British Columbia, Manitoba and New Brunswick invite candidates in latest PNP draw results
Three of Canada’s provinces have nominated candidates through streams of the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP).
A candidate that receives nomination by a province becomes much more likely to receive an invitation to apply (ITA) for permanent residency from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). This is because the federal and provincial governments share responsibility for immigration in Canada and being nominated by a province means you are considered a good fit for the provincial labour force.
Canada’s Premiers want more control over immigration like Quebec
The leaders of Canada’s provinces met in Winnipeg this week to discuss shared priorities.
The Premiers highlighted some areas that require urgent action. Three of these areas are linked closely to immigration.
Building a strong labour force;
Improving health care;
Addressing housing needs
Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Alberta invite candidates in this week’s provincial immigration results
Five of Canada’s provinces have invited candidates to apply for provincial immigration.
Provincial immigration is not the same across Canada. For example, while most Canadian provinces and territories have Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs), Quebec does not have one due to a special agreement with the federal government that allows it to select all its economic immigrants.
Facing delays in your immigration application? Here are some steps you can take
When applying to work, study or immigrate to Canada, a foreign national must submit their application to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). IRCC has service standards that provide the usual processing times for applications. However, there can be delays to these processing standards, causing the processing time of the application to be much longer than IRCC’s service standard.
IRCC inventory stands at 2 million applications
Data from Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) shows that the backlog of applications in inventory, across all lines of business, is now just slightly over 800,000.
The numbers are current as of April 30. There are 2,006,000 million applications in inventory in total.
