Investors: Who can apply

Net worth and investment requirements

Net worth

You must be able to satisfy a visa officer that the fair market value of all your assets and the assets of your spouse or common-law partner were obtained legally. Your assets must exceed the fair market value of all your liabilities and the liabilities of your spouse or common-law partner by at least C$800,000.

You must be able to prove that no portion of your net worth was obtained through criminal activity. You will be asked to explain any discrepancies between your net income over the years and your present net worth. The visa officer who assesses your net worth may ask you for documents to confirm both your income sources and your net worth.

Investment requirements

If you meet the criteria for the Immigrant Investor Program, you will be asked in writing to make an investment of C$400,000.

You can arrange for one of the facilitators approved by Citizenship and Immigration Canada to handle the administrative aspects of making your investment. You can also make your investment through a direct electronic funds transfer. You can find more information on facilitators and direct electronic funds transfers in the Related Links section at the bottom of this page.

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Related Links

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• Facilitators
• Direct electronic funds transfer [PDF format, 20 KB]