A family of four running a furniture manufacturing business in India asked which province and program suit permanent settlement via business immigration. The thread's guidance:
- Look at C11 and C12 work-permit categories. The most concrete pointer: research the C11 (entrepreneur/self-employed) and C12 (intra-company transferee) LMIA-exempt categories, described as the common routes for business migration — C11 for buying/starting a business in Canada, C12 for expanding an existing foreign company into a Canadian branch.
- Compare provincial entrepreneur streams individually. No single 'best province' answer exists — members advised going through each province's business/entrepreneur immigration pages and shortlisting by eligibility criteria, minimum investment, and net-worth requirements against the family's budget.
- Budget realistically. One member flatly warned that the business-visa route is very expensive and didn't recommend it without serious capital — investment thresholds plus establishing a viable Canadian operation cost far more than the Indian equivalent.
- Stress-test the motivation. Several members pushed back on the plan itself: a family with a thriving business in India would face Canadian market uncertainty and high costs to replicate it. The constructive version of this advice — validate the Canadian market for the product before committing, and make sure the move is driven by more than social-media impressions.