An IRCC evaluation report has concluded the federal Self-Employed Persons Program is no longer fit for purpose, citing a 69% average refusal rate and processing times exceeding ten years. Intake has been paused since April 2024 and suspended indefinitely since December 2025, and IRCC is now developing options to redesign it. Launched in 1978 as…

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