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Immigration

Nov. 10, 2009

Immigrant Investors Mull Canada

Canadian officials are trying to take advantage of a U.S. investor program mired in red tape by pitching their country as 'not so bad.'

By Sandra Hernandez

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - As a recent meeting of some 400 immigration lawyers drew to a close inside a San Francisco hotel, attendees commiserated about the difficulty of helping foreign investors set down roots in the U.S.

But just outside the ballroom, another group of lawyers sipped Pinot Noir and nibbled on cheese while being courted by Canadian officials eager to attract frustrated immi...

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