Being A Smart Canadian
The Canadian government is considering starting a new program to allow immigration of foreign entrepreneurs with great business ideas but not enough money. The new ‘start up visa’ program will allow entrepreneurs who have great ideas in IT and other sectors to be matched with Canadian investors. If everything goes well, the entrepreneur will be [...]
Quebec’s Investor Immigration Program, part of the Business People stream, has been closed until end of March 2013. This follows receiving 2,700 applications, which was the cap set for the current year. However, according to the Quebec government,which runs an immigration program fairly autonomous from the federal government of Canada, two more streams under Businesspeople [...]
SOURCE: EMIRATES 24/7 NEWS Immigration consultancy is a big business in Dubai. People insecure of how to go about the big move to another country often choose to adopt the services of an ‘immigration consultant’, who facilitates the process from assessment to settlement. However, many of the emigrants end up feeling cheated and disappointed with [...]
SOURCE: EMIRATES 24/7 Every year around 250,000 people migrate to Canada. The UAE seems to be a popular place of departure to the Far West [and Far North] for the expatriate population in this country. For many, life here is a stopover, and Canada has turned out time and again the number one final [...]
Did you apply to immigrate to Canada under the Federal Skilled Worker program before Feb. 27, 2008? If so, Canada has decided that your application will not be processed anymore and your money will be returned along with your application. This was among the key decision made public in the country’s new budget. According to [...]
The Canadian government has launched an online consultation process to redesign the country’s Parent and Grandparent Immigration Programme (PGP). In-person consultations are soon to follow in a number of cities. The new consultations appear to have two key aims – to cut the long wait times for PGP applicants and to avoid too much of [...]
Canada is changing rules related to financial institutions like banks releasing funds for deposited chques. Under new guidelines, if a cheque has a value of less than $ 1,500.00, the hold on it for personal and small businesses will be reduced to a maximum of four business days, starting from the day after it was [...]
SOURCE: THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR Pubs bursting at the seams are a reminder of the old saying that on St. Patrick’s Day, everyone’s a little bit Irish. But statistics show that immigration to Canada has become a lot more Irish. By the end of 2011, there were more than 5,200 temporary foreign workers from Ireland in [...]
SOURCE: THE STAR My 78-year-old mother is incredibly organized, particularly when it comes to her finances. She keeps all of her income tax receipts in one folder, along with information about her investments, property taxes, and her medical expenses. That’s a huge help when it comes to income tax time. If you’re caring for an [...]
The Canadian government is bringing in new regulations requiring credit companies to stop sending unsolicited convenience cheques to customers. These cheques usually offer low interest rates, some times as low as 1.99%, for a specific period, like six months, after which the regular interest rate will kick-in. They can be used for purchases, balance transfer [...]
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