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Their immigration barriers are far more than English, education, and "some work experience". There'd be no need for this startup visa if that was the case. I was rejected by CIC on a PR application, simply (according to them) for being in their eyes "not managerial enough". They were at the time accepting only "IT managers" not developers, but my time managing the IT systems at several startups concurrently with dev/dev-management duties did not qualify me. Their point system and their list of acceptable skillsets is highly restrictive and the I strongly suspect that the government bureaucrats in charge of vetting PR applications are incapable of making nuanced decisions about the history and capabilities of applicants.