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Why Choose Canada?
Preparation
Selecting a business incubator for you in Canada
After the training program is successfully completed, you are to present your business project to the commission of the business institute.
Entrepreneurs successfully completed the course and prepared a business plan for their project become residents of the business incubator and receive a letter of support, which is considered to be part of the Start-Up Visa immigration program.
The disciplines studied include:
- entrepreneurship,
- marketing and sales strategy,
- business development and growth,
- vision and scanning of the environment,
- finances and financial planning
- legal context for running business in Canada
Training in a business incubator is necessary for you to understand how to run business in Canada. Each institute has different training programs with an average duration of about 2 weeks.
Each business incubator has its own procedure for accepting business projects, which are assessed in accordance with a range of certain evaluation criteria. For example, you may be suggested to personally present your business concept or provide a detailed business plan.
If the organization agrees to support your business idea, it will invite you to become a business incubator resident and provide you with a letter of support.
You should take into consideration that a letter of support is a key to applying for immigration documents to obtain Canadian resident status.
The membership costs vary based on the business incubator and starts at $250 Canadian dollars per month.
This price includes:
- support of your business project by business incubator experts,
- assistance in finding the contacts you need,
- providing a legal address for registering a company,
- coworking space,
- receiving paper mail to your legal address and sending it to you via e-mail.
List of required documents for immigration under the Start-up Visa program:
- application for immigration
- valid foreign passport
- letter of support for the project from a business institute
- language test results
- birth certificates, internal passports, registration information
- marriage certificate (or proof of relationship)
- children's birth certificates
- police certificates
- 2 photos of each entrant
- fee payment receipts
- proof of funds to live in Canada
All documents are submitted electronically.
Another good news for the entrants is that Canada does not recognize documents issued with a apostille, which means that it is sufficient for you to have your documents translated by a certified translator or a translation agency.
The status of Permanent Resident can be compared with the status of permanent residence (permanent place of residence). A person in Canada temporarily, such as a student or foreign worker, is not a permanent resident.
As a permanent resident of Canada, you are entitled to: Get most of the social benefits that Canadian citizens receive, including health insurance; live, work or study in Canada. You have practically the same rights as Canadian citizens.
What permanent residents are not allowed to do: You can't vote or run for political office, or hold certain positions that require a high-level security clearance.
You can lose permanent resident status if: you voluntarily renounce permanent resident status; a removal order is made against you and comes into force; or if you become a Canadian citizen.
To keep your permanent resident status, you must have been in Canada for at least 730 days within the last 5 years. These 730 days do not have to be continuous. Some time spent abroad can count towards 730 days.
Even if you do not meet the residence obligation, you are still a PR until an official decision is made on your status.
What Do You Need to Do upon Arrival in Canada?
After arriving in Canada, you need to:
- come to your business incubator
- register your company in Canada
- run this business while in Canada
The Government of Canada does not regulate a minimum number of employees that you need to hire or how many hours they are supposed to work on your project.
To be eligible to become a Canadian citizen, you must:
- be a permanent resident
- live in Canada for 3 out of 5 years (not necessarily continuous)
- and pass the citizenship test.
Candidates aged 18 to 54 take the citizenship test and answer questions about the rights and obligations of Canadians and Canadian citizens concerning the history, geography, economy, government, laws and symbols of Canada.
The duration of the test is 30 minutes and it consists of 20 questions with a passing score of 15 correct answers.
However, to get Permanent Residence, you are supposed to take a language test at a place of your residence/stay at the approved agency (such as IELTS) and attach the results to your application.
You must show that you have reached Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) 5 in English or French. The language proficiency level CLB 5 corresponds to the B1 level.
It is worth noting that this program involves the most minimal requirements for demonstrating the language capacities.
Statement of Account
The amount required is based on the size of your family. It is usually sufficient to provide an account statement or a reference on availability of accounts with balance confirmation.
Now, for example, if someone immigrates without a family, they will need to have $13,310 Canadian dollars on the account. For a family of 3 the sum adds up to $20,371 Canadian dollars. Please note that these amounts are periodically updated.
You do not need to invest your own funds in your company or your business, you can attract investments while in Canada or get a loan from a bank.
What Does Innovative Business Mean?
By innovation people often mean something unique from the category of space flights or new aircraft turbines, but this is not the case here.
Innovation is a significant improvement in an existing product or service. Particularly this improvement contributes to increasing the efficiency of processes or enhancing the quality of products in demand on the market.
Let us outline three ways to understand if your idea is innovative and give examples below:
Novelty: One of the indicators of an innovative idea is its novelty. At the same time, this concept did not necesseraly existed earlier. Even if it did, it would be more complicated and demand more time and money.
For example: You have a confectionery production, you ordered a cake with a picture, previously you had to do it manually, now you can put a piece of chocolate in a special printer and apply the image with food coloring.
You see that the person who came up with this did not create a printer, did not create food coloring, he just suggested trying to combine it.
Potential: Innovative ideas can be ground-breaking (not necessarily, but they can), meaning they can transform the industry or market they target.
Imagine that you have a vehicle fleet you rent out. Previously your customers had to rent it for at least one day and drive across the city to your parking lot. But now you have created a net of parking lots with the cars available around the entire city, provided an access to the vehicles via your app and let the customers rent the transport for any period of time.
It is no longer considered to be an innovation today, however a few years ago it was an innovative business approach that has completely changed the current situation on the market.
Market Demand: Your idea may address a current or future need that is not met to some extent. The main indicator of a market demand is the customers' willingness to pay for a product or service.
Imagine that you have opened a coffee point. It is obvious that people care about the coffee rather than waiting for it to be prepared. Therefore, some coffee chains have created their own apps that allow their customers to make an order on their way to the coffee shop, so that having entered it, they can immediately pick it up without waiting.
Any idea you have that reduces the time or effort of the client can be referred to an innovative one. To make it clear, let us give a couple of more examples:
McDonald's which reduced the waiting time for customers.
Ikea with their furniture you can assemble on your own without waiting for an assembler.
Amazon which let their customers purchase the products staying at home.
The list seems to be endless.
To sum up, an innovative idea can be recognized by three factors: novelty, revolutionary potential, and market demand.
Want to test your business idea? Sign up for a meeting where we will discuss your business or your business idea and help you figure out an innovative component in it.
Benefits
- Education at the institute — 8,000 $US
- Consultant services — from 4,900 $US
- IELTS language test
- Biometrics
- Medical examination in the clinic
- Immigration Application Processing
- Obtaining the right of permanent residence
The family includes your spouse, minor children, including the children from your previous marriage or one of your wife.
It is worth mentioning that you do not have to be legally married, since Canada recognizes civil marriages. However, you will be obliged to fill out certain forms to confirm your relationship.
Under this immigration program, you will be able to arrive in Canada with the whole family together, unlike immigration programs in other countries where the family of the founder are permitted to enter the country after some time only .
Additional
Benefits
You can come to Canada in 3-4 months
There can be no more than 5 applicants (5 founders) from one business project. It is necessary for each of them to own at least 10% of the project.
This means that upon arrival in Canada, you will need to open a legal entity with the corresponding shares.
The applicant or applicants will be required to set up a company where they own more than 50% of the total voting rights. The situation which implies that a business project is owned by some venture fund by more than 50% is unacceptable.
Each co-founder of a business project who plans to immigrate must pay for the education and be trained in a business incubator.
How Soon Can You Arrive?
- arrive in 3-4 months after the end of the business incubator training program with the status of a work permit and wait for getting resident status in Canada
- arrive in 2 years with resident status of Canada aready issued
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Before applying for the vacancies, you are recommended to organize your CV in accordance with North American standards of resume writing and carefully check the content for typos and errors.
In Case of Business Closure
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Brief overview of our services
First of all, we provide business advice — we help you choose a business institution, apply for admission, pass an interview and defend your business project up to receiving a "letter of support", which is necessary to start the immigration process.
However, if you need immigration services after receiving a "letter of support", we are ready to help you with that as well. We have a valid immigration services license issued by the RCIC under the number R527681 Motalebpour, Reza.
Legal Information
At the time of publication, the data complies with legal regulations, however, it should be taken into account that regulations and legal provisions may change, so there is always possibility that certain information is outdated over time.
The reliability of all data should be checked on the official websites of the Canadian government.
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Biometrics Collection
To obtain any Canadian visa, you need to give your biometrics. A photograph and fingerprints of all ten fingers are needed.
But still there are some exemptions to biometric collection. Giving biometrics for a visa to Canada is not required if you are applying for:
- children under the age of 14
- applicants over the age of 79
You must ensure to bring the below-mentioned documents for the biometrics appointment:
- valid passport for which the visa application was made
- copy of the biometric instruction letter confirming that you need to give your biometrics
- copy of the check confirming the payment of the biometric fees
When applying for permanent resident status, you will need to go through the process again, even if you have already been fingerprinted for a Canadian tourist visa.
IELTS
In theory, IELTS English language test is intended to show the level of your English language proficiency, but in practice it reflects the level of your preparation for testing.
We strongly recommend that you contact some qualified specialists who prepare for this test, even if you feel confident about your English language skills.
The IELTS exam structure consists of four sections:
- Listening: four audio recordings of varying complexity. While listening, you need to choose the right answer.
- Reading: Based on the three texts given to you, you will need to answer 40 questions in total.
- Writing: you are expected to write a letter of around 150 words and an informal essay on a given topic.
- Speaking: a real-life face-to-face conversation on various topics with the examiner for about 10-15 minutes.
Please note that you do not need to take IELTS for studying at a business institute, it concerns Permanent Residence only.
Some good news for you: this program requires you to meet a minimum Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level of 5 in either English or French, which corresponds to B1 level.
Medical Examination
Undergoing a medical exam is an mandatory requirement when immigrating to Canada.
After you collect and submit the documents and the immigration officer review them, you will receive an invitation for a medical examination. Let us reassure you that after you complete it, you are most likely to receive documents for entering the country soon.
After you receive a referral for an examination, follow this section on the website of the Government of Canada, select the most preferable country for you to undergo an examination and contact the clinic by yourself.
Documents you need to bring with you:
- valid international passport
- eye glasses, contact lenses, hearing aid, etc.
- medical certificates related to your illnesses
- a list of medicines you take
- recent photographs (specify quantity)
- the Medical Report form IMM 1017 (you should adress the Immigration Service for it)
Keep in mind that the results obtained are valid for 12 months. If your spouse is pregnant, then you will most likely not be able to undergo a full examination due to the impossibility to take X-ray images (you will have to address the Immigration Service in this case).
For instance, Launch, a business incubator in Vancouver, sets the price at $41,800 CA for the main program. There are also business incubators offering the price of $136,000 CA for the annual program.
At the same time, there are some in Toronto offering both an intensive educational program and support upon your arrival in Canada which cost from $8,000 to $15,000 CA in total.
You will be able to define which business incubator suits you best during our consultation. Certainly, a lot depends on your business idea and the number of founders in your business project, but we will do our best to find the optimal price solution for you.
- We select a business incubator in accordance with the specifics of the project.
- We prepare the project team for an interview in a business incubator.
- We develop recommendations for strengthening the expertise and the team.
- We give recommendations on the preparation of supporting documents.
- We help to develop the market context of Canada and the USA.
- We help prepare a strategic plan to enter the Canadian market.
- We help with the preparation of competitor analysis, in Canada as well.
- If necessary, we prepare a rationale of the innovativeness of the project.
- We assist in filling out an application for a business incubator.
- We provide advise on assignments during the course in a business incubator.
- We prepare you for the final defense of a business project in front of experts.
- We provide guidance within the process of working out a business plan necessary to receive a letter of support.
Price:
- “turnkey” maximum 13,900 $US per startup team up to 5 founders
- reducing the price depending on the business maturity and the involvement of a business consultant in the preparation of a business project
- the minimum cost of 4,900 $US
- final business proposal after the consultation
Payment stages:
- Advance payment 25%.
- Further stages according to the result.
- In case of refusal at one of the stages, we return the money paid.
Contract:
- We sign a contract with our company in the USA or Canada.
- Payment can be made also in cryptocurrency.
Expenses per founder, without family:
- cost of studying in a business incubator from 8,000 $US
- cost of business consultant services from 4,900 $US
- IELTS 190 $US
- biometrics 85 $US
- medical examination at the clinic 270 $US
- immigration application processing 1,395 $US
- obtaining the right of permanent residence 360 $US
Total: 15,200 $US
Result: Canadian citizenship in 3 years
We invite you to meet directly with our experts. At the meeting, we will discuss your business idea, answer your questions and tell you how to start preparing for Canada.
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Mikhail Saveliev
I met Fedor Valentinovich as part of a university course. The main task is to make a startup out of an idea. At the first acquaintance with his author's course, honestly, I was skeptical when I heard that at the end of the course, everyone will be able to submit their startup
After training I:
i) learned to formulate thoughts as concisely and clearly as possible (first of all, realizing the importance of this skill),
ii) pumped up public speaking skills (visual contact with the audience, verbal techniques and much more)
iii) redesigned his project from scratch in terms of delivery, business and the main message of the presentation, which everyone should understand.
Would recommend to anyone who wants more for their project!
Due to his frenzied charisma, Fedor Valentinovich drew me into the course in the first half hour, and the process began. The idea of creating a service to protect against advertising clicks on the Internet was taken. The main emphasis in our common work was on a high-quality presentation of the product to attract investment. We worked through the idea of a business project, relevance, value proposition, market in detail, which ultimately made a great, solid product. Try yourself, look for an idea and do business, and Fedor will help you with this!
In addition to working on the content of the project, Fedor gave expert advice on how to defend a startup in front of experts, recommended presentation design, and even improved my public speaking skills.
I definitely recommend working with Fedor! It seems that working with him, nothing is impossible - you can move mountains, and where necessary - Fedor will help with practical advice.
Throughout the journey, Fedor literally held my hand, answering even those questions that, in general, could have been googled. I received full information on the program, which, by the way, deserves special delight, as well as: documents, the application process, housing, transport, the cost of living, and in general all aspects of living and adapting in another country, regarding which I had questions.
Everything went so smoothly that it was embarrassing. When I just thought about studying in another country and moving, I was terrified of what I had to go through. BUT! Much to my surprise, everything turned out to be much simpler, and also, so quickly that I didn’t even have time to understand that everything was over and they were waiting for me in Canada.
Before turning to Fedor, I collected 1001 articles, a bunch of documents, and this only made it worse and more incomprehensible. And now, so calmly) I recommend everyone to walk this path hand in hand with a person who knows what to do, save time, money and nerves.
He helped me with everything: he chewed the whole process inside and out, I felt calm about my future. We made an application together, and soon I was called for an interview, for which Fedor also prepared me. Fortunately for me, I was accepted into the incubator.
There were 2 weeks of intensive study with homework, during the whole time Fedor answered all my questions, directed me in the right direction. Now I have officially completed this training and am preparing documents for receiving a letter of support from the incubator.
I am extremely glad that I got this opportunity thanks to the help of Fedor! I wholeheartedly recommend him as an excellent consultant.
I met Fedor at the course "Creating a technology business", which took place as part of my studies at the ITMO master's program. My project is in the field of FoodTech and named it "FlashFood". The idea of the project was born in my head about a year before I met Fedor. Fedor helped me discover the idea, conduct a quick and efficient CustDev that validates the hypotheses on which the idea is based, and draw up a financial plan.
Thanks to the knowledge that I received on Fedor's course, I was able to apply quite quickly. Moreover, Fedor helped prepare a bright and meaningful presentation. If you have an idea or a ready-made project, but no funding, I recommend contacting Fedor or at least taking his course.
I worked out the business plan of the project with Fedor, formulated a proposal and decided more specifically on the target audience.
I saw that my product cost more than I thought. We finalized the idea from all sides, contacted customers, and as a result even improved the prototype.
To whom I would recommend working with Fedor — to everyone who is just thinking about starting, or how I already have some kind of base. It is better to do everything correctly at once than to move in the dark.
Preparation of your business project for admission takes from 1-2 months, training from 2 weeks, preparation of a business plan from 2 to 4 weeks. A step-by-step plan leading to Canadian citizenship can be found here.
According to our observations, training takes place once a quarter, there is no regular schedule. Usually, business incubators inform about group recruitment 2 months in advance.
The intensity depends on the selected business incubator. Somewhere the program lasts 3 months with classes 2-3 times a week, and somewhere for 2 weeks with daily classes.
To enter the business incubator, you do not need to pass a language exam, an IELTS certificate will be required to process entry documents.
We guarantee your admission to the business incubator, according to the agreement, we will refund you most of the money paid.
There are no entrance exams, you need to properly prepare the documents, fill out an application, collect materials and a presentation.
Our services are paid in stages, according to the result of the work performed.
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