Entrepreneur

entrepreneur

The Entrepreneur Stream is for experienced business owners or senior business managers who want to live in Nova Scotia. They must start a new business or buy an existing business and must actively participate in the day-to-day management of the business. After operating the business for a year, the entrepreneur may be nominated for permanent resident status. Application to the stream is by invitation only.

Select

ENTREPRENEUR

ELIGIBILITY

To apply you must:

  • be 21 years of age or older;
  • want to live permanently in Nova Scotia while owning and actively managing a Nova Scotia business;
  • have a net worth of at least $600,000 CAD ($400,000 CAD if your business is outside Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM));
  • be able to invest at least $150,000 CAD of your own money to establish a business in Nova Scotia ($100,000 CAD if your business is outside HRM);
  • have at least 3 years’ experience actively managing and owning a business (1/3 ownership minimum) OR more than 5 years’ experience in a senior business management role;
  • have a score of at least 5 on the Canadian Language Benchmark in speaking, listening, reading and writing in English or French;
  • complete an online Expression of Interest;
  • receive an Invitation to Apply from Labour, Skills and Immigration.

For international graduates that started or purchased a business, see the ‘NOVA SCOTIA GRADUATES’ tab.

HOW TO APPLY

APPLICATION GUIDE AND FORMS

FINANCIAL STATEMENT REVIEW SERVICE PROVIDERS 

Doane Grant Thornton LLP
Nova Centre, North Tower Suite 1000
1675 Grafton Street
Halifax NS B3J 0E9
(902) 566-6324
NSPNPGrantThornton@ca.gt.com

MNP
200 – 100 Venture Run
Dartmouth NS B3B 0H9
(778) 374-2102
NSNP-MNP@mnp.ca

White Perkins
230 Main Street
Yarmouth, NS  B5A 1C9
(902) 742-2333
info@wpacpa.ca

 

INTERNATIONAL GRADUATES

The International Graduate Entrepreneur sub-criteria is for recent graduates of a Nova Scotia university or the Nova Scotia Community College. They must have already started or bought a Nova Scotia business and operated it for at least a year. If they intend to settle in Nova Scotia, the graduate may be nominated for permanent resident status. Application to the stream is by invitation only.

ELIGIBILITY

To apply you must:

  • want to live permanently in Nova Scotia while owning and actively managing a Nova Scotia business;
  • have at least one year’s continuous experience actively managing and owning your current Nova Scotia business (33.33% ownership minimum);
  • have completed a degree or diploma after at least 2 academic years of full-time, in-person study at a university in Nova Scotia or the Nova Scotia Community College;
  • have a valid post-graduation work permit;
  • have a score of at least 7 on the Canadian Language Benchmark in speaking, listening, reading and writing in English or French;
  • complete an online Expression of Interest;
  • receive an Invitation to Apply from Labour, Skills and Immigration.

HOW TO APPLY

APPLICATION GUIDE AND FORMS

FINANCIAL STATEMENT REVIEW SERVICE PROVIDERS 

Doane Grant Thornton LLP
Nova Centre, North Tower Suite 1000
1675 Grafton Street
Halifax NS B3J 0E9
(902) 566-6324
NSPNPGrantThornton@ca.gt.com

MNP
200 – 100 Venture Run
Dartmouth NS B3B 0H9
(778) 374-2102
NSNP-MNP@mnp.ca

White Perkins
230 Main Street
Yarmouth, NS  B5A 1C9
(902) 742-2333
info@wpacpa.ca

1

Within twelve (12) months of receiving your nominee certificate, apply to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for your permanent resident visa. You, your spouse and your dependents must meet all requirements for medical, security and criminal admissibility. In some cases you may be asked to go for an interview. IRCC has the final authority to issue a permanent resident visa.

Additional information on provincial nominees can be found here.

Immigration Fraud Reporting

The Nova Scotia Department of Labour, Skills and Immigration (LSI) has made this reporting tool available for people to confidentially and anonymously report fraud or suspicious activity related to Nova Scotia immigration programs via Clearview Connects (Clearview). Submit a fraud report here.

RECENT NEWS