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Provincial Nominee Programs is one of the fastest growing economic immigration pathways in Canada. It is noticed that over an year, the federal government has increased provinces annual allocation for their respective Provincial Nominee Programs, which shows increasing the importance of these program with overall immigration landscape, under PNPs their are various provinces and territories which can nominate their family and individuals who wish to come to Canada and settle in their provinces based on the criteria of that territories.

Coming to the point of province and territory determines their own eligibility criteria for Provincial Nominee Programs. For instance, if one of the provinces might prioritize bringing in provincial nominees with experience in a certain occupation, while another province might prioritize bringing in provincial nominees with French-language expertise. It completely depends on the needs of each specific province and territory. This will show that the applicant has the skills, education, and work experience to be able to make a positive contribution to the local economy and society. The province prefers the application which satisfies the needs based on the specific province, as well as the applicant’s genuine intention to settle there.

In Canada, the final immigration decisions are made by the federal government, about the immigration not the provincial government to whom they should provide the visa. Only because of this reason, PNPs are divided into two-part processes. Firstly, applicants have to apply to the province for your provincial nomination and if you are approved by the province, applicants have to submit a second application to the federal government for your Canadian permanent resident status. Provincial Nominee Programs are a key part of Canada’s immigration policy, with more than 200,000 people who are expected to obtain Canadian permanent residence through a Provincial Nominee Program between year 2020 and 2022.

In addition to some provincial programs, candidates are selected by the need of the employer and the result after approval by the province they are expedited with the process. We can say that in the early stage, applicants receive temporary and renewable work permits which allow them to enter Canada while they are processing for permanent residence. Basically, skilled workers with the exception of many provinces like that of Quebec, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba, generally require an employer to sponsor the applicant for admission to Canada.

For the approval process, without a government’s approval for the employer sponsorship, the application of the particular applicant will not get approved or even passed over. The sponsoring employers in most provinces have to demonstrate sufficient needs to hire local Canadians and also offer them competitive terms and conditions related to the hiring of particular employers. In many provinces, there are many variations in the terms and conditions of employment to qualify to get sponsored as a foreign worker.

The CRS is a score out of 1,200 assigned to Express Entry candidates, which decides who should get an ITA for permanent residency. In almost every round of draws, these 600 bonus points would guarantee that the applicant would receive an ITA. Applicants who want to get eligible for a provincial nomination under an enhanced PNP stream need to have a profile created on Express Entry and have to get entered within the pool.