Canadian Immigration Services

  • Canada Start-Up Visa Program

    Targets entrepreneurs with the skills and potential to build innovative businesses in Canada.​

    To be eligible for the Start-up Visa Program, you must:

    • - have a qualifying business
    • - get a letter of support from a designated organization
    • - meet the language requirements
    • - bring enough money to settle
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  • Quebec Immigrant Investors Program

    Immigration through passive investment intended for applicants with significant net worth.

    To be eligible for the Investor Program, you must:

    • - Have, alone or with the spouse or common-law partner accompanying you, a net worth of at least CA $ 2,000,000, obtained lawfully. However, amounts received by donation less than six months before the pre
    • - Have a management experience of at least two years during the five years preceding the selection request. This experience must include planning, management and control functions of financial resources as well as human or material resources, under your authority. This experience does not include that acquired as part of an apprenticeship, training or specialization attested by a diploma;
    • - Intend to settle in Quebec;
    • - Sign an investment agreement with a financial intermediary (broker or trust company) authorized to participate in the Investor Program;
    • - Make a five-year term investment of C $ 1,200,000 with Investissement Québec;
    • - Obtain, within the prescribed time, a certificate of learning of democratic values ​​and Quebec values. Your accompanying family members (spouse 16 and over and dependent children 18 and over) must also obtain this certificate.
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  • Owner-Operator Visa

    Allows entrepreneurs to operate their own business in Canada.

    • - Foreign nationals applying to work for themselves or to operate their own business on a temporary basis must demonstrate that their admission to Canada to operate their business will generate significant economic, social or cultural benefits or opportunities for Canadian citizens or permanent residents.
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  • Self-Employed Programs

    Targets immigrants willing to make a significant contribution to Canada's intellectual or sporting existence or self-employed persons who wish to immigrate permanently to the Province of Quebec.

    Federal Self-Employed.

    The Self-employed Persons Program allows people to immigrate to Canada permanently as a self-employed person.

    If you’re interested in this program, you must:

    • - have relevant experience in cultural activities or athletics and
    • - be willing and able to make a significant contribution to the cultural or athletic life of Canada

    Quebec Self-Employed Worker Program

    To be eligible for this program, you must:

    • - Come to Québec to practice a profession or business activities, alone or with others, with or without paid help
    • - Make a start-up deposit at a financial institution located in the region where you intend to practise your trade or profession:
    • - C$25,000 start-up deposit if you intend to practise your trade or profession outside the Montréal Metropolitan Community (MMC) area
    • - C$50,000 start-up deposit if you intend to practise your trade or profession in the MMC area
    • - Have minimum net assets of C$100,000 in conjunction, if applicable, with your accompanying spouse or de facto spouse, and proof of its source and lawful acquisition
    • - Have at least two years of experience as a self-employed worker in the profession or trade you intend to practise in Québec
    • - Obtain, by the prescribed deadline, an attestation of learning about democratic values and the Québec values. The members of your family accompanying you (your spouse of 16 years of age or older and your dependent children of 18 years of age or older) must also obtain the attestation.
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  • Quebec Entrepreneur Program

    For entrepreneurs who wish to immigrate permanently to the Province of Quebec and start a business.

    To be eligible for this program, you must meet the following conditions:

    Stream 1

    • - You must settle in Québec 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 a maximum of three other foreign nationals who have submitted applications for permanent selection as entrepreneurs for the same project.
    • - You must present your business project in the form of a business plan, as well as a service offer.
    • - You must obtain, by the prescribed deadline, an attestation of learning about democratic values and the Québec values. The members of your family accompanying you (your spouse of 16 years of age or older and your dependent children of 18 years of age or older) must also obtain the attestation.

    Stream 2

    • - You must settle in Québec to create or acquire and operate a business. You must make a startup deposit and a security deposit at a financial institution with an establishment in Québec with whom you have signed a deposit agreement;
    • - 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 Montréal metropolitan area (CMM). A startup deposit of CAD $300,000 is required if the business is located in the CMM.
    • - 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.
    • - 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.
    • - You must present your project in the form of a business plan.
    • - You must obtain, by the prescribed deadline, an attestation of learning about democratic values and the Québec values. The members of your family accompanying you (your spouse of 16 years of age or older and your dependent children of 18 years of age or older) must also obtain the attestation.
    • - If you choose to create a business, you must own and control at least 25% of its equity capital. If you choose to acquire a business, you must own and control at least 51% of its equity capital.
    • - Your business must not be involved in any of the following activities:
    • - Payday loans, cheque cashing, or pawnbroking
    • - Real estate development or real estate or insurance brokerage
    • - Production, distribution, or sale of pornographic or sexually explicit products or services related to the sex industry, such as nude or erotic dancing, escort services or erotic massages
    • - Your business must have been in operation during the five years prior to your date of application
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  • Provincial Business Programs

    Targets candidates with entrepreneurial experience who wish to establish in a specific province and to start and manage a business.

    • - British Columbia Entrepreneur Stream
    • - Manitoba Business Investor Stream
    • - New Brunswick Entrepreneur Stream
    • - Newfoundland Entrepreneur Stream
    • - Northwest Territories Business Stream
    • - Nova Scotia Entrepreneur Stream
    • - Saskatchewan Entrepreneur Stream
    • - Yukon Business Nominee
    • - and more!
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  • Federal Skilled Worker

    For skilled workers with foreign work experience who want to immigrate to Canada permanently.

    This program has minimum requirements for:

    • - skilled work experience
    • - language ability
    • - education

    If you meet all the minimum requirements, IRCC will assess your - application based on:

    • - age
    • - education
    • - work experience
    • - whether you have a valid job offer
    • - English and/or French language skills
    • - adaptability (how well you’re likely to settle here)
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  • Canadian Experience Class

    For skilled workers who have Canadian work experience and want to become permanent residents.

    Minimum requirements:

    • - meet the required language levels needed for your job for each language ability
    • - writing
    • - reading
    • - listening
    • - speaking
    • - have at least 1 year of skilled work experience in Canada, in the last 3 years before you apply, and the work experience must be:
    • - full-time, or
    • - an equal amount in part-time
    • - have gained your work experience by working in Canada legally
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  • Quebec Skilled Worker Program

    For skilled workers who want to become permanent residents of Canada and live in Quebec.

    Selection is made on the basis of a selection grid, with points awarded on the basis of various selection factors and criteria.The factors and criteria considered are:

    • - Your training
    • - Your work experience
    • - Your age
    • - Your knowledge of French and English
    • - Your stays in Québec and family relationship with a Canadian citizen or a permanent Québec resident
    • - Having a permanent employment offer validated
    • - Characteristics of your accompanying spouse or de facto spouse, if applicable
    • - Other factors, including the number of children under the age of 22 who will be accompanying you to Québec
    • - Your capacity for financial self-sufficiency.
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  • Quebec Experience Program

    For applicants who hold a temporary visa to study or work in Quebec and can show an advanced intermediary level of French.

    The Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ – Québec Experience Program) is an accelerated selection program for skilled workers who wish to obtain a Certificat de sélection du Québec (Québec selection certificate) with a view to becoming permanent residents. The program is intended for Québec graduates and temporary foreign workers who meet certain conditions, such as demonstrating advanced intermediate knowledge of oral French.

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  • Provincial Nominee Programs ​

    For workers who have the skills, education and work experience to contribute to the economy of a specific province or territory.

    • - Alberta
    • - British Columbia
    • - New Brunswick
    • - Newfoundland
    • - Northwest Territories
    • - Nova Scotia
    • - Saskatchewan
    • - Yukon
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