Canada has received just six applications for its pilot immigration program for millionaires, far fewer than for its investor class visa that was scrapped last year amid criticism it was allowing rich Chinese to buy their way into Canada. “I knew it wasn’t going to work. It was poorly designed,” said Richard Kurland, a Vancouver… Read More »

Taipei, July 28 (CNA) Taiwan will begin taking applications for entrepreneur visas from foreign nationals starting on July 31 as part of a government plan to position Taiwan as a hub for innovative entrepreneurship in the Asia-Pacific region, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Tuesday. People applying for the entrepreneur visas can submit their applications… Read More »

The Australian Government has made regulations which implement: a new Premium Investor Visa (PIV) program; and its proposed changes to the Significant Investor Visa (SIV) Program, from 1 July 2015. The SIV still requires an AUD$5 million investment to be made in Australia, however there have been a number of changes to permitted investments. Premium… Read More »

The much anticipated revised framework for the Significant Investor stream (SIV) of the Business Innovation and Investment visa program came into effect on 1 July 2015. The Migration Amendment (Investor Visas) Regulation 2015 (Regulation) and the Migration (IMMI 15/100: Complying Investments) Instrument 2015 (Instrument) are now both in effect. Background In February 2015, the draft framework for the revised… Read More »

NEW DELHI: India, with support from South Africa, is hoping to push for a proposal at the July 9 Brics Summit in Russia for special multiple-entry business visas for entrepreneurs from the five member states for easier travel among the countries of the grouping. The proposal envisages simplifying visas for five-year validity with multiple entries… Read More »

French Minister of State for the digital economy Axelle Lemaire announced last week a new entrepreneur visa package called the French Tech Ticket. With this package, foreign entrepreneurs could get a work visa, a $14,000-$28,000 grant (€12,500-€25,000) for each team member, free office space in an incubator in Paris as well as an English-speaking administrative… Read More »