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I immigrated under the self employment category and I only had a little over the required the settlement funds. I do believe they look for a certain number of years of self employment experience though, so you might want to look into that a little more. However as Ponga mentioned, you could...

For me, I sent in the application, and after they reviewed it they requested additional documentation, including proof of funds. I asked them what documents to provide for my proof of funds, and they said copies of my bank statements for the past 6 months would be fine. But I didn't provide this...

When I applied I just sent in the application without the supplementary docs, since I think it noted in the application not to send those. After they reviewed my application and made sure I met the requirements, they followed up to request all of the the additional documents to prove my proof of...

Hi Linda, Thanks for the well-wishes! I checked the CIC website because it has been so long that I forgot the details of how I applied. It looks like currently the Ottawa office only processes PR apps for those inside Canada, or in the U.S. As I applied from the U.S. this office was the one I...

I found the Ottawa office easy to work with. They were responsive to my questions and the turnaround times for processing each phase of the application were fast. One thing to note is that all of my notifications from them, except for the acceptance letter, were done by email - so be sure to...

Hi! I don't recall there being any sub-category to the self employed business application, at least at the time I applied. I was also very surprised at how fast it went through! I was prepared to wait for years :) I believe at the time I applied (May 2013) all self employment business category...

I don't know about the processing times within Canada, but I applied in the self employed category outside of Canada in May 2013 and I received my acceptance letter in February 2014, so for me it was about 9 months. :) It depends though, because a friend who applied in the same category received...