Popular questions
The status of Permanent Resident can be compared with the status of permanent residence (permanent place of residence). A person in Canada temporarily, such as a student or foreign worker, is not a permanent resident.
As a permanent resident of Canada, you are entitled to: get most of the social benefits that Canadian citizens receive, including health insurance; live, work or study in Canada. You have practically the same rights as Canadian citizens.
What permanent residents are not allowed to do: You can't vote or run for political office, or hold certain positions that require a high-level security clearance.
You can lose permanent resident status if: you voluntarily renounce permanent resident status; a removal order is made against you and comes into force; or if you become a Canadian citizen.
To keep your permanent resident status, you must have been in Canada for at least 730 days within the last 5 years. These 730 days do not have to be continuous. Some time spent abroad can count towards 730 days.
Even if you do not meet the residence obligation, you are still a PR until an official decision is made on your status.
- be a permanent resident
- live in Canada for 3 out of 5 years (not necessarily continuous)
- pass the citizenship test.
This program requires you to meet a minimum Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level of 5 in either English or French, which corresponds to B1 level.
- Listening: four audio recordings of varying complexity. While listening, you need to choose the right answer.
- Reading: Based on the three texts given to you, you will need to answer 40 questions in total.
- Writing: you are expected to write a letter of around 150 words and an informal essay on a given topic.
- Speaking: a real-life face-to-face conversation on various topics with the examiner for about 10-15 minutes.
Please visit the official website of the Canadian Government in the Start-Up Visa section and look through the list of available business incubators. Go to their website to study the conditions they have. All requirements and conditions are normally stated directly on the website, including what qualifications the founder, startup and existing business must have.
By submitting an application or letter, you can also find out whether your business idea or startup is eligible for this incubator under this program. To define whether your business meets the expectations of an incubator in terms of the type of activity, study their cases and successful examples that have already been implemented.
We also recommend looking through the social networks, YouTube channel of the chosen business incubator and listening to the founder and his team talking about what preferences and priorities they set when choosing which startups to give preference to.
The family includes your spouse, minor children, including the children from your previous marriage or one of your wife.
Now, for example, if someone immigrates without a family, they will need to have $13,310 Canadian dollars on the account. For a family of 3 the sum adds up to $20,371 Canadian dollars. Please note that these amounts are periodically updated.
As part of the Start-Up Vis program, you need to provide a business plan that contains all the key points related to its development, including sales strategy, pricing strategy, abbey-strategy, marketing strategy and others, as well as a financial plan of how exactly your business will operate and grow, what expenses, income, dividends, loans etc. it will have to thrive. To get more information about how to draw up the document, check our video blog, where we outline the details and features of preparing a business plan.
Education at the institute — 8,000 $US
Consultant services — from 18,900 $US
Depend on the number of family members:
- IELTS language test (380$US)
- Biometrics (255 $US)
- Medical examination in the clinic (575 $US)
- Immigration Application Processing (2,195 $US)
- Obtaining the right of permanent residence (1,100 $US)
At the same time, there are some in Toronto offering both an intensive educational program and support upon your arrival in Canada which cost from 8,000 &US to 15,000 $US in total.
- arrive in 3-4 months after the end of the business incubator training program with the status of a work permit and wait for getting resident status in Canada
- arrive in 2 years with resident status of Canada already issued
But still there are some exemptions to biometric collection. Giving biometrics for a visa to Canada is not required if you are applying for:
- children under the age of 14
- applicants over the age of 79
After you collect and submit the documents and the immigration officer review them, you will receive an invitation for a medical examination. Let us reassure you that after you complete it, you are most likely to receive documents for entering the country soon.
Documents you need to bring with you:
- valid international passport
- eye glasses, contact lenses, hearing aid, etc.
- medical certificates related to your illnesses
- a list of medicines you take
- recent photographs (specify quantity)
- the Medical Report form IMM 1017 (you should adres the Immigration Service for it)
- come to your business incubator
- register your company in Canada
- run this business while in Canada