Prince Edward Island has announced details of two PNP draws in August. One of them was the biggest draw the program has ever seen. After issuing just eight invitations to Express Entry and Labour Impact applicants on August 11, the PEI PNP distributed 305 invitations to applicants in all streams on August 20. Of the 305 invitations issued, 28 went to Business Impact candidates. The remaining 227 invitations went to Express Entry and Labour Impact candidates, though the PEI PNP does not provide a breakdown of how many invitations were issued in each of these categories. The PEI PNP specified that the people who were invited in August had stated that they…
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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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Prince Edward Island Issues A Hundred Thirty Invites In April 18 Draw.
Prince Edward Island, or pei, holds monthly draws for immigration applicants who have submitted an expression of interest to its immigrant nominee program, the PEI PNP. A complete of one hundred thirty invitations had been issued to applicants in pei’s express entry, labour effect and commercial enterprise impact immigration categories within the april 18 draw, bringing the wide variety of invitations issued to this point this 12 months by using the PEI PNP to 570. The 113 express access and labour effect candidates who received an invite in today’s draw can now apply to pei’s provincial nominee program, the pei pnp, for a nomination for canadian permanent residence. the 17…
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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…