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guitarguy
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Posted: 22 Jun 2012 at 6:37pm |
Hi guys,
A newbie in the forum here. A little bit of my background: I graduated with a Bachelor degree in music from York U, and now I have a post graduation open work permit until August 2013. Right now I'm self employed as a musician and guitar teacher. I'm wondering if anyone here has any experience or know anything about applying Permanent Residency under self-employed category as a musician. The requirements in CIC website are pretty loose, such as "self-employed activity", "participation in world class cultural activities". I have a hard time understanding these and trying to figure out how to prove my self-employment and my involvement in musical activities. Another thing, can you guys recommend any lawyer/law firm in Toronto that has a good reputation in self-employed application? I already talked to a couple that said they can help me, but I'm not 100% sure. I just don't want to get scammed and ripped off. It's quite a lot of money. Thank you Edited by guitarguy - 22 Jun 2012 at 6:39pm |
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computergeek
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If you have not already reviewed OP 8 ("Entrepreneur and Self-Employed" - http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/m...8-eng.pdf) and OB 430 ("Centralized Intake of Federal Self-employed Persons Class and Quebec Business Class Applications" - http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/m...ob430.asp) I would do so.
Section 6.15 of OP 8 defines "self-employed" as:
Section 11 describes the criteria for evaluating a self-employed person, including what it means to be "world class" and so forth. My reading was that if you can qualify, this is a very easy class in which to immigrate (requiring a points score of 35 out of 100.) I don't know of any attorneys in Toronto specializing in this type of work so I did what I have done in the past - I looked at court decisions for attorneys demonstrating experience at Federal Court level in the specific area. One I ran across is http://www.leecompany.ca/ - I don't know anything about them, other than finding a case in which they were successful in overturning a decision against their client (a self-employed engineer). Very few attorneys practice in Federal Court and doing so successfully is at least one positive indicator. Others may have suggestions as well. Good luck! |
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FSW applied 6/09, denied (med inadmissible) 12/11. JR leave granted 7/12, discontinued 9/12. Spousal app PPR 9/12. Landed 13 October 2012
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guitarguy
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thanks for the info... but the link doesn't work and that's exactly what I need to know. What does world class mean, and how frequent do I have to "participate" in a year to be considered having the appropriate experience etc etc
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computergeek
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I'm not sure why the links don't work. Use the terms in the search dialog box on the CIC website and they lead you to the forms (even if they MOVE the forms, which is distinctly possible.)
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FSW applied 6/09, denied (med inadmissible) 12/11. JR leave granted 7/12, discontinued 9/12. Spousal app PPR 9/12. Landed 13 October 2012
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immgcan
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you can apply to get canadian PR under self employed program.
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