Hi there,
As per the BC PNP Entrepreneur Immigration Program Guide (PDF) one to be eligible to apply needs to have more than three years of experience as an active business owner-manager.
They specify that an active owner-manager (business ownership of 10 per cent or more) is a person who have performed an active role in the management and operations of a COMPANY for which he has held 10 per cent or more ownership during the past 10 years.
Now the question is whether active business owner-manager constitutes a person who doesn't own a company per se but owns a business, more specifically he owns a website from which he personally generates substantial revenues over the last 10 years? Basically he is sort of self-employed freelancer and he is responsible for a day-to-day management of his own website which entails coding, design, search engine optimization, marketing, etc.
In short, does being a self-employed counts the same as being active owner-manager of a company? Of course the self-employment over the years can be verified through the tax-returns, bank statements, invoices, etc.
As per the BC PNP Entrepreneur Immigration Program Guide (PDF) one to be eligible to apply needs to have more than three years of experience as an active business owner-manager.
They specify that an active owner-manager (business ownership of 10 per cent or more) is a person who have performed an active role in the management and operations of a COMPANY for which he has held 10 per cent or more ownership during the past 10 years.
Now the question is whether active business owner-manager constitutes a person who doesn't own a company per se but owns a business, more specifically he owns a website from which he personally generates substantial revenues over the last 10 years? Basically he is sort of self-employed freelancer and he is responsible for a day-to-day management of his own website which entails coding, design, search engine optimization, marketing, etc.
In short, does being a self-employed counts the same as being active owner-manager of a company? Of course the self-employment over the years can be verified through the tax-returns, bank statements, invoices, etc.
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