May 2, 2017 - Two civil lawsuits recently filed in British Columbia and the Yukon involving Canada business immigration programs, highlight how provincial business immigration streams in Canada continue to be affected by fraud and mismanagement. At the federal level, Ottawa will likely soon face its own credibility challenges under its Canada Start Up Visa program.

Canada is considering a new investment immigration program designed to attract ultra high net worth individuals.

An individual holding the South African passport is entitled to visa-free travel to 97 countries all over the world.

November 1, 2017 – The Saskatchewan immigration office invited 265 candidates to apply in the province's largest draw since 2015 under its Entrepreneur stream on Tuesday, October 31. It was the first time more than 200 candidates have been invited in a single draw.

June 5, 2020 - The Quebec government's decision to delay the opening of the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program until at least April 2021 signals a significant change in direction for the province, and for Canada's business immigration landscape.

October 10, 2017 - The latest British Columbia business immigration draw saw 12 candidates invited to apply under the province's Entrepreneur Immigration stream.

Recent data released by the Interior Ministry of Cyprus shows that the country's popular Cyprus investment immigration program has led to inflow of FDI exceeding €2 billion into the country's economy during 2012-13 to 2014-15.

In this episode of Greenberg Traurig's Immigration Insights series, host Kate Kalmykov is joined by James Sozomenou, Co-Head of Metropolitan Commercial Bank's EB-5 Private Client Group...

December 1, 2017 – Nova Scotia immigration officials conducted the latest draw under its Entrepreneur stream inviting 24 candidates to apply for Nova Scotia immigration with the lowest score of 91 points.

November 9, 2018 - Quebec has introduced new rules for its popular business immigration programs. Read about the new Entrepreneur and Self-employed programs.

November 21, 2019 - As the US hikes investment limits for the EB-5, Canada should consider reviving the suspended Canada Immigrant Investor Program.

Malta is set to launch a revamped Malta Individual Investor Program with significant changes from September 2020.

In January 2016, St. Lucia became yet another Caribbean nation offering economic citizenship to wealthy international applicants. The country must carefully ensure mitigation of security risks and pursue a holistic due diligence strategy to help realize the benefits of a long term economic citizenship program.

June 1, 2018 - The UK Tier 1 Investor and the Quebec Investor are in direct competition given the economically-developed status of the UK and Canada. Both represent investment immigration avenues to permanent residence-by-investment for two popular sought-after countries in the world.

December 6, 2017 – Invitations to apply were issued to 11 candidates under the latest draw for the British Columbia Entrepreneur Immigration stream, a the minimum score of 115 to qualify.

November 9, 2018 - Quebec has introduced new rules for its popular business immigration programs. Read about the new 2019 Quebec Immigrant Investor (QIIP) Program which is now accepting a limited number of new applications.

May 25, 2017 - Canada offers a wide range of investment immigration programs conferring permanent resident status. We review all programs under the Federal and Provincial streams.

December 8, 2019 - A new International Graduate Entrepreneur Stream has been launched by Saskatchewan immigration. The new Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program (SINP) category is aimed at international students graduating from Saskatchewan institutions.

This 3-part HLG article series will provide a comprehensive overview of dominant trends of immigration and detail the growing trend toward residency and citizenship-by-investment programs ("RCBI").

Investment immigration guidelines vary across different countries and programs. HLG has created a list of general steps that one must complete before filing for an application.