The Canada Provincial Nominee Program is a channel to settle in Canada and receive permanent residency status. The PNP immigration allows provinces and territories to nominate eligible candidates, who can be foreign skilled workers, trained youth, professionals, international students and entrepreneurs, to migrate to specific Canadian province. It is important to note that the Canada PNP program is different from the Express Entry immigration stream, but each Canadian province has at least one immigration stream linked with the federal immigration selection system of Express Entry.
The Express Entry aligned immigration streams help candidates, who have received provincial nominee certificate, to earn extra 600 points on Comprehensive Ranking System scale if they have online application in the Express Entry pool.
As many as ten provincial nominee programs by different Canadian provinces select and nominate candidates, who can be foreign skilled workers, international graduates, trained youth, young professionals and immigrants, based on their age, education, skill training, language proficiency, relevant work experience and adaptability. Different Canadian PNP are designed and framed to meet growing demands of employers, labour market and different industrial domains in specific provinces.
An authentic Canada immigration expert such as Key Global Immigration Services guides and facilitates important updates and trends related to Canada Provincial Nominee Program help them migrating to land of their dreams and opportunities in hassle-free manner.
With the rising number of applications for immigration to Canada, the Canadian employers always seek to hire right and ideal skilled workers, professionals and trained youth to fulfil demands of labour markets and industries in specific province. Each province selects and nominates candidates to meet demands of labour and skill based industries and has efficient manpower, who can contribute towards growth and development of economy.
Looking at growing number of online applications in the Express Entry pool admitted every year, it is understood that competition is tough to secure Canada permanent residency status. This may leave many candidates disheartened for not being able to qualify for immigration to Canada through Express Entry stream.
To resolve such issues as well as to meet demands of labour markets and industries in Canada, the federal government of Canada has made things simpler and quicker for several aspiring candidates by offering them options of applying directly or through the Express Entry program to work and settle in the province of their choice. This also helps the Canadian province to select and nominate foreign skilled workers and professionals interested to work and settle in specific province. This pathway of the selection and nomination of eligible candidates by the Canadian provinces is called the Canada Provincial Nomination Program (PNP) or PNP Canada.
In PNP immigration, candidates interested in settling in a particular Canadian province can speed fast their application processing by meeting all eligibility criteria mentioned by provincial authorities. It is important to note that eligibility criteria for every province depend on the immigration program through which the candidate is migrating as well as demands of labour market and employment opportunities in that particular province and territory. Candidates, who meet these required guidelines in particular immigration stream of the Canadian province, are selected and nominated by the authorities. Eligible candidates receive provincial nomination certificate. This is how the Canadian provinces attract foreign skilled workers, international graduates, trained youth and professionals to strengthen economy and industries.
Eligible candidates, who get shortlisted in the Provincial Nomination Program (PNP) or receive Provincial Nomination Certificate, are eligible to earn extra 600 CRS points in the Canada Express Entry pool, which increases their chances of migration through the Express Entry and secure Canadian permanent residency status. There are also other benefits of Provincial Nomination Program (PNP) like faster immigration in some Canadian provinces etc.
There are two gateways under the Provincial Nomination Program (PNP) –
➡ Express Entry linked immigration stream
➡ Province nomination from the Canada Provincial Nomination List
Express Entry linked Stream
The candidates, who have applied for the Express Entry Program, can also apply to get permanent residency status of Canada through Provincial Nomination Program (PNP) by submitting online application in the Express Entry pool. They can select the preferred province in the Express Entry profile and the province will be notified of candidates’ intention of willingness to migrate to specific province or territory. Also, if candidates are able to meet provincial occupation list or other requirements the authorities would send eligible candidates a Notification of Interest (NOI), thus help them apply directly for nomination in a stream.
It is important to note that candidates should meet all eligibility criteria in order to get nominated by the Canadian province. These criteria include age, language skills, education, relevant work experience, etc. Further, every province has its own set of eligibility criteria based on requirements of manpower in labour market and industrial domains.
Canada Provincial Nomination List
Another pathway to apply for Canada PNP is by directly applying to the Canadian province for the PNP list. Following PNP immigration are offered by different Canadian provinces –
• British Columbia Nomination Program (BC PNP)
• Alberta Advantage Immigration Program (AAIP)
• Saskatchewan Immigration Nominee Program (SINP)
• Manitoba Immigration Nominee Program (MPNP)
• Ontario Immigration Nominee Program (OINP)
• New Brunswick Immigration Nominee Program (NB PNP)
• Nova Scotia Immigration Nominee Program (NSPNP)
• Prince Edwards Island Immigration Nominee Program (PE PNP)
• Newfoundland Immigration Nominee Program (NF PNP)
Please note that the processing time of applications in the Canada PNP pathway is faster under certain streams. The applications, which are submitted through the Express Entry linked streams of PNP, have faster processing and it is considered that such visa applications are processed in six months, if candidates meet all eligibility criteria and supporting documents are in place.
It is said that the application process for the Canada PNP is very simple and easy, it is always suggested by experts to seek help from a top immigration consultancy like Key Global Immigration Services, which has a proven record of candidates migrated successfully under various Canada PNP. As mentioned earlier, the two basic pathways through which an applicant can apply for PNP – direct application to the province or through Express Entry stream. In both the cases, the procedure is almost the same wherein candidates have to select a preferred province or the province of their choice.
The steps to apply for the PNP are –
Choose a province
Select the model of applying – Express Entry link stream or Canada PNP
The application is assessed by the province from the Express Entry pool or in Expression of Interest (EOI) system of Provincial Nominee Program (PNP)
If candidates meet eligibility requirements, they will receive provincial nomination
Apply for the Canada PR visa
Further documentation
Get Canada PR visa
The lowest International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score (language proficiency) depends on the immigration program (stream) through which the candidate has applied for the PNP as well as credentials of candidates to a large extent. However, certain provinces nominate candidates even if they have a very low IELTS score, thus help them to migrate to Canada. These provinces include Saskatchewan, Ontario, and Nova Scotia. But, it is always better to have a high IELTS score so that candidates have better choices in the PNP.
Getting a Canada PR visa through PNP is possible even if candidates do not have a valid job offer from a Canadian employer. Some of the provinces that do not require a job offer letter for immigration include-
➡ Saskatchewan Immigration Nominee Program
➡ Nova Scotia Provincial Nominee Program
➡ Quebec Skilled Workers Program
➡ Ontario – In the Human Capital Priorities Stream
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