Ontario and British Columbia maintain Provincial Nominee Program attracts…

This week the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP) and the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) have issued invites to use to candidates by their respective Provincial Nominee Applications (PNPs).

The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), launched in 1998, permits provinces and territories to share immigration tasks with the federal authorities, selling the advantages of immigration throughout Canada.

Whereas receiving a provincial nomination doesn’t mechanically grant everlasting resident standing, it considerably boosts a candidate’s software by including 600 Complete Rating System (CRS) factors for Categorical Entry candidates, making an invite to use (ITA) in future attracts way more sure.

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Provincial immigration outcomes October 12-18

Ontario

On October 17, the Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP), issued invites to candidates who qualify for the Categorical Entry: Expert Trades stream.

It issued 1,307 invites to candidates with a Complete Rating System (CRS) rating throughout the vary of 405-435, and work expertise within the related Nationwide Occupation Classification (NOC) codes.

An inventory of accepted occupations, and their NOC codes, might be discovered right here.

British Columbia

On October 16, the British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program (BCPNP) invited greater than 190 candidates by two separate candidate picks.

The primary draw was a normal choice throughout a number of streams. The BCPNP invited 102 candidates. The breakdown of this draw might be seen beneath:

Common draw

The BCPNP additionally held focused attracts for candidates with skilled expertise in particular industries, by the Expert Employee and Worldwide Graduate (together with EEBC choice) streams.

Newfoundland & Labrador nears most provincial allocation

In a press launch on October eight, 2024, Newfoundland and Labrador’s Division of Immigration, Inhabitants Progress and Expertise introduced that it has used practically its whole allocation of provincial nominations for the 12 months of 2024.

Yearly, Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), units a goal for the general variety of everlasting residents who shall be welcomed to Canada within the annual Immigration Ranges Plan. This consists of those that will arrive by the PNP.

This goal is damaged down into a particular allocation of nominations for every collaborating province and territory (Quebec and Nunavut shouldn’t have PNPs).

Each province receives a special allocation of nominations they will use to pick financial immigration candidates. It’s based mostly on a number of components akin to labour drive wants and a province’s means to assist an elevated inhabitants.

As a response to the restricted allocation out there, Newfoundland and Labrador’s immigration division shall be prioritizing purposes in sectors going through labour shortages akin to well being care, early studying, and building, for the stay the rest of the 12 months.

The division has acknowledged they may proceed to course of purposes for people with extenuating circumstances.

Different purposes will proceed to be accepted underneath the Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program (NLPNP) and the Atlantic Immigration Program (AIP). Nevertheless, they won’t be processed till 2025 on the earliest. The division has suggested that the 25-day processing normal for the NLPNP will resume in January 2025.

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