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!
Thank you! Unfortunately the option of startup visa doesn’t show up in my selection list. It’s just the PR Card that is showing up.
No I haven’t recieved anything other than AOR
Look trough, What are you applying for? -> Economic Class / Which economic class application? -> Start up visa ... 14 months right now.
I sent my application on Feb 2018
Received AOR on April
No update since then.
weird, isn't it?
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.
14 months is so long to realize business plan, as a 2-year company owner, the business ideas and plan must not be delayed so long, because we have to enter market earlier.
Anyway, of course, Canada officials has to evaluate this detail.
I was thinking to apply with my ready business plan to Canada’s start-up visa program. But, when I have recently seen 14 months, I am thinking on to apply to Ireland instead of Canada. Do you really think that it will take 14-months? Or can it be reduced to 3-4 months?
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!!!
hey thanks for the reply, was it all email communication, or phone, or did u meet them in person?? and was it an existing tech company?
i contacted few incubators most of them want to see over 100k in revenue and most of them are looking for tech companies,
and were u the sole founder? i heard they prefer founding teams,
in my case i have all the funds but my business is in idea stage do u know any incubator accept idea stage companies,
and finally, since u got the support letter are u planning to go to canada on work permit and start setting up the business and participating in incubator program, before u actually get ur PR ,
thank you very much
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!
