Provincial Immigration Programs

Service Description

What are Provincial Nominee Programs? PNP stands for Provincial Nominee programs in which province means a state/territory from, which the qualifying applicants receive a provincial nomination, which allows them to apply to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for permanent residence. Provincial grant Nominee Programs (PNPs) empower individual provinces/territories to choose from the candidates wishing to settle in Canada. Almost all provinces/territory in Canada have their own PNPs (except for Nunavut) in order to meet their specific needs for labour or business, and to ensure growth and economic development of the respective province. Fortunately, with the introduction of Express Entry in 2015, almost all PNPs were brought under the Express Entry aligned immigration stream. This streamlining helps candidates to enjoy faster processing time of less than 6 months, compared to longer processing times for other non-aligned streams. Three chief reasons to consider Provincial Nominee Programs to get Permanent Residence, if: The CRS is too low to be directly eligible for the Express Entry pool to get an Invitation to Apply (ITA). With a provincial nomination, additional 600 points can be earned, which will automatically lead to an ITA, A job offer from an employer in the province is available , or An applicant is already in a province, has either finished studies or is working temporarily, and is thus eligible to one of that province's nomination streams.