As of February 2, 2011, the new regulations governing the Immigration Consultants are in effect. The Ministère will only deal with duly authorized immigration intermediaries, namely: members in good standing of the Barreau du Québec; members in good standing of the Chambre des notaires du Québec; individuals who have been granted special authorization issued by…

Ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (MICC) has announced an increase in the fees for Quebec immigration applications. As a result, investor clients applying for the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program will see the cost of application for a Quebec Selection Certificate (certificat de sélection du Québec) increase to CDN $ 3 899, up from $…

As of December 1st, 2010, both the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program and the Canada Immigrant Investor Program are now open. Since there have been some modifications to the required documents, we have updated our Quebec and Canada Investor Immigration documents download section with all the new forms. Download them here: DOWNLOAD NEW DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR THE QUEBEC…

On November 18th, 2010, Mrs. Kathleen Weil, Minister of the l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles (MICC), and Mr. Clément Gignac, Minister of the Développement économique, de l’Innovation et de l’Exportation, announced the official reopening of the new Quebec Immigrant Investor Program starting December 1st, 2010. As required by the Canada-Quebec Accord, Quebec joins the federal…

The Quebec Immigrant Investor Program is officially closed until November 30th, when the new financial requirements are expected to come into effect. The temporary suspension of the investor program was confirmed by MICC in the morning on Wednesday, October 13th, 2010. As a result all files received on or after October 13th in Montreal, or,…

As of October 13th, 2010, the Quebec’s Ministry of Immigration and Cultural Communities (MICC) has stopped accepting applications under the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program. The moratorium will be in force until the parameters for the new program on federal and provincial levels are adopted. We expect that the new Immigrant Investor Program will re-open late…

Have you wondered how does the Quebec Immigrant Investor Program (QCIIP) compare to others around the world, like the Bulgarian Immigrant Investor Program, or the UK Immigrant Investor Program? Here is a great Immigrant Investor Program Comparison matrix which covers all the financial conditions for some of the Investor Immigration Programs. Note that this matrix…

On 26th June 2010, ending months of rumors and speculations, the Canada Gazette has published the proposed changes regarding the Federal Immigrant Investor Program. The Government of Canada proposes that amendments be made to the definition of “Investor” and “Investment” in section 88 of the Regulations that would: – Increase the investment amount from $400,000…

Ottawa, June 10, 2010 — Today, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney introduced legislation that would streamline the citizenship revocation process, crack down on crooked citizenship consultants and better protect the value of Canadian citizenship. “Canadian citizenship is highly valued around the world and today we are taking steps to ensure it stays that…