Posted on July 22 2015
The Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QIIP) will reopen for applications on August 31, 2015 through January 29, 2016. The QIIP facilitates immigration to Canada for qualified investors who undertake to settle in Quebec and make a passive investment via an authorized financial intermediary. The program is well suited to investors with business management experience seeking an expedited avenue to Permanent Residence in Canada.
In order to be eligible for the program, applicants must:
Assessment of your application will review other factors such as your age, professional background and language skills.
Investors are required to make a passive investment of CAD$800,000 through an authorized financial intermediary in Quebec. This non-interest bearing passive investment must be maintained for five (5) years.
Investors have the option of financing their investment through an authorized financial intermediary at competitive interest rates.
In addition to legal fees, applicants must also pay a processing fee of CAD$15,000 to the Government of Quebec.
The program will accept 1,750 applicants, commencing August 31, 2015. No more than 1,200 applicants will be accepted from any single country.
Applicants who demonstrate intermediate language skills in French are eligible for priority processing and may make their application at any time before March 31, 2016. In addition, qualified French speaking applicants arenot subject to program caps.
While in previous years preliminary applications were accepted for consideration, only completed applications will be considered in this round. As preparing an application is a lengthy process, it is important that work on your application begin well in advance of the August 31, 2015.
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