Programme Name:

• Permanent residence visa in a simplified way. For those who wish to immigrate to the country, unlike other programs offering temporary visas.
• Access to the structure and support that the country offers to its companies, including:
• Low taxes and fees
• Easy to open company.
• Assistance from a local institution (accelerator or incubator) to validate the market, connections, mentoring, and other benefits.
• You must have an invitation letter from an organization specially designated by the Canadian Government (usually an accelerator or incubator).

Programme requirements:

• Have qualifying business
• Get a letter of support from a designated organization
• This organization must hold 50% of the company’s shares
• Have up to 5 partners in your startup
• Proficiency is proven in English or French
• Proven financial resources

Validity of the visa : Permanent

Processing time      : 60 days

Programme Name : Startup Chile

Programme requirements:

• Six months in the most renowned acceleration program in Latin America
• Approximately $ 30k of equity investment free
• Possibility of taking family members with you
• Be accepted in the program of Startup Chile. It takes around five months between applying for the visa and acceptance.

Validity of the visa  : 1 year, 6 months in an accelerator program

Processing time      : 5 months

Processing fees       : –

Programme Name:: Startup Denmark

 Programme Requirements: 

• The first step is to create a business plan to which you will then receive the panel’s
• evaluation from the Startup Denmark Secretaria
• The second step is toapply for work and residence permit
• The third step is to launchyour startup in Denmark –  Funding can be applied too
• Possibility of taking family members together

 Validity of the visa : 2 years, can be extended for three years after that

 Processing time      : 4 weeks

 Processing fees       : Application and self-funding costs vary – Check fees here

There are a couple of important reasons to expand your business to Estonia. First of all: Estonia has the third-highest startups per capita: Europes average is five startups per 100.000 people. In Estonia, this number is six times higher. Also, Cost of living is meager, and the quality of life is very high. It’s effortless to start your business in Estonia. You can fill in a form on the internet (they claim it only takes 15 minutes to do so!)

Programme Name:: The Estonian Startup Visa 
Programme requirements:

• Have a scalable business (proprietors are not considered startups)
• Financial resources (€130,- per month)
• Non-EU startup founders
• Approved by Estonian startup committee

Validity of the visa : 1 year (long visa), 90 days (short visa)

Processing time      : –

Processing fees       : €60 – €80

Click here for more information

Click here to apply

The French have created an exciting startup program that is mainly focussed on getting foreign startups to France.

Programme Name:: French TechTicket for foreign entrepreneurs

Programme Requirements:

• Team of 2 to 3 people, with at most one French member
• Fluency in English to participate in program activities
• Innovative projects that are in the creation or the traction phase
• Founders must be 100% committed to the program (no other jobs)

Validity of the visa : 12-month program

Processing time      : 3 months

Processing fees        : –

More information:
– Selection of 70 projects to be part of the 12-month program
– Soft-landing with the aid of a local accelerator/incubator for market validation, connections,

mentoring, and other benefits
– € 45,000 equity-free investment per team, € 20k for personal expenses and € 25k  for

business expenses
– Help with obtaining a French visa
– Flights with lower prices by Air France Flights.

Programme Name:: Start-up Entrepreneur Program

Programme requirements:

• € 50,000 in equity
• Present an innovative product for the local and global market
• Ability to create ten jobs in Ireland and raise € 1 million in sales in up to four years
• Less than six years of operations
• Incentives for R & D

Validity of the visa :  1 year

Processing time      : Between 3 and 4 months

Processing fees        : –

More information   :

– Possibility of taking members of your family with you
– Access to the structure and support that the country offers to its companies, including Europe’s best tax landscape

You can get an ‘expert visa’ or ‘innovation visa’ in Israel for your innovative startup. This visa can be extended for five years. Isreal is doing it’s best to attract as much talent as possible.

Programme Name:: Innovation visa (can then be changed into an expert visa)

Programme requirements:

• Receiving acceptance for the project
• Seeprogram procedures

 Validity of the visa : 24 months, can be extended to 5 years.

 Processing time      : –

Visa fees                      : 

Programme Name:: Business manager visa

Programme requirements:

• Submitting a business plan to Fukuoka City
• Seeif your business is eligible + required documents to be submitted

 Duration of visa: 6 months with possible renewal/extension

Processing time : –

Processing fees  : 

• Fukuoka city provides entrepreneurs with up to ¥35,000,000 loan
• There is a possible winning of a prize of ¥1,000,000

Programme Name:: Startup visa

Programme requirements:

• A government/recognized facilitator who was willing to assist startup in the process (usually accelerators and incubators)
• The product/service needs to be considered innovative
• Detailed planning on how the entrepreneur plans to turn his idea into a business
• You need to register with the local chamber of commerce
• Financial resources to stay in the Netherlands for one year (plus or minus 13k Euros)

Validity of the visa: 12 months to prove your business and then two years extension

Processing time: –
Processing fees: –

If you are planning to invest in New Zealand, there are multiple ways to get granted a visa. Those are: buying a business, starting your establishment, or invest in stocks and bonds. For startups, you will have to bring money to the table! If you are growing fast and can create jobs for New Zealanders, you will be granted a visa.

Programme Name:: Entrepreneur work visa

Programme  requirements:

• Minimum investment of NZ $100.000 excluding working capital
• Clear business plan
• Clean history of bankruptcy
• 120 points or more – Check your scores here
• health, character and English language requirements
• Family is included too

 Validity of the visa: 12 months to prove your business and then two years extension

Processing time: –
Processing fees: –

Portugal is on the fast track of becoming the European silicon valley. The yearly Web Summit hosted in Lisbon brings a lot of attention from all around the (startup) world is going to Portugal.

Programme Name:: Startup Visa

Programme requirements:

• Has to be a tech startup
• Have to be over 18 years old
• Potential of creating jobs
• The startup has to generate over  €325.000 revenue in 5 years
• Income over €500.000 within three years
• You have enough funds in your bank account in a total amount of 5146.08€ for 12 months (per person)

Validity of the visa: 12 months then extension possibility
Processing time     : –
Processing fees      : –

More information :

– Low loan rate

– Low cost of living

– Tax benifits up to 3 million until 2020

Access to the structure and support that the country offers to its companies, including financial assistance and other facilities.

Programme Name:: Entrepreneur Visa (Not specific to startups, but also applies)

Programme Requirements:

• Your project must have a positive impact on the Spanish economy
• Generate jobs in the country
• Contribute to technological innovations
• Entrepreneur should:
  – Check financial resources
  – Be over 18 years old

Validity of the visa: 1-year work visa

Processisng time   : 4 weeks

Processing fees       : –

Programme Name:: Residence permits for the self-employed

Programme requirements:

• Valid passport
• Have significant experience in your field and experience of running your own business
• Have relevant documents and knowledge in Swedish and/or English
• Proof of running their own business and the ownership of at least 50% of the company
• Provide information that the business’ services or goods are sold and/or produced in Sweden.
• Have sufficient funds to support you and your family. These funds have to be enough for  the first two years (equivalent to SEK 200,000 for you (€19.500), SEK 100,000 (€10.000) for your spouse and SEK 50,000 (€5.000) for each accompanying child)
• Reliable documentation of your budget
• Have established customer contacts and/or a network in Sweden
• Proof of the company’s profit to support you and your family for two years period
• Following a 2-year probationary period, will have its finances in balance, and you can support yourself and, if applicable, your family (income support is calculated according to the Swedish national standard for Income support plus housing costs).

Validity of the visa :  2 years

Processing time      : 4 weeks

processing fees        : See application fee list

Programme Name:: Entrepass
Programme requirements:

• If registered, the company must be less than six months old on the date you apply
• If not registered, you can do so after you know the outcome of your application

Duration of visa: 1 Year, can be extended every year
Processing time: 8 weeks
Processing fees: $220,- in total