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    Admissions Through Provincial Nominee Programs Set To Rise Over Next Three Years

    The recent passage of controversial immigration reforms in Quebec stand in stark contrast to news from Canada’s other provinces, which are slated to welcome an increasing number of newcomers over the next three years through the Provincial Nominee Program. Known as the PNP, the program allows participating provinces and territories to nominate a specified number of foreign workers for Canadian permanent residence each year. Canada has a 2019 target of 61,000 immigration candidates for the PNP, which is set to increase to 67,800 in 2020 and 71,300 in 2021. These increases contrast the news out of Quebec this week, where thousands of pending applications to the Quebec Skilled Worker Program were dismissed under new…

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    THIRD MANITOBA EOI DRAW PUSHES 2019 INVITATION TOTAL TO 1,526

    February 15 draw issued 444 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence. Manitoba issued new invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence on February 15 to eligible skilled workers and international students who have expressed their interest in immigrating to the province.   The draw was the province’s third of 2019 and issued 444 invitations to candidates in the Skilled Worker Overseas, Skilled Worker in Manitoba and International Education economic immigration streams. Manitoba has now invited 1,526 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence since the start of 2019. The majority of Manitoba’s economic immigration streams operate on an Expression of Interest (EOI) basis. The first…

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    Express Entry Candidates With Scores As Low As 439 Invited To Apply.

    Ontario’s Human Capital Priorities Stream got the new year off to a big start this week, issuing 1,493 invitations to Express Entry candidates with ranking scores as low as 439.   The Human Capital Priorities Stream allows the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) to search the federal Express Entry pool for candidates who meet the stream’s federal and provincial eligibility criteria. Express Entry candidates who receive a Notification of Interest (NOI) from Ontario and apply for a provincial nomination receive an additional 600 points toward their Express Entry ranking score if their application is successful. To Find out if you are eligible for Express Entry, contact First Notch Immigration Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd. Visit Our Website: http://firstnotchimmigration.com/ Call…

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    Provincial Nominee Program Continued To Assert Itself As The Rising Star Of Canada’s Economic Immigration Programs In 2018

    Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program: Key 2018 Changes. Three new Express Entry-linked PNP streams were created in 2018 and others were improved. Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program continued to assert itself as the rising star of Canada’s economic immigration programs in 2018 and is expected to play an even more prominent role in the months ahead.   The Provincial Nominee Program, or PNP, allows participating Canadian provinces and territories to nominate a set number of economic immigrants for permanent residence each year. A portion of these nominations are considered ‘enhanced’ nominations and allow a province or territory to nominate candidates in the federal Express Entry system, which manages the pool of candidates for three of Canada’s…