ years as senior manager
- Must be able to invest CAD $300,000 and $100,000 as personal business investment.
- Must submit a valid business plan to related to ongoing business operations in a participating community in British Columbia.
- All candidates must demonstrate English or French-language proficiency equivalent to the Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) Level 4.
- The company must be well-established and of sound financial health.
- Must demonstrate sufficient investment capabilities and be committed for international expansion into B.C.
- Must ensure to provide significant economic benefit to the province by making a high value investment in B.C.
What are the Other Requirements?
- Make a minimum investment of $500,000 to establish a new or expand an existing business in Canada
- The business must be able to create at least three full-time jobs for Canadian citizens or permanent residents for each proposed key staff member in British Columbia.
To Sum Up
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