Provincial Nominee Programs Canada

Canada’s provincial nominee programs (PNPs) offers a pathway to Canadian permanent residence for individuals who are willing to immigrate to a specific Canadian province or territory.

Each Canadian province and territory operates its own PNP model to meet its particular Economical and demographical needs.

Continue reading to find out how can you immigrate to Canada as a provincial nominee, and the latest Canadian PNP updates.

Every year, the Canadian federal government increases the volume of invitations for PNP candidates. These programs are the fastest growing path to economic immigration in Canada.

Each province, with the exception, operates several PNP streams. These streams are designed by the provinces to help meet their unique immigration objectives. So the eligibility criteria and application procedures vary. However, PNPs are the most popular option because they are the fastest way to acquire the Canadian Permanent Residence.

Canada’s provinces cannot approve the Permanent residence status on their own. All decisions regarding the Permanent residence in Canada are approved at a national level by the Federal Government. This is why the provincial programs are termed as “nominee” programs.

First the successful PNP applicant will be nominated by the province to submit the permanent residence application to the federal government, securing the provincial nomination is step one in the two-part process. Initially, an interested immigrant is approved at the provincial level and then they apply to the federal level.