Provincial nominees: Each Canadian province and territory operate its own PNP designed to meet its specific economic and demographic needs. It is a program that allows provinces and territories to nominate foreign nationals to apply for permanent residence in Canada. This Program requirements and application procedures differ significantly between provinces, so interested applicants should consult each of the provinces in order to determine their eligibility.
This program is for workers who:
- Have the skills, education and work experience to contribute to the economy of a specific province or territory.
- Want to live in that province.
- Want to become permanent residents of Canada.
Whereas Quebec does not have a provincial nominee program, but it has its own program. each other provinces and territories have their own “streams”. (Immigration programs that target certain groups) and requirements. For example, in a program stream, provinces and territories may target, students, business people, skilled workers, semi-skilled workers.
You can apply by using the paper-based process, or by the online process through Express Entry. As part of the process, you will have to pass a medical exam and get a police check (certificate). Everyone must have these checks, no matter where they plan to live in Canada.
– The paper-based process
Apply to the province or territory for nomination under a non-Express Entry stream. And need to meet the eligibility requirements of the province that nominates you. Then, you submit a paper application for permanent residence to Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada. Usually, the application processing times are longer than through Express Entry.
– The online Express Entry process
You contact the province or territory and apply for a nomination under an Express Entry stream.
If the province or territory agrees to nominate you, you create an Express Entry profile (or update your profile if you already have one) and show you have been nominated.
