What language benchmark level is required for Startup Visa eligibility?

Name: Can a company apply for the Maple Program if its website is not in English?
Uploaded: 2022-09-23T18:49:27+00:00
Duration: 28 s
Channel: Ray Walia
Description: Ray Walia explains that non-English websites are fine for Maple Program applications, but Startup Visa applicants must meet Canadian Language Benchmark…

Ray WaliaCo-Founder and CEO of Launch Academy and Launch.vc

Can a company apply for the Maple Program if its website is not in English?

23 Sept 2022 · 0 min

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Ray Walia explains that non-English websites are fine for Maple Program applications, but Startup Visa applicants must meet Canadian Language Benchmark level 5 in English or French across all four skills. The program itself runs entirely in English.

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Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) level 5 (CLB5) in either English or French in all four areas: speaking, reading, listening, and writing.

You can apply for Maple Program if your website is not in English, but just a heads up that you'll have to meet IRCC language requirements in order to be eligible for the Startup Visa program. So you must meet the minimum level of the Canadian Language Benchmark, what we also call the CLB5, in either English or French in all of these four areas speaking, reading, listening and writing. Also keep in mind that our Maple program is entirely in English.