Permanent Residence: (Provincial Nomination)

The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) is another major immigration program for Canada for skilled workers after Canada Express Entry. All the Canadian territories and provinces drive the PNP immigration programs to seek skilled workers from all over the world to grow and strengthen their provincial economies. Under the Constitution of Canada, all territories and provinces and the federal government have a share in the country’s immigration system to manage.

Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) permits the territories and provinces of Canada to nominate individual candidates who wish to immigrate to Canada and who wish to settle down in a particular province. Nunavut and Quebec are the only territory and province in Canada who have an exception. Additionally, Quebec has the authority to establish its own selection criteria for economic immigration

Every Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) has at least one immigration stream that is aligned with the federal Canada Express Entry immigration selection system. ‘Enhanced Nominations’ are the Provincial nominations issued under these Canada Express Entry-aligned streams. The additional benefits of enhanced PNP streams are that the candidates of Canada Express Entry an additional 600 Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points, which ensures that the candidate will get an invitation for permanent residence under Canada Express Entry. Another important benefit that the candidate gets is their application for permanent residence is processed by the federal government quicker, typically within six months.

The other way to obtain permanent residence through the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) is under a ‘base’ stream. Here, you apply to a PNP stream directly and the federal government will process your permanent residence application once you obtain a provincial nomination.