Canada’s Start-Up Visa Program attracts more South African entrepreneurs

Innovators from South Africa have over a 90% success rate when applying to Canada’s Start-Up Visa program. Since this permanent resident program was officially launched in 2015 the government has received over 3,300 applications, however, the overall acceptance rate into the federal program has only been 38% according to Statistics Canada. However, South Africa is tops of the list based on applications accepted by country of origin, beating out China, India, Hong Kong, US, and the UK.