flyabroadvisa/gist:9130031

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We strongly encourage you to make an exploratory visit to B.C. to learn more about opportunities and the local business environment before you submit your application.
You submit all application forms, along with the required fees, to the PNP office.
We assess your application against program criteria and may follow up with specific questions or ask for more information.
If your application passes our initial assessment, we will ask you to attend an in-person interview in Vancouver to discuss your application and make a final decision.
If we approve your application, you must sign a Performance Agreement. It describes the type of business you intend to invest in and manage, the breakdown of your total investment, the number of jobs you intend to create, and other milestones associated with your business proposal.
We will issue you a work permit support letter so you can apply to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) for a two-year work permit. This will enable you and your dependants to move to B.C. so you can start implementing your business plan.
Within the designated timelines, you notify the PNP of your arrival in B.C. and submit proof that you have transferred the required funds for your investment.
You implement your business plan. When you have met the conditions of the Performance Agreement, you submit a final report to the PNP.
The PNP reviews your final report and, if you have satisfied the conditions of the Performance Agreement, nominates you (and your eligible dependants and, if applicable, key staff members) for permanent residence.
We will issue you a nomination certificate that you will include with your application for permanent residence (and those of your spouse, eligible dependent children and, if applicable, key staff members) to CIC. If CIC approves your application, you will be issued a permanent resident visa to live and work in Canada.

Due to an unusually large increase in applications, average processing times for Business Immigration applications have increased. We are currently processing applications received in May 2012.

Applications under the Regional Business Succession Option recieve priority processing, and are normally processed within 4 to 6 months of receipt.
	We strongly encourage you to make an exploratory visit to B.C. to learn more about opportunities and the local business environment before you submit your application.
	You submit all application forms, along with the required fees, to the PNP office.
	We assess your application against program criteria and may follow up with specific questions or ask for more information.
	If your application passes our initial assessment, we will ask you to attend an in-person interview in Vancouver to discuss your application and make a final decision.
	If we approve your application, you must sign a Performance Agreement. It describes the type of business you intend to invest in and manage, the breakdown of your total investment, the number of jobs you intend to create, and other milestones associated with your business proposal.
	We will issue you a work permit support letter so you can apply to Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) for a two-year work permit. This will enable you and your dependants to move to B.C. so you can start implementing your business plan.
	Within the designated timelines, you notify the PNP of your arrival in B.C. and submit proof that you have transferred the required funds for your investment.
	You implement your business plan. When you have met the conditions of the Performance Agreement, you submit a final report to the PNP.
	The PNP reviews your final report and, if you have satisfied the conditions of the Performance Agreement, nominates you (and your eligible dependants and, if applicable, key staff members) for permanent residence.
	We will issue you a nomination certificate that you will include with your application for permanent residence (and those of your spouse, eligible dependent children and, if applicable, key staff members) to CIC. If CIC approves your application, you will be issued a permanent resident visa to live and work in Canada.

	Due to an unusually large increase in applications, average processing times for Business Immigration applications have increased. We are currently processing applications received in May 2012.

	Applications under the Regional Business Succession Option recieve priority processing, and are normally processed within 4 to 6 months of receipt.