Federal Self-Employed Workers
The Federal Self-Employed Worker Program is designed for foreign nationals who are self-employed in cultural activities or athletics and intend to become self-employed in Canada. To qualify you must demonstrate the ability to become self-employed in Canada. You must have at least two years experience within the past five years of self-employment in cultural activities or athletics in the profession or trade you plan to practice in Canada, or two years experience participating at a world-class level in cultural activities or athletics, or two years experience in farm management and you have the intention and ability to purchase and manage a farm in Canada. There are no minimum net worth requirements and no conditions placed on self-employed workers upon entry to Canada.
The following selection factors are also taken into account:
- • your education
- • your business experience
- • your age
- • your ability in English or French
- • your adaptability
The following are the qualifying activities for Canada self-employed workers:
Professional Occupations in Art and Culture
- • Librarians
- • Conservators and Curators
- • Archivists
- • Authors and Writers
- • Editors
- • Journalists
- • Professional Occupations in Public Relations and Communications
- • Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters
- • Producers, Directors, Choreographers and Related Occupations
- • Conductors, Composers and Arrangers
- • Musicians and Singers
- • Dancers
- • Actors and Comedians
- • Painters, Sculptors and other Visual Artists
Technical Occupations in Art, Culture, Recreation, and Sport
- • Library and Archive Technicians and Assistants
- • Technical Occupations Related to Museums and Art Galleries
- • Photographers
- • Film and Video Camera Operators
- • Graphic Arts Technicians
- • Broadcast Technicians
- • Audio and Video Recording Technicians
- • Other Technical and Co-ordinating Occupations in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts
- • Support Occupations in Motion Pictures, Broadcasting and the Performing Arts
- • Announcers and Other Broadcasters
- • Other Performers
- • Graphic Designers and Illustrators
- • Interior Designers
- • Theatre, Fashion, Exhibit and Other Creative Designers
- • Artisans and Craftspersons
- • Patternmakers - Textile, Leather and Fur Products
- • Athletes
- • Coaches
- • Sports Officials and Referees
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