Section 105 — Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations: Self-employed person

A member of the self-employed persons class shall be awarded assessment points up to a maximum of 6 points for adaptability on the basis of any combination of the following elements: for the educational credentials of the member’s accompanying spouse or common-law partner, 3, 4 or 5 points determined in accordance with subsection (2); for any previous period of study in Canada by the member or their spouse or common-law partner, 5 points; for any previous period of work in Canada by the member or their spouse or common-law partner, 5 points; and for being related to, or for having an accompanying spouse or accompanying common-law partner who is related to, a person living in Canada who is described in subsection (5), 5 points. For the purposes of paragraph (1)(a), an officer shall evaluate the educational credentials of the accompanying spouse or accompanying common-law partner of the member of the self-employed persons class as if the spouse or common-law partner were the member, and shall award points to the member as follows: for a spouse or common-law partner who would be awarded 25 points, 5 points; for a spouse or common-law partner who would be awarded 20 or 22 points, 4 points; and for a spouse or common-law partner who would be awarded 12 or 15 points, 3 points. For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), a member of the self-employed persons class shall be awarded 5 points if the member or their accompanying spouse or accompanying common-law partner, on or after their 17th birthday, completed a program of full-time study of at least two years’ duration at a post-secondary institution in Canada under a study permit, whether or not they obtained an educational credential for completing that program. For the purpose of paragraph (1)(c), a member of the self-employed persons class shall be awarded 5 points if the member or their accompanying spouse or accompanying common-law partner engaged in at least one year of full-time work in Canada under a work permit. For the purposes of paragraph (1)(d), a member of the self-employed persons class shall be awarded 5 points if the member or their accompanying spouse or accompanying common-law partner is related by blood, marriage, common-law partnership or adoption to a person who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident living in Canada and who is their father or mother, the father or mother of their father or mother, their child, a child of their child, a child of their father or mother, a child of the father or mother of their father or mother, other than their father or mother, or a child of the child of their father or mother; or the member has a spouse or common-law partner who is not accompanying them and is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident living in Canada.