Visa Business Plan Examples: UK, US, Australia and Canada
A plan for a visa is read against published criteria, not venture optimism. These visa business plan examples show how a commercial plan answers the tests a route publishes, before you write your own.
There are four, all fictional. The UK Innovator Founder plan takes a Manchester software business through the three endorsement tests (innovative, viable, scalable), and the endorsing body decides. The US E-2 Treaty Investor plan sets out a Phoenix pest-control business with a substantial, at-risk investment and more than a marginal income, and a consular officer decides. The Australia plan is a Queensland flood-modelling consultancy for the subclass 888 Business Innovation stream, open to existing subclass 188 holders, and Queensland nomination and Home Affairs decide. The Canada plan is a BC cabinetry business for the BC PNP Entrepreneur Immigration Base stream, with owner active management, investment and job creation set out as targets the plan states, and BC PNP and IRCC decide.
What should you look for in a visa business plan example?
- Which published test does it follow? Innovator Founder asks for a business that is innovative, viable and scalable. E-2 asks for a substantial investment in a real, active business that is not marginal. The Australia and Canada plans follow the Queensland and BC PNP pages for their streams. Each sample names its test and links the government source, with the date checked.
- How is the money shown? E-2 guidance sets no dollar minimum, only that the investment is substantial against the cost of the business and at risk. See how each plan accounts for the founder’s own funds and where they are spent.
- What shows the business is real? Look for named customers, quotes, licences or a pilot, not a claim that demand exists.
- Are jobs and income shown year by year? Year one, two and three should each be testable against the assumptions, and any job target should be labelled as a target.
- Who runs it day to day? The plan should show the founder’s role and why that person can do it. BC PNP, for one, expects the owner to manage the business actively.
Want a plan like these for your own application? We help you write it, from the numbers up. We do not give immigration advice, and the decision rests with the endorsing body, consular officer, Queensland, Home Affairs, BC PNP or IRCC, depending on the route. See our entrepreneur visa business plan page. How does an endorsing body read the three tests? See the Innovator Founder visa business plan guide.
Which visa business plan examples can you read?
Cleaning, Repairs & Maintenance
- E-2 Visa Business Plan: Pest Control Company Business Plan · Phoenix, Arizona
Construction, Architecture & Engineering
- Australia Visa Business Plan: Flood Modeling Consultancy Business Plan · Brisbane, Queensland
Manufacturing & Wholesale
- British Columbia Entrepreneur Visa Business Plan · Abbotsford, British Columbia
Technology
- Innovator Founder Visa Business Plan · Manchester, England
Each plan on this page is for a fictional example business. Its figures are illustrative, not client results. No plan here shows what a real application would produce, and none is immigration advice. Visa rules change, so check the government source each plan cites.
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