Franchise Consulting Canada and CanAm Immigration
Two teams, one move
How Franchise Consulting Canada and CanAm Immigration work together.
Some clients are not simply buying a business. They are moving a family and a future to the United States, and the business is the vehicle. Others are franchisors entering the US market, or established companies moving their key people into a US operation. For those files, Franchise Consulting Canada works in collaboration with CanAm Immigration (Canadian American Immigration D.G. Inc, a division of New York Immigration Law Group PLLC). CanAm has practised in US business immigration since 1994 and has assisted more than 7,000 businesses and investors in obtaining more than 27,000 US business visas and permanent residencies. CanAm offers free and unlimited consulting. Two firms, two distinct jobs, one coordinated file.
Who does what
Two firms, two distinct jobs
Franchise Consulting Canada (Phil Doublet, Certified Franchise Consultant) handles the franchise side:
- Assessing franchisors for readiness to expand into the United States
- Matching investors with franchise opportunities that fit their capital, their experience and the life they want to build
- Guiding franchise due diligence: disclosure documents, conversations with existing owners, and the unit economics
- Coordinating every file, from the first conversation to opening day
CanAm Immigration handles the immigration side:
- Visa strategy and case processing by licensed US attorneys, including E-2 treaty investor files
- Pre-qualification for both routes, investor and Expansion visa: capital, capability and visa eligibility, assessed before money is committed
- Corporate structuring: permission to do business and permission to work in the United States
- Landing support in Florida through the CanAm Florida Business Center
Start your pre-qualification with CanAm:
The separation is deliberate, and it protects the client. Franchise advice comes from the franchise consultant. Immigration advice comes only from CanAm's legal team. CanAm does not sell or recommend franchises, and Franchise Consulting Canada does not give legal or immigration advice.
How a file moves
From first conversation to opening day
It starts with a conversation at Franchise Consulting Canada: goals, capital, family plans and timing.
CanAm pre-qualifies the investor from an immigration perspective, helping assess eligibility before anyone commits to a franchise.
The franchise work runs in the open: matching, then due diligence, the same eyes-open process set out at franchiseconsulting.ca.
The immigration work proceeds in parallel: business plan, petition and filing by CanAm's legal team, with the corporate structure set up to own and operate the business.
The family lands in Florida with the Business Center behind them: eight teams covering legal, welcoming, construction, accounting, business consulting, real estate, financing and food truck services, providing practical support to investors as they establish themselves in Florida, from premises and banking to settling into their new community.
Who this is for
The three doors
1. An established brand in an E-2 treaty country, expanding into Florida.
A franchisor established at home (30 or more stores) in an E-2 treaty nation wants to expand into Florida. The collaboration supplies the route in: CanAm prepares the brand to operate and sell franchises in the United States, and the expansion is carried by investors from the brand's own home market, people who already know the system and want to build their lives in the US. They buy the Florida franchises, and their families settle on the pathway to permanent residency.
2. A Canadian company opening a US office.
An established Canadian company with revenue above $1 million wants a US presence, in Florida or anywhere in the country, and needs its key personnel working there legally. CanAm structures the expansion and the employee transfers; Franchise Consulting Canada supports the business side of the move.
CanAm's short video on the Expansion visa walks through this route: canamimmigration.com/expertise/expansion-visa/
3. An established franchise entering the US for the first time.
A system with 30 or more stores and no US presence yet wants in. The collaboration prepares it to become an American franchisor: corporate structure, authorization to sell franchises, and a pipeline of qualified investors from its home market alongside American buyers.
Start with a conversation
Phil Doublet, Franchise Consulting Canada: [email protected], 250-888-2549, franchiseconsulting.ca
CanAm Immigration: canamimmigration.com
This page is general information about how the two firms collaborate. It is not legal or immigration advice. Immigration services are provided by CanAm Immigration and the New York Immigration Law Group PLLC.