Business Immigration and Suzanne Ley

Nova Scotia Office of Immigration Auditors: The official request for auditors warns, "Fraud and misrepresentation is common in business immigration." Competition for the tender closes Friday. "This is a broader message of how seriously we take the inherent risks in business immigration," said Suzanne Ley, executive director of the Nova Scotia Office of Immigration, according to CBC. Auditors will be used to ensure immigrant entrepreneurs meet various financial tests, such as a minimum net worth of $600,000, she said Thursday. "We see it as a very serious thing. The provincial government may hire up to eight audit firms for "integrity" testing of its programs to attract entrepreneur immigrants, which began Jan. 1, according to the tender. We want to make sure those people who are coming to Nova Scotia truly want to come to Nova Scotia and make their life here," Ley said. "It about integrity." Auditors to oversee business finances Permanent residency status will be granted only after entrepreneurs successfully operate a business for two years, according to a document outlining the business stream criteria. Auditors must sign off on the viability of the business and check to see it meets a performance agreement each applicant will be required to sign. Those entrepreneurs must make a minimum $150,000 capital investment in Nova Scotia, the outline said. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.