Self-Employed

Business Class Immigration

Investors
Entrepreneurs
Self-Employed

Self-Employed
A self-employed person is an immigrant who intends and has the ability to establish or purchase a business in Canada that will create an employment opportunity for himself and will make a significant contribution to the economy or the cultural or artistic life of Canada.

Self-Employed immigrants must establish or purchase a business in Canada that will keep them employed and contribute significantly to Canada's economy or cultural or artistic life (for example, professional athletes, artists, actors, farmers, or writers).

Features of the Self-Employed Program:

* No immigration "terms and conditions" are imposed requiring the applicant to set up his or her business;

* Self-employed immigrants must have the ability to establish a business that will at a minimum create an employment opportunity for themselves which will make a significant contribution to the economy or to Canada's artistic or cultural life.

Selection Criteria

To be selected as a Business Immigrant, an applicant must meet the definition of the Business Immigration category in which they are applying. The applicant is then assessed against a modified selection system.

Entrepreneurs and investors are assessed against seven of the nine independent immigrant selection factors. They must obtain a minimum of 25 points.

Self-employed applicants are assessed on eight of the nine independent immigrant selection factors, and require a minimum of 70 points, the same as meeting the self-employed definition.