{"id":889,"date":"2026-01-09T08:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isaford.com\/?p=889"},"modified":"2026-03-05T03:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T03:16:41","slug":"alberta-fges-program-fast-track-residency-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isaford.com\/km\/alberta-fges-program-fast-track-residency-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta FGES Program: Fast Track Residency in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-892 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/isaford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Alberta-Canada-e1765959608547.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/isaford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Alberta-Canada-e1765959608547.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/isaford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Alberta-Canada-e1765959608547-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/isaford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Alberta-Canada-e1765959608547-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/isaford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Alberta-Canada-e1765959608547-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/isaford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Alberta-Canada-e1765959608547-1536x934.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/isaford.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Alberta-Canada-e1765959608547-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Isaford Immigration is now offering a new pathway to Permanent Residency in Alberta Province, Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Alberta has created a new <strong>Alberta Foreign Graduate Entrepreneur Stream<\/strong> Permanent Resident program intended to attract professionals, business owners and entrepreneurs to launch a business in Alberta.\u00a0 The businesses do not need to be innovative, and the owners can be passive or active in running the business.<\/p>\n<p>There are no team applications (only 1 applicant per business) for the program, but an applicant can share ownership of the business with a Canadian or foreign national.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Program Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Education:<\/strong> Degree earned outside Canada within the last ten (10) years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Work Experience<\/strong>: Minimum 6 months full-time work experience actively managing or owning a business or equivalent.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> Minimum Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) Level 5 (IELTS 5.0) in all English language skills (Speaking; Reading; Writing; Listening).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Business Ownership<\/strong>: Client must own at least 34% of the Alberta business if it is in Edmonton or Calgary. Client must own 51% of the Alberta business if it is located outside Edmonton or Calgary.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Approved Types of Business<\/strong>: The client&#8217;s business in Alberta must be in one of the following economic sectors:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Technology <\/strong><strong>\u2013 your business would fit here<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Aerospace<\/li>\n<li>Financial Services<\/li>\n<li>Energy<\/li>\n<li>Agriculture<\/li>\n<li>Tourism<\/li>\n<li>Life Sciences<\/li>\n<li>Pharmaceuticals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Energy, Tourism, Agriculture, Financial Services, and Technology will likely be the easiest economic sectors for clients to find or establish a business in Alberta.<\/p>\n<ol start=\"6\">\n<li><strong>Minimum Business Investment:<\/strong> Client must invest a minimum of $100,000 Canadian dollars into their Alberta business if it is in Calgary or Edmonton. The client must invest a minimum of $50,000 Canadian dollars into their Alberta business if it is located outside Edmonton or Calgary.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>To learn more about applying for the Alberta FGES program and getting permanent residency in Canada, speak to Isaford Immigration and make your Canada immigration dreams a reality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IsafordCambodiaCanada\">Follow Isaford Cambodia Canada Facebook Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/isaford.cambodia.canada\/\">Follow Isaford Cambodia Canada Instagram Page<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Isaford Immigration is now offering a new pathway to Permanent Residency in Alberta Province, Canada. Alberta has created a new Alberta Foreign Graduate Entrepreneur Stream Permanent Resident program intended to attract professionals, business owners and entrepreneurs to launch a business in Alberta.\u00a0 The businesses do not need to be innovative, and the owners can [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-immigration-programs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/isaford.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/isaford.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/isaford.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isaford.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isaford.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=889"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/isaford.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1124,"href":"https:\/\/isaford.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/889\/revisions\/1124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isaford.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/isaford.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isaford.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/isaford.com\/km\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}