Canada Immigration – Self-Employed Person Program
The Self-employed Persons Program under the Business Class Immigration is designed for self-employed individuals to live and practice their employment permanently as a self-employed individual in Canada. The program is implemented for the applicants to make significant contribution to Canada’s cultural, artistic or athletic life. Under this category of self-employed persons the farming options are also available.
Eligible categories of self-employed persons:
- Participants of cultural activities;
- Participants in athletics or
- Experienced in farm management.
Eligibility Criteria for Self-employed immigration:
- Experience of minimum two years in the respective category of self-employment
- Intention to relocate to Canada as self-employed
- Meet the minimum requirement of the program’s selection factors;
- Must clear the medical, security and other clearances’
The applicants are selected based on the below selection factors using a point system.
An applicant requires a minimum of 35 points after the assessment of the below five selection criteria in the point system in order to get selected through the program.
Selection Factors
The applications under the self-employed category are assessed with the below selection factors:
| Experience | Age | Language Ability | Adaptability |
| Selection criteria | Maximum points |
| Education | 25 |
| Experience | 35 |
| Age | 10 |
| Ability in English and/or French | 24 |
| Adaptability | 6 |
| TOTAL | 100 |
Experience
The minimum experience required for a self-employed person shall be prior to 5 years from the date of application and ending on the day of making a decision on the application by the IRCC.
The minimum experience is stated for cultural and athletic activities
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- 2 one-year periods of self-employment in cultural or athletic activities,
- 2 one-year periods participating in a world-class level cultural or athletics’ ,
- a combination of a one-year period as in (a), and a one-year period as in (b)
The applicants are also required to clear the criminal and medical requirements for a successful application for permanent residence under the self-employed category
The self–employed occupation list includes
| NOC | Art and Culture | ||
| 5111 | Librarians | ||
| 5112 | Conservators and Curators | ||
| 5113 | Archivists | ||
| 5121 | Authors and Writers | ||
| 5122 | Editors | ||
| 5123 | Journalists | ||
| 5124 | Professional Occupations in Public Relations and Communications | ||
| 5125 | Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters | ||
| 5131 | Producers, Directors, Choreographers and Related Occupations | ||
| 5132 | Conductors, Composers and Arrangers | ||
| 5133 | Musicians and Singers | ||
| 5134 | Dancers | ||
| 5135 | Actors and Comedians | ||
| 5136 | Painters, Sculptors and Other Visual Artists | ||
| NOC | Technical Occupations in Art, Culture, sports and recreation | ||
| 5211 | Library and Public Archive Technicians | ||
| 5212 | Technical Occupations Related to Museums and Art Galleries | ||
| 5221 | Photographers | ||
| 5222 | Film and Video Camera Operators | ||
| 5223 | Graphic Arts Technicians | ||
| 5224 | Broadcast Technicians | ||
| 5225 | Audio and Video Recording Technicians | ||
| 5226 | Other Technical and Co-ordinating Occupations in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts | ||
| 5227 | Support Occupations in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts | ||
| 5231 | Announcers and Other Broadcasters | ||
| 5232 | Other Performers | ||
| 5241 | Graphic Designers and Illustrators | ||
| 5242 | Interior Designers and Interior Decorators | ||
| 5243 | Theatre, Fashion, Exhibit and Other Creative Designers | ||
| 5244 | Artisans and Craftsperson | ||
| 5245 | Patternmakers - Textile, Leather, and Fur Products | ||
| 5251 | Athletes | ||
| 5252 | Coaches | ||
| 5253 | Sports Officials and Referees | ||
| 5254 | Program Leaders and Instructors in Recreation, Sport and Fitness | ||
If you are a person or performing artist with the relevant experience and are self-employed and thinking of your options to migrate to Canada the self-employed person’s program best fits you. Pelican Migration Consultants will help you in determining the right scores assessing your eligibility for participating in the program making your immigration goals realize.
