Canada self-employment program
The Self Employment program gives the business investors who are the eligible candidates the opportunity to obtain Canada permanent residency. This program has been introduced by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) under business immigration to help the development and economic growth of Canada.
Who is qualified to apply for a self-employment immigration program?
only a self-employed person who has experience in running his or her own business in cultural or athletic activities is qualified under this program. In addition, the applicant must prove that he or she will play a significant role to improve Canada’s culture and sport life and must intend to be a self-employed person in Canada as well.
Qualified self-employment program jobs can be freelance journalist, set designer, coach/trainer, illustrator, farmer, music teacher, artist, filmmaker, choreographer, theatrical/musical director
Selection Factors
There are some important factors that can determine your eligibility in this program such as:
- age
- language proficiency
- education
- experience
- adaptability
Only the applicants who meet minimum requirements and gain the minimum score will be given a chance to apply for permanent residency of Canada under the self-employment program.
The minimum score to be eligible under this program is 35 out of 100.
The table of the maximum score is as followed:
Selection Factors | Points |
Experience | Maximum 35 points |
Age | Maximum 10 points |
Education | Maximum 25 points |
Ability in English or French | Maximum 24 points |
Adaptability | Maximum 6 points |
Total | Maximum 100 points |
Pass Mark | 35 points |
To be qualified under this program, interested applicants must
- Be self-employed in the past and intend to stay self-employed as business investors in Canada in one of the cultural or athletic activities.
- They must have related experience for at least 2 years as a self-employed
- The experience at an international level in one of the cultural or athletic activities is important.
What is the Relevant experience in Self-employment Program?
Your experience is relevant if you have:
- Your experience has been as a self-employed person in athletics or cultural activity
- You have participated in the world-class level in an athletic or cultural activity
If you have at least two years of experience means Relevant experience for a self-employment program.
This relevant experience must be during the past 5 years before you apply.
Minimum Experience Required for Self-employed program
for cultural activities:
- 2 one-year periods being self-employed in cultural activities, or
- 2 one-year periods participating at a world-class level in cultural activities, or
- a combination of a one-year period described in (a), and a one-year period described in (b)
- for athletics:
- 2 one-year periods being self-employed in athletics, or
- 2 one-year periods participating at a world-class level in athletics, or
- a combination of a one-year period described in (a), and a one-year period described in (b)
Only certain occupations are accepted under this program. The list of eligible occupations is as followed:
Artisan and Cultural Professional Occupations
Librarians |
Conservators and Curators |
Archivists |
Authors and Writers |
Editors |
Journalists |
Professional Occupations in Public Relations and Communications |
Translators, Terminologists, Interpreters |
Producers, Directors, Choreographers and Related Occupations |
Conductors, Composers, Arrangers |
Musicians and Singers |
Dancers |
Artisan, Cultural, Recreational, and Sport Technical Occupations
Painters, Sculptors and Other Visual Artists |
Librarians |
Conservators and Curators |
Archivists |
Authors and Writers |
Editors |
Journalists |
Professional Occupations in Public Relations and Communications |
Translators, Terminologists, Interpreters |
Producers, Directors, Choreographers and Related Occupations |
Conductors, Composers, Arrangers |
Musicians, Singers |
Dancers |
How long is the processing time for the self-employment immigration program?
The eligible business investors get the result on their application in almost 22 months after submitting their biometric and all the necessary documents.
What is the processing fee?
The processing fee for this program is $1,540
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