Program delivery update: Self-Employed Persons Class – Processing
This section contains policy, procedures and guidance used by IRCC staff. It is posted on the department’s website as a courtesy to stakeholders.
March 23, 2026
An addition has been made to the external Operations Bulletin to clarify which guides apply to self‑employed applications: all self-employed applications received on or before May 2, 2017, must use OP8 and applications received after this date must use the Self-Employed PDIs.