Chambre de commerce Québec-Floride

By becoming a member of the Quebec-Florida Chamber of Commerce, you have access to a wide business directory covering many of the services needed to successfully establish yourself in Florida. Here are examples of business and government sposored organisations dealing in this market. Please contact us to get an exhaustive list.

Government organisations providing services to people desiring establishing themselves in Florida.

• Consulate General of Canada in Miami offers a wide range of services to canadian citizens. The Consulate General has four main business lines: consular services to Canadians travelling and living in our territory, promotion of trade and investment, advocacy on behalf of Canada’s interests in the region and migration integrity.
• Quebec Ministry of International Relations in Atlanta promotes Quebec interests in the region. Moreover, it streghtens politic and economic ties with the United States. It works in 6 main sectors that are: Economy, Energy, Environment, Security, Identity and Culture.
• Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce is Florida's greatest Chamber of Commerce with over 8000 members. It is composed of a wide range of entrepreneurs and is very highly active both on the local and international markets.
• State of Florida - Relocation Guide is a guide produced by the Florida government on different aspects to consider to successfully establish yourself in Florida.
• Enterprise Florida is a government sponsored organisation proposing diversed services to investors and entrepreneurs. They provide key information of the different sectors of the Florida economy, the workforce, tax incentives and other aspects of doing business in the sunshine state.

Personal and Business relocation services based in Florida

• Beacon Council organization whose mission is to provide you with, and coordinate, all needed and available assistance for your business establishment in Florida
• Realtor Association of Greater Miami and the Beaches can help you find a house in the region you want.
• Greater Miami Visitor and Convention Bureau provides a wealth of information about our city and its environment.
• Florida Drivers License information
• Florida Motor Vehicle registration information
• State of Florida Residents Services and Information Web Portal

Legal Services

Establishing yourself in the United States is a multisteps process. It is often necessary to get advice from lawyers to plan tax, immigration and other issues. Many law firms, in Quebec and in Florida specializes in the Florida market and can provide advice on legal matters for you and spouse.

• Racicot & Associés offers strategic wealth planning necessary for your foreign investments. The firm can help you identify the best ownership structure for your Florida property to minimize tax.
• Greenspoon Marder, P.A., is a multidisciplinary law firm that can help you for all legal questions once in Florida. Whether it is for Real Estate, corporate law, Greenspoon Marder can give you advice and support.
• Immigration Florida posesses an expertise in obtaining all kind of visas for the United States. Whether you move for a new job or as an investor, Immigration Florida can help you get through the Immigration process.
• Immigration Ameri-Can is the ultimate tool when it comes to immigration and international matters. Our goal: to ensure that business people and professionals obtain their work visa without effort in order for their projects to become reality.

Financial Services

Canadians wanting to invest a property in Florida often needs banking services once in Florida. While their credit history is unknown to american banks, many canadians banks have branches in Florida and recognize their credit history in Canada. Therefore, it is often easier for canadians to deal with a canadian bank instead of an american one. Here is a non-exhaustive list of canadian banks that have branches in Florida:

• Natbank
• Desjardins Bank
• Scotia Bank
• RBC Bank
• TD Bank

Tourism

• Visit Florida

Magazines and publications

Many magazines and publications are available to Quebec people living in Florida:

• Destination Floride is an online magazine dealing with social activities for snowbirds and other services available throughout Florida.
• Le Soleil de la Floride is the main newspaper for French speaking people living in Florida. It deals with all the major issues affecting the french speaking community in Florida.
• La Voce is a monthly magazine written in French, English and Italian dealing with genreal interest subjects and is distributed in Quebec and Florida.
• Living and Investing in Florida is biannual publication distributed in Canada dealing with business opportunities in Florida and living issues in the sunshine state.

Other organizations

Many organizations promote the Canada-US relation that may be interesting:

• Canadian American Business Council is dedicated at evelating the private sector perspective on issues that affect our two nations. They provide assistance with pratical trade and policy challenges as well as significant networking opportunities

Market Study

The Canadian Government publishes market studies that are very useful wether you plan to expan in technology, biotech, agrifood, forest or contruction

• Market Potential on the Foreign Affairs and International Trade Website contains all the information needed to evaluate the market potential by industry
• The Trade Show News Network  TSNN is the ultimate resource for Florida's events. You can browse by category and region.