Federal Investor Immigration Program

If you have high level management experience at a fairly large business, or own and manage a mid-sized company then you may qualify for the Federal Investor Immigration Program.

The Immigrant Investor Program facilitates immigration into Canada for high net worth individuals who can afford to make a fiancial contribution of at least CAD $400,000 towards indirect job growth development in Canada. This $400,000 loan is payable at the end of the process after the client has been deemed eligible by the Federal Immigration authorities. The funds are returned to the Investor 5 (five) years after they are received by the Canadian authorities.

If the applicant is short on liquid capital and cannot afford to give the Canadian government the full CAD $400,000, fiancing plans exist to pay for a loan to be made to the government on the investor's behalf. The investor then pays the financing cost of this CAD $400,000 loan instead of loaning the money out himself.

At the end of the immigration process investors will receive permanent resident (PR) visas which will allow them to reside, work and do business anywhere in Canada. This visa leads to Canadian Citizenship.

Basic Qualification Criteria:

In order to qualify for this program, a potential Investor Immigrant is expected to:

• have successfully operated, controlled or directed a business,

• have a net worth, accumulated by their own endeavours, of at least CAD $800,000

• make a deposit of $400,000 to the Receiver General for Canada for a period of 5 years at which time the funds will be returned. (Financing is available)
  

Not everyoe who meets the above criteria will automatically be granted a permanent residency visa under this program. The actual application process entails dozens of hours of labour and a finalized appliaction package usally includes no less than 100 to 200 pages of forms and documentation.

If you want to know if you might qualify for the Federal Investor program please complete the online businessperson assessment.

Advantages of the Federal Investor Immigrant Program

For most business people this is the easiest way to migrate to Canada because you are not required to enter and reside in any single Province or territory. In addition, unlike the BCPNP program for example, you are not required to invest a minimum amount into the expansion of a business or hire a certain number of full time employees, which can cause a serious drain on your resources, especially if you never planned on starting a business and are only doing so to attain Permanent Residecy status.

Most business immigrants risk CAD $200,000 to CAD $400,000 of their capital in an untested business venture. In some programs if that business fails, not only do you lose the capital and time invested but you also lose your status in Canada and have to return to your country of origin adding insult to injury.

It is simple and effective and will save you much sorrow and misery!

Federal Investor Category applicants become Permanent Residents on the day they land in Canada and enjoy almost all the privileges Canadian Citizens enjoy except the right to vote.

There are approximately 5000 scholarships in Canada that aren't even applied for every year.

Most Investors applicants do not wish to tie up CAD $400,000 of capital for five years. Therefore we can arrange for this CAD $400,000 investment to be financed by a Goverenment authorized financial institution so that you pay only the financing costs and have more capital avaialbe to invest in Canada.

Currently, the cost to finance the CAD $400,000 depost for five years is a one time fee of CAD $120,000. If you can turn a CAD $280,000 investment into more than CAD $400,000 within five years then this may be a worthwhile option for you

Setting up a Trust

An "Immigration Trust" may be set up in order to take advantage of Canadian tax law provisions allowing a five-year tax holiday for the newly arrived immigrant.

An "immigration trust" is a trust created outside of Canada by an individual prior to, or within sixty (60) months, of becoming a Canadian resident, to which that person transfers income-producing assets.

We are quite sure that the revenue generated by the assets transferred to the trust are legally exempt from Canadian taxation until the immigrant contributor has resided in Canada for a period of up to sixty (60) months.

We can assist you the potential Investor Immigrant establish an immigration trust structure that complies with the various requirements of Canadian taxation law.

Highlights of the Federal Investor Program:

1) The Federal Investor Program does not entail mandatory investment in a business in Canada

2) Your investment is Government Guaranteed. After five years you are guaranteed to receive your invested funds.

3) You are free to settle and work or retire in any Province or Territory in Canada.

4) A world class education for your children which is free up to the age of 18. While university tuition for foreign students runs around CAD $40,000 per year at the top Canadian universities, immigrants with permanent resident visas will pay 1/4th this amount with government subsidies. It is also possible for Permanent Residents to obtain scholarships that will pay for most of the remaining tuition amounts. Click here to read this story.

5) All Permanent Residents have access to free medical care and to excellent health care facilities.

6) It was the only G7 nation without a deficit in recent years and still has a relatively sound banking system.

7) Most Canadians speak English, while a minority speak French, making Canada an ideal place to operate a business.

8) Low crime. Guns are not allowed in public and strict licensing requirements are in place for those who want to own them.

9) Virtually every cultural and ethnic community exists within Canada. You will never feel like a stranger in a new land.

10) Canada has excellent trade relationships with developed nations around the world.

No. 1 Country in the World to live in.

For six years in a row in the nineties, Canada was ranked #1 among 174 countries in the United Nations Human Development Index, which measures a country’s well-being.

Over 70,000 investors and their dependants have taken part in Canada’s Immigrant Investor Program since it began in 1986.

Avatar Immigration Inc. is a 'Certified Agent' for several Approved Canadian Fund Managers.