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The economic situation at that time and the success of his career triggered his desire to pursue a better life for him and his family through immigration. While considering his immigration options around the world, Zeng talked with one of his relatives who put Canada on his radar. His relative lived in Toronto and explained Canada’ s welfare policies.
They seemed ideal: free healthcare, governmentpaid primary and middle school education, wellmaintained public facilities, streetlights, equipment in public parks. Impressed by Canada’ s quality of social services and welfare systems, Zeng decided to plant the seed toward having a new life there by investing in that country’ s program.
“ I felt that living in a country like this could be very beneficial for me and my family,” Zeng said.
STARTING THE IMMIGRATION INVESTMENT PROCESS
As a traditional immigration country, Canada provides a large variety of immigration programs. After carefully evaluating their reliability, application requirements, potential risks and probability of getting returns of different programs, Zeng ultimately chose Quebec’ s Immigration Investor Program. He liked how it didn’ t have an educational background requirement or language proficiency.
“ This program has high stability and a long history of success among all investment immigration programs in Canada,” Zeng said.
After consulting with Chengchen Immigration, a Guangzhou-based immigration agency, he spent three months preparing application documents and waited for about a year and a half for an interview notice.
After passing the interview, he put $ 120,000 Canadian dollars in a government-accepted immigration trust and filed the application to the federal administration. One year later, he got an approval notice and a visa, which opened the door for him and his family to their new life in Canada.
“ It took me about three years in total from preparing for the application to obtaining Canadian permanent residency,” Zeng said.“ For Chinese investors, this program has a high probability of success. I also have the freedom to start my own business here.”
NEW HOME, NEW LIFE
Now, Zeng and his family have purchased properties and settled in Vancouver, a coastal city in western Canada with mild a climate and a pleasant
同亲戚的一次谈话把加拿大这个国家带入了他的视 野 。 这位住在加拿大多伦多的亲戚向曾先生解释了 加拿大提供的丰厚福利: 国民能享受免费医疗和公 立中小学的免费就读; 凡住宅区内的公用设施, 如路 灯 、 路牌 、 公园和休闲场所的各种体育器械和设施, 如有损坏, 都会有专人及时前来修复 。
加拿大社会服务和福利体系的完善性让曾先生印象 深刻, 这使得他最终决定将全家高质量生活的种子 通过投资移民播撒在加拿大 。
“ 我觉得生活在这样的国度对我和我的家人而言都 是很幸福的事情,” 曾先生说 。
走上投资移民之路
老牌移民国家之一的加拿大提供种类丰富的移民项 目 。 在仔细考量各个项目的可靠性 、 申请条件 、 风 险性和投资回报率后, 曾先生最终决定选择加拿大 魁北克投资移民项目 。 这个项目最吸引他的地方是 对其教育背景和英语语言水平的零要求 。
“ 魁北克投资移民项目拥有悠久的历史, 成熟稳定,” 他解释道 。
在向广州诚琛移民咨询后, 他用了三个月时间准备 资料和文案, 一年半后收到了面试通知 。 面试通过 后向联邦递交了申请, 将 12 万加币投资注入加拿大 移民部指定的基金单位 。 一年后他收到了体检通知, 体检批复后一个月左右就取得了通往加拿大新生活 的签证 。
“ 从递交申请到获得加拿大永久居民身份, 我等待了 差不多 3 年时间 。 对来自中国的投资者而言, 这个项 目成功率较高, 我还有资格在加拿大做生意,” 曾先 生表示 。
新家新生活
目前曾先生已经在加拿大温哥华定居并购置了房产, 这个海滨城市气候温和, 环境优美 。 他对新生活的 很多方面都非常满意 。
曾先生说, 在温哥华生活的衣食开销相对中国要 小 。 加拿大的有机食品物美价廉, 在国内非常昂贵 的食品补品, 比如西洋参 、 北极海参 、 海豹油和帝 王蟹, 在加拿大普通消费者都能吃得到 。
“ 在这里, 衣着并不是个人身份地位的象征,” 曾先生 补充道,“ 男士的便装运动鞋和女士的轻装浅妆都是 很常见的 。”
曾先生的子女也能享受到同国内完全不同的教育体 验 。
“ 没有做不完的作业和考试, 孩子们可以参加种类繁 多的课外活动和夏令营,” 他说,“ 家长们也不必担心 孩子上下学时候的安全 。”