Canada will start accepting applications from millionaire immigrant investors and their families on Wednesday under a revamped version of a program critics once denounced as “cash for citizenship.” The government announced in December it would give permanent residency to international investors who can invest $2 million in Canada, in an effort to attract experienced business people who could give the Canadian… Read More »

Canada will start accepting applications for its new Immigrant Investor Venture Capital program from Jan. 28, Wednesday. The program offers permanent residency to international investors who can invest $2 million in Canada. The applications will be received from Jan. 28 to Feb. 11 or until a maximum of 500 applications are received. “This pilot program… Read More »

Three years ago, Tokyo resident Qi Hongqiang launched Skypechina, an online Chinese-language school, using ¥5 million borrowed from his parents back home in Hebei province, China. The 27-year-old graduate of a Japanese university needed the cash to fulfill one main requirement for obtaining an investor/business manager visa. “I am lucky as my parents offered me… Read More »

The following is a ranking of the top EB-5 countries ranked according to the number of EB-5 visas issued in the 2014 fiscal year. Inclusion in the list below was determined by countries which had double digits during the 2013 or 2014 fiscal years. For comparison, the number of EB-5 visas issued in the 2013… Read More »

If you want to found a startup while enjoying risotto or taking in the best the fashion world has to offer, look no further. Italy has a special Startup Visa programthat budding innovators can apply to. Started in June of last year, Italy’s startup visa is specifically for non-Europeans with innovative business ideas. The program… Read More »

There’s a reason the United States is known as the land of opportunity – it has one of the most fertile economies in the world, one that owes much of its success to the hard work of immigrants from all over the globe.According to a 2011 report by the Partnership for a New American Economy,… Read More »