BC Investment Program

by XIPHIAS IMMIGRATION migration executive

XIPHIAS Immigration an ICCRC registered firm with RCICs on board brings in all the possible ways one can relocate to Canada. Canada being one of the foremost countries welcoming foreign skilled professionals and foreign direct investments into the country, offers many streams to ensure proper immigration of right personals into the country. Most of its provinces offer their investment programs to nominate interested investors through which the investors can earn their Canada PR. One of its Province British Columbia has come up with its own British Columbia Investment Program. The BC Investment Program is part of the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program.

British Columbia offers one of the most prolific immigration programs for investors. Every investor who intends to go through this program should have already decided to settle in British Columbia. All those investors who intend to invest and settle in British Columbia must have a personal high net worth and should be able to prove the legality of his/her earnings. Through the nomination obtained from British Columbia with this program the investor gets his/her eligibility to apply for Canada Permanent Residency. There are three streams under British Columbia Investment Program to help investors choose the right path.

BC’s Entrepreneur Immigration Stream is for all those qualified High Net worth investors who have already successfully proved their management and business skills. They should be able to contribute significantly to the economy of BC while also generating jobs for the locals there. Such qualified individuals should be able to prove their personal net-worth to a tune not less than CAD $600,000. Their minimum investment would be CAD $200,000. While, the investor takes care of their part of documents and investment amount, we at XIPHIAS shall prove their partnership with us is worth their time and money, handling all of their application, registration, and partnership with the right business partners.

BC’s Entrepreneur Immigration –Regional Steam is for all those entrepreneurs who intend to invest in rural British Columbia to buy a running business, invest or set up a new business there. This program was started as a 2-year pilot project in 2019. As per this program, the investor will not need to prove his net-worth to be more than CAD$300,000 and the investment can be CAD $100,000. However, it is important that these two are legally earned. The investor should have a business ownership of a minimum of 51% and should be able to generate a minimum of one job for the locals there. They should also prove their language efficiency. This kind of investment is possible in only those areas of British Columbia where the population is not more than 75,000. More like a community.

BC’s Entrepreneur Immigration – Strategic Projects allows businesses outside Canada, to set up a branch in British Columbia. Such projects should be able to provide a proper business plan and its contribution to the economy of Canada. With this, key managerial staff, professional and technical staff, who intend to relocate to BC permanently can apply for their nominations through BC PNP. It requires that, such applicant need to hold a minimum equity investment of value CAD $500,000 in the new branch being set-up. This set-up should be able to provide a minimum of 3 jobs to the locals there. The investor can establish or purchase or expand his/her prospects in BC through this stream.

XIPHIAS Immigration being one of the top immigration firms with international investment expat specialists in the team, backed by a solid team of solicitors handling all Corporate Legal Services, we are ever ready to support every client of ours in their endeavor to set up their business in British Columbia as would be required.