Canada's Start-up Visa

[E.S. Rosenberg]

What pray does this have to do with Linux in Israel....?

2013/7/23 Dan Yasny <dyasny at gmail.com>:
> Amazing, all this, while other people have to wait for years and years for
> the same citizenship
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 10:42 PM, Geoffrey S. Mendelson
> <geoffreymendelson at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 7/23/2013 6:07 AM, Tom Balazs wrote:
>>>
>>> Q: What is the minimum investment that I would need to apply for a
>>> start-up visa?
>>>
>>> A: You must secure a minimum investment of $200,000 if the investment
>>> comes from a designated Canadian venture capital fund.
>>>
>>> You must secure a minimum investment of $75,000 if the investment comes
>>> from a designated Canadian angel investor group.
>>>
>>> http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/immigrate/business/start-up/index.asp
>>
>>
>>
>> Or if it turns out that you were born in Canada, or have a relative that
>> was born in Canada, you are a Canadian citizen.
>>
>> I was born in Canada, my parents were dual US/Canadian citizens. I moved
>> to the US when I was 5, and never went back, so I lost my citizenship.
>>
>> About two years ago, the law was changed, and I am now a Canadian citizen,
>> so is my wife, my children (who have never been to Canada), and their
>> spouses and their children*.
>>
>> I think it goes farther than that.
>>
>> In order to claim your free citizenship, you fill out a form and send them
>> $75, which gets you a citizen's ID card (similar to a tehudat zehut). Once
>> you have one of those you can apply for a passport.
>>
>> Since the citizenship was bestowed upon you, and not requested it does not
>> affect your other (e.g. US or Israeli citizenship) you may have, nor does it
>> incur any tax liability.
>>
>> Geoff.
>>
>> * My oldest son is the only one who is married and it turns out his wife's
>> father was born in Canada, so he would also be a citizen, and so would his
>> children because his wife is now a citizen.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Geoffrey S. Mendelson,  N3OWJ/4X1GM/KBUH7245/KBUW5379
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