New Delhi, Nov. 27 -- Toronto, Canada: When Maulik Pandya, founder of Eatance, a food tech startup based in Toronto, posted on LinkedIn in October that after years of waiting, he was giving up on his Canadian dream and moving back to India, the message went viral across WhatsApp groups and founder circles in both countries. His note became a talking point for hundreds of immigrant entrepreneurs stuck in Canada's Start-up Visa (SUV) backlog.

Pandya's emotional post captured a crisis unfolding across Canada: many Indians had reached the country's shores, lured by the SUV programme, family in tow, with plans to start up and make it big. They now find themselves stuck, unable to raise funds, unable to travel, and in some cases, unable to sta...