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Self Employed Programs

What is a Self Employed Program?

The Self-employed Persons Program allows self employed people to immigrate to Canada permanently.

If you’re interested in this program, you must:

Relevant experience for a self-employed person means at least two years of experience in the past 5 years from the date of your application. You can get more points if you have 3, 4, or 5 years of experience.

Experience must be in one of these areas:

Types of Self-Employed Programs

  • Federal Self-Employed Program Using a point-based grading system to assess the eligibility of business immigration applicants, the Federal Self-Employed Persons Program also requires applicants to possess a two years of relevant work experience within their field as a proof that they can be gainfully self-employed in any Canadian province except Quebec. To be eligible, the applicant must get at least 35 points out of 100 points.
  • Quebec Self Employed Program Somewhat similar to its federal counterpart, the Quebec Self-Employed Program requires applicants to demonstrate their ability to be successfully self-employed within their industry. This program also imposes a minimum net worth requirement of $100,000, and as with all of this province’s immigration programs, the intent to reside in Quebec.
  • Provincial Nominee Programs for Self Employed Workers If an applicant wishes to settle in a particular province, they may choose to apply under its own Self-Employed stream of the Provincial Nominee Program. Each province and territory have its own set of eligibility requirements and selection criteria, though there are often many eligibility overlaps that can be seen in other business immigration streams, such as years of experience and proof of personal funds.

Federal Eligibility Requirements

Your maximum possible score is 100. The pass mark is currently 35 points, but it may change. Candidates are selected based on:

The maximum points for the following:

Selection Criteria

Max Points

Education

25

Experience

35

Age

10

Ability in English/French

24

Adaptability

6

There are 37 NOC codes in new NOC-2021 which are applicable for self employed programs ranging from NOC 51110 to 55109. Here are the following occupations:

S. No.

NOC code

Occupation Title

1

50010

Library, archive, museum and art gallery managers

2

50011

Managers – publishing, motion pictures, broadcasting and performing arts

3

50012

Recreation, sports and fitness program and service directors

4

51100

Librarians

5

51101

Conservators and curators

6

51102

Archivists

7

51110

Editors

8

51111

Authors and writers (except technical)

9

51112

Technical writers

10

51113

Journalists

11

51114

Translators, terminologists and interpreters

12

51120

Producers, directors, choreographers and related occupations

13

51121

Conductors, composers and arrangers

14

51122

Musicians and singers

15

52100

Library and public archive technicians

16

52110

Film and video camera operators

17

52111

Graphic arts technicians

18

52112

Broadcast technicians

19

52113

Audio and video recording technicians

20

52114

Announcers and other broadcasters

21

52119

Other technical and coordinating occupations in motion pictures, broadcasting and the performing arts

22

52120

Graphic designers and illustrators

23

52121

Interior designers and interior decorators

24

53100

Registrars, restorers, interpreters and other occupations related to museum and art galleries

25

53110

Photographers

26

53111

Motion pictures, broadcasting, photography and performing arts assistants and operators

27

53120

Dancers

28

53121

Actors, comedians and circus performers

29

53122

Painters, sculptors and other visual artists

30

53123

Theatre, fashion, exhibit and other creative designers

31

53124

Artisans and crafts persons

32

53125

Patternmakers – textile, leather and fur products

33

53200

Athletes

34

53201

Coaches

35

53202

Sports officials and referees

36

54100

Program leaders and instructors in recreation, sport and fitness

37

55109

Other performers

Fees for Self Employed PR application:

Processing fee$850
Right of permanent residence fee$515
Biometrics$85
Total: $1450
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How can we help?

Generally self-employed people are not directly employed with an employer and therefore, it becomes a big challenge (in terms of documentation) to demonstrate that they meet the minimum experience requirements of the self-employed program. We help self-employed people in gathering the documentation as per their profile. The self-employed program seems to be quite easy, but preparing a good application is a big challenge. The effort is on the applicant to prove that they meet the program criteria and will be able to create their own employment in Canada. We prepare the application based on our client’s profile and comprehensive research to prove that how they will settle themselves in Canadian job market.