Business Advisory for International Growth

Portugal

D2 Entrepreneur / Independent Professional Visa

Non-EU, non-EEA and non-Swiss nationals who intend to establish or operate a business in Portugal, based on an investment already made or a genuine intention to establish or invest in a Portuguese business, or who intend to work as an independent professional under a service contract or written proposal, with professional recognition where the occupation is regulated. Portugal does not publish a general nationality-exclusion list; eligibility is determined from the applicant's citizenship, residence, admissibility, finances and proposed activity.

United Kingdom

Innovator Founder Visa

Founders must be 18 or older with an original, viable and scalable UK business proposition, and must normally demonstrate English at CEFR level B2. The endorsed business must be new, innovative, viable and scalable, and the founder must have generated or significantly contributed to the idea and take a key day-to-day role.

Spain

Entrepreneur Residence Authorization under Entrepreneurs Law

The business project must be innovative and of special economic interest to Spain. The applicant needs a suitable professional profile and credible financing, with economic value, innovation and the project's benefit to Spain all assessed by ENISA before UGE-CE decides the residence application. No statutory minimum investment or job-creation threshold applies.

United States

L-1A New Office

Requires a qualifying parent, subsidiary, branch or affiliate relationship between the U.S. petitioner and the foreign company. The applicant must generally have worked for the qualifying organization abroad for at least one continuous year during the relevant three-year period in an executive or managerial capacity, and the proposed U.S. role must also be executive or managerial.

United States

E-2 Treaty Investor

The investor must hold citizenship of an E-2 treaty country, and the U.S. enterprise must also have treaty-country nationality, generally because at least 50% is owned by qualifying treaty-country nationals. The applicant invests a substantial amount in a real, active, non-marginal U.S. business and will develop and direct it.

Canada

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.

Canada

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.

Canada

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.

Canada

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.

Canada

BC PNP Entrepreneur Immigration, Base Stream

British Columbia's Base stream is for experienced owner-managers establishing or buying and actively managing a business anywhere in the province.

Canada

BC PNP Entrepreneur Immigration, Regional Stream

British Columbia's Regional stream is for owner-managers opening a new business in a participating community outside Metro Vancouver, with lower financial thresholds than the Base stream.

Canada

Nova Scotia Graduate Entrepreneur

Nova Scotia's Graduate stream is for qualifying Nova Scotia university or NSCC graduates already owning and operating a Nova Scotia business.