My question is why not go to SV if you are going to leave your home country for startup anyway.
SV is turning out a bit costly. Various people here on HN recommend not to start from there.
Ask HN: Has anyone had success with Canada's startup visa?
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Re: Ask HN: Has anyone had success with Canada's startup visa?
#12My question is why not go to SV if you are going to leave your home country for startup anyway.
Because U.S. immigration is not exactly easy
Re: Ask HN: Has anyone had success with Canada's startup visa?
#13My question is why not go to SV if you are going to leave your home country for startup anyway.
Cost of living is less than ideal
Re: Ask HN: Has anyone had success with Canada's startup visa?
#14Very, very few people have been awarded visas under this program. This article from two months ago says that in the 21 months the program had been running only five people were accepted: http://www.techvibes.com/blog/canadas-startup-visa-program-2....
Here's another article from the summer in which the government trumpeted their acceptance of a total of two people in the first sixteen months of the program: http://metronews.ca/news/canada/1098581/immigration-minister....
Re: Ask HN: Has anyone had success with Canada's startup visa?
#15Feel free to shoot me an email (on profile) and I can share details / connect you with some involved. I'm an Australian who has been in Canada since 2009. The current iteration of the startup visa has some odd restrictions on Canadian capital imo. You are generally better doing WHP to FSW Disclaimer: ianal
> Disclaimer: ianal May be one of those times not to use an acronym...
I hereby coin IANAA (I am not an attorney).
Re: Ask HN: Has anyone had success with Canada's startup visa?
#16Feel free to shoot me an email (on profile) and I can share details / connect you with some involved. I'm an Australian who has been in Canada since 2009. The current iteration of the startup visa has some odd restrictions on Canadian capital imo. You are generally better doing WHP to FSW Disclaimer: ianal
> Disclaimer: ianal May be one of those times not to use an acronym...
Despite its unfortunate acronym, "IANAL" is an extremely common and well-understood term going back many years.
Re: Ask HN: Has anyone had success with Canada's startup visa?
#17My question is why not go to SV if you are going to leave your home country for startup anyway.
Generally, he would have to either:
1)Invest 1M+ of his own money
2)Be a superstar with hundreds of publications and experience
3)Come as a tourist and pray everything works fine in 3 months
4)Fall in love and get married(...in the Valley?)
Re: Ask HN: Has anyone had success with Canada's startup visa?
#18Can anyone say if there's a benefit to moving my startup to BC? I'm currently registered in Delaware, but I plan to move to BC within a year (my wife is Canadian and sponsoring me).
The tax situation looks better, but I'm wondering if someone with actual experience running a business in both countries could give me some insight.
Re: Ask HN: Has anyone had success with Canada's startup visa?
#19Very, very few people have been awarded visas under this program. This article from two months ago says that in the 21 months the program had been running only five people were accepted: http://www.techvibes.com/blog/canadas-startup-visa-program-2... . Here's another article from the summer in which the government trumpeted their acceptance of a total of two people in the first sixteen months of the program: http://m…
If they're promoting such small numbers, I wonder if it's lack of interest rather than process issues.
Re: Ask HN: Has anyone had success with Canada's startup visa?
#20My question is why not go to SV if you are going to leave your home country for startup anyway.
Generally, he would have to either: 1)Invest 1M+ of his own money 2)Be a superstar with hundreds of publications and experience 3)Come as a tourist and pray everything works fine in 3 months 4)Fall in love and get married(...in the Valley?)
5) work for a company until you get a green card.