Re:Startup Visa Canada
by redthrowaway on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @04:33AM
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The $150k bit seems entirely unreasonable. Are they expecting immigrants to have funding before they launch their startup? Or are they only hoping to attract rich Indian and Chinese college students/grads riding on Daddy's money? Either approach seems naive if they truly want to build a vibrant startup culture in Canada.
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It seems reasonable if they want to attract VC firms too (or already have them), so the VCs can find entrepreneurs overseas and send them to Canada.
Re:Startup Visa Canada
by redthrowaway on Tuesday January 18, 2011 @02:52PM
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That seems like an edge case, and a strategy predicated upon the US remaining unfriendly to qualified immigrants.
The entrepreneurial immigration path is a way of jumping the queue, so yes it requires significant personal assets if you want to take advantage of it. Otherwise you can just utilize the normal immigration path.