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Permanent Residence – Self-Employed

Canadian Immigration

Permanent Residence

Temporary Residence

 

Alternative Passports

 Self-employed person means a foreign national who has relevant experience and has the intention and ability to be self-employed in Canada and to make a significant contribution to specified economic activities in Canada.

 

To be eligible as a self-employed person, you must:

 

Relevant experience is defined as:

 

  • participation in cultural activities or athletics at a world-class level;
  • self-employment in cultural activities or athletics; or
  • farm management experience.

 

Relevant experience in respect of:

  1. a self-employed person, means a minimum of two years of experience, during the period beginning five years before the date of application for a permanent resident visa and ending on the day a decision is made on the application. The experience must consist of:
    1. in respect of cultural activities:
      1. two one-year periods of experience in self-employment in cultural activities; or
      2. two one-year periods of experience in participation at a world class level in cultural activities; or
      3. a combination of a one-year period of experience described in A above, and a one-year period of experience described in B above.
    2. in respect of athletics:
      1. two one-year periods of experience in self-employment in athletics; or
      2. two one-year periods of experience in participation at a world class level in athletics; or
      3. a combination of a one-year period of experience described in 1 above; and a one-year period of experience described in 2 above; and
    3. in respect of the purchase and management of a farm, two one-year periods of experience in the management of a farm.

Specified economic activities, in respect of:

  1. a self-employed person, means cultural activities, athletics or the purchase and management of a farm; and
  2. a self-employed person selected by a province, has the meaning provided by the laws of the province.

 

DETAILED OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE

Major Group 51

Professional occupations in art and culture

Major Group 52

Technical occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport

Total Unit Group Titles: 33