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    Startup Visa Program Timeline

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    Startup Visa Program Timeline

    Hi, From April 2024 until last December, IRCC effectively operated with two levels of priority, based on the designated organization (DO) supporting the Start-Up Visa (SUV) application. Applicants can verify online whether their DO falls under the priority list. During this period...
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    Startup Visa Program Timeline

    Are you a priority, or not? Are you residing outside Canada or inside? Please answer me to respond to you well.
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    Startup Visa Program Timeline

    I don’t think they’ll review eligibility again; there’s no time for that since it’s the most time-consuming part of the officer’s work and has caused huge backlogs. But medicals always come before eligibility, and an applicant won’t be cleared for eligibility without completing the medical.
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    Startup Visa Program Timeline

    I think this refusal was due to eligibility.
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    Startup Visa Program Timeline

    Check out the blunder... Federal Court rules that it is reasonable for an officer to determine that a Start-Up Visa Program applicant who does not apply for a work permit has demonstrated a "lack of seriousness" in their business. Ironically, IRCC now prohibits SUV Program applicants from...
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    Startup Visa Program Timeline

    Draft 2022 IRCC Memorandum to the Minister recommending increasing the amount of Start-Up Visa Program applications approved each year. This ultimately did not happen, with the direction of the program being uncertain to say the least.
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    Startup Visa Program Timeline

    We’re priority processing .
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    Startup Visa Program Timeline

    SUV backlogs increased to 45,200 (+800), exactly as expected. What’s puzzling, though, is that around 600 applicants were added ahead of me in line. As a 2021 applicant, I’m curious where they came from and how their files jumped the queue. Another notable update: processing times for Protected...
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    Startup Visa Program Timeline

    But they’ve stopped issuing work permits.
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    Startup Visa Program Timeline

    What about applicants holding an open work permit who have visited Canada three times, applied for renewal before its expiry in March 2025, and have not heard anything from IRCC since then—would they be considered in the second or third category?
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    Startup Visa Program Timeline

    Start-Up Visa 2026: Who Gets Priority Now? Explained by Dr. Alex Titov
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    Startup Visa Program Timeline

    Approval and Refusal Rates of Permanent Resident Applications Processed under the Start-up Business Immigration Category between January 1, 2024 and May 31, 2025, Broken down by Year, Final Decision and Organization Sub Type (in Cases) 2023 • Angel Investor Network: Approved 200 (80%)...
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    Startup Visa Program Timeline

    This is the start: Biomedical Commercialization Canada Inc. (operating as Manitoba Innovates, previously as Manitoba Technology Accelerator) Ability to issue commitment certificates suspended from December 19, 2025 to September 19, 2026.
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    Startup Visa Program Timeline

    No one truly knows what IRCC is going to do. However, in my view, they will try to reduce part of the backlog by using the C-12 Bill, and another part by increasing refusal rates on minimal or technical grounds (a process that has already started). This would then allow them to justify...
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