By admin (May 21, 2024)
Four Provinces Held Provincial Nominee Program Draws This Week
Four provinces held Provincial Nominee Program draws this week, Provincial Nominee Program is one of the major pathways through which skilled foreign nationals immigrate to Canada.
PNP program exists for aiding provinces in addressing specific labour and demographic challenges they face. The PNP also contains streams aligned with Express Entry, which are known as enhanced PNP nominations. The streams associated with PNP accept candidates from the federal Express Entry pool.
Candidates can receive a provincial nomination or Notification or Interest (NOI) after applying to enhanced PNP streams of a specific province. An additional 600 Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) points will be received by candidates from here, which will almost certainly guarantee them an Initiation to Apply (ITA) to the specific enhanced PNP stream.
Recently, a total of 1,366 ITAs were issued through the fifth and sixth Express Entry draws of 2023 which were exclusive to the candidates in enhanced PNP streams.
Results of Provincial Nomination Between March 17 and 24
Manitoba
On March 23rd, the Manitoba PNP held a draw, issuing a total of 566 NOIs (Notifications of Interest). Here is the breakdown of NOIs issues by different streams:
- All Occupations – 200 NOIs, with consideration to the profiles which are not selected in the specific profession draw, with a minimum CRS score of 672.
- Occupation-Specific selection – 266 NOIs, candidates with a CRS cut-off score of 612 are to be selected in the specific, in-demand professions.
- Skilled Worker Overseas stream – 48 NOIs to candidates who were invited by the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program (MPNP) under a Strategic Recruitment Initiative, with a CRS cut-off score of 708.
- International Education Stream – 52 NOIs
Saskatchewan
The Saskatchewan PNP (SINP) held two draws on March 23rd inviting candidates from both Occupations in-demand streams and Express Entry. With a minimum score of 82, NOIs were issued to 184 Express Entry candidates. Comparatively, 312 NOIs were issued to candidates in the occupations in-demand stream. A candidate’s profession must not be included on the SINP excluded occupation list to be eligible for the Occupations in Demand stream.
British Columbia
At least 254 NOIs were issued to the candidates in the draws held by British Columbia PNP (BCPNP) On March 21st across 6 streams. The BCPNP held three targeted draws for early childhood and assistants, candidates in healthcare professions, and candidates in other jobs that are deemed priority occupations within the Skilled Workers International Graduate stream.
Ontario
The Ontario PNP (OINP) held a draw for their Skilled Trades stream on March 23rd issuing 746 notifications to interests to candidates with CRS scores ranging from 250-289. Anywhere between March 23rd, 2022, and March 23rd, 2022, candidates who received an NOI had created profiles in the Express Entry pool. Specific professions specified within the OINP program updates are targeted by draws under the economic streams of OINP.
PNPs in the Future
The PNPs today represent the primary Canadian pathways for economic immigrants anticipated to play a larger in Canadian immigration in coming years, as mentioned previously.
The importance of these provincial programs was further emphasized in a recent meeting between the Forum of Ministers Responsible for Immigration (FMRI), in addition to the added consideration to the PNP. It was announced that provincial immigration would now receive its own multi-year levels plan, following the meeting, allowing provinces to understand their immigration allocation years in advance, and be able to plan accordingly.
Many provinces saw an increase in future immigration allocations, following the meeting:
- Alberta saw an increase of 9,750 allocations this year
- Manitoba saw an increase of 9,500 allocations this year
- 18,000 allocations increment was noted by Ontario by 2025
- 8,500 allocations increment will be noted by Saskatchewan in 2025