Hello Guys! My husband and I are applying under the SUV Program, and I'm happy to get in touch with more people in this process! So here is our timeline:
Dec 2017 - We got the letter with an incubator after 8-9 months in talks!
17 Jan - Sent papers from Colombia
11 Feb - Passport asked for my husband (He applied for work permit and in two weeks he got it)
28 Feb - Aor
21 Jun - Aditional documents and police certificate
23 Jul - Medicals Requested
31 Jul - Taken the two exams, mines from Colombia and his from Canada.
So, we are waiting, so dont give up, its loooks like a long path, but actually isn't it, in another programs can take about 18 months!! So, whatever questions you have dont hesitate in write me!
Look trough, What are you applying for? -> Economic Class / Which economic class application? -> Start up visa ... 14 months right now.
Hello!! Isn't weird! as you can look I have no update in months because they do first the review of the papers and requirements. So don't worry.
I'm agree, is a long time, but you can ask for the work permit, so you could arrive in less than a month, ans applied inland (But accord the amount of documents they ask, is better to complete the package in your country and they go to Canada, the depedents can travel along with you, but they have to meet the criteria for the visas). And in our experience the incubator is an awesome help to the bussines, at this moment we dont hace the final PR response, but actually the company is settle in Canada!!!
In our case, my husband was the only applicant and he own a tech company, the revenue is less than 100k, so we prefer to get in touch with incubator in the less technologic places, so we raise our chances of get a letter and we got it. So get in touch with alll the companies that you can!