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Canada investor immigration program

In today’s podcast certified Canadian immigration consultant, Eric Katz, dispells a couple of misnomers about Canada’s investor immigration program and provides examples of successful applications.

 
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Canada investor immigration - Federal or Quebec

To emigrate to Canada under Canada’s investor immigration program you need to have a net worth of $800,000 CAN and must invest $400,000 CAN in passive investment. The $400,000 is returned after 5 years without interest. The money can not be a loan and the investor must evidence of management experience.

The advantage of the investor immigration program over the entrepreneurial program is that there are no terms and conditions applied to investor immigration whereas an entrepreneurial; visa has terms and conditions that must be met within a given period.

In this podcast, Canadian immigration consultant, Eric Katz, discusses investor immigration to Canada and the implications of federal applications versus applications to Quebec.

 
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Canada citizenship and residency podcast

In this episode, Canadian Immigration consultant, Eric Katz, discusses applying for Canadian residency and citizenship, residency obligations and dual citizenship.

Immigration Canada is mounting a campaign to get the word out that the first batch of permanent resident cards, issued in mid-2002, are about to expire. Like a passport, the permanent resident or PR card must be renewed every five years. The first group of cards will begin to expire as of July 1. Many of the resident card holders will become citizens by the date and will not need to renew. If you have a Permanent Residency card check your expiry date, Permanent Residency card renewal application information can be found on cic.gc.ca.

 
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Buying real estate in Canada

In today’s skypecast certified immigration consultant Eric Katz discusses buying residential real estate in Canada. We recommend checking out The Canada Real Estate Associations Mulitple Listing Service

We’re holding Skypecasts every Wednesday at around16:30 EST (we’re on Toronto time here), so if you’ve got a question about Canadian immigration join our skypecast for some free advice.

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Canada Immigration Visas skypecast - Living and working in Canada’s second tier cities

In today’s skypecast Eric discusses living and working in Canada’s second tier cities such as : Victoria (British Columbia), Edmonton (Alberta), Winnipeg (Manitoba), Saskatoon(Saskatchewan), London, Windsor, Hamilton and Ottawa(Ontario).

There are a lot of opportunities in these cities and they offer a lower cost of living than the big cities and a high quality of life. Anyone considering emigration should look at the options available outside the big cities.

 
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Canada Immigration skypecast - processing times

In this skypecast Eric discusses the processing times for various permanent and temporary visas and the implications of factors such as job sponsorship and spousal applications.

 
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Canada Immigration Visas Skypecast - East vs West

In today’s skypecast Eric contrasts the opportunities currently available in the East and West of Canada.

Service industries and manufacturing are strong in the East, particularly the IT industry in Southern Ontario whereas in the Western provinces of British Columbia and Alberta growth is being driven by resource based industries - mining, oil and gas. Eric discusses how this affects your prospects of obtaining a work permit for Canada.

 
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Canada Immigration Visas Skypecast - Business Emigration

In this podcast certified Canadian immigration consultant Eric Katz discusses the various business emigration options available for Canada. In the last couple of years the backlog of business applications has risen dramatically but new opportunities for business emigration have been created where provinces have the ability to select their own immigrants under the provincial nominee programs. Eric summarises the criteria for investor, entrepreneurial and self-employed business visa applications.

 
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Canada Immigration Visas Skypecast - Why does it take so long to process Canadian visa applications and what can be done to expedite the process

In this episode certified Canadian immigration consultant Eric Katz discusses why Canadian visa applications currently take so long and what can be done to expedite the process.

Eric covers work permits, getting a job offer, the provincial nominee programs in the western provinces of Manitoba, Alberta and British Columbia, occupations under pressure and emigrating to Canada as an invester or entrepreneur.

 
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Canada Immigration Visas skypecast - What to do if your case is refused

In this episode Eric talks about appealing a refused case to the Federal court of Canada and answers questions about studying in Canada with a view to emigrating. Some of this podcast is in French as Eric discusses the advantage of quicker processing times for French speakers emigrating to Quebec with a French caller.

Apologies for the echo at the start of the podcast, it goes away pretty quick. Hey, we’re experts in Canadian immigration not sound engineers :)

 
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