International Business Pathways

Business pathways for establishing, acquiring or expanding abroad

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Canada

Build your future in one of the world's most stable and innovative economies through 7 federal and provincial business immigration pathways.

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Federal

Intra-Company Transfer Work Permit

For executives, senior managers and specialized knowledge employees transferring to a related Canadian entity, with at least one continuous year of qualifying employment abroad.

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IMP C11, Significant Benefit Work Permit

For business owners and self-employed applicants who will manage a real Canadian business and generate significant economic, social or cultural benefit.

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Provincial

Nova Scotia Nominee Program, Entrepreneur Stream

Nova Scotia’s entrepreneur pathway targets experienced business owners and senior managers, with a graduate entrepreneur track for recent Nova Scotia post-secondary graduates.

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Provincial

New Brunswick Business Immigration Stream

New Brunswick’s business immigration stream uses an Expression of Interest system. Applicants earn points for age, language, education, experience, investment and New Brunswick connections.

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United States

The United States offers distinct routes for corporate expansion and treaty investment, each built around different evidence of a genuine, active, non-marginal enterprise.

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United States

L-1A New Office

No fixed statutory investment or net-worth minimum. Funding must be sufficient for the specific launch, including premises, equipment, inventory, professional costs, staffing and operating expenses.

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United States

E-2 Treaty Investor

No fixed statutory minimum. The investment must be substantial relative to the cost of buying or establishing the business, and it must be irrevocably committed and exposed to commercial loss.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom's Innovator Founder visa is built entirely around endorsement, requiring an approved body to confirm the business is innovative, viable and scalable.

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Innovator Founder Visa

The Innovator Founder visa is for entrepreneurs establishing an innovative business in the United Kingdom. It provides three-year permission, business-operation rights and a potential settlement pathway after three years. An endorsement from a Home Office-approved body is mandatory.

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Endorsement

The business plan is reviewed through the formal endorsement process, and the founder must be able to explain and defend it during that process.

Investment

No fixed statutory minimum, but adequate lawful funding must be available for the plan. The endorsement fee is GBP 1,000, excluding VAT, plus GBP 500 for each mandatory progress meeting, excluding VAT.

Founder role

Founder plays a genuine, hands-on, day-to-day role in the business's management and development.

Spain

The Spain Startup Visa (Autorización de Residencia para Emprendedores, REM) combines a commercial assessment by ENISA with an immigration decision by UGE-CE. There is no statutory minimum investment or job-creation requirement.

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Entrepreneur Residence Authorization under Entrepreneurs Law

The Spain Startup Visa, formally the Autorización de Residencia para Emprendedores (REM) under Spain's Entrepreneurs Law, is a residence route for non-EU founders who intend to start, develop or direct an innovative business with special economic interest for Spain. The commercial assessment is carried out by ENISA and the immigration decision by the Large Companies and Strategic Groups Unit, known as UGE-CE.

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Assessment

The business plan is mandatory and central to the ENISA review, which also assesses the founder's professional profile, financing, innovation and market opportunity.

Investment

No fixed statutory minimum. The required business capital depends on the project, but funding must be credible, lawful and sufficient for the launch and development described in the business plan.

Founder role

Applicant launches and actively manages the approved project.

Portugal

Portugal accepts entrepreneurs and independent professionals who can present credible investment and financing evidence. Viamora prepares the commercial documentation the route expects, without a single prescribed business plan template to lean on.

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D2 Entrepreneur / Independent Professional Visa

Portugal's D2 Visa is designed for non-EU, non-EEA and non-Swiss nationals who intend to establish or operate a business in Portugal or work there as an independent professional. The pathway is open and is not based on a points-ranking system.

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Assessment

A document formally titled business plan is not always expressly mandatory, but entrepreneurs must present detailed information about the investment, funding and intended business, and it is strongly important for entrepreneur cases. Generic, inaccurate, unverified or non-original documents created through artificial intelligence may undermine credibility and should be independently researched, verified and customized to the applicant's genuine business concept and evidence.

Investment

No fixed statutory minimum.

Founder role

Applicant establishes or operates the Portuguese business directly as a company founder, or works directly as an independent professional. A Portuguese company does not always have to be registered before applying, though the business or professional activity generally must be formalized during the residence process through company, tax, social-security or professional registration.

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