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Canada invited 746 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence on December 22. Invited candidates had previously received a nomination through a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP), adding 600 points to their base human capital score. As a result, the minimum cut-off for this draw was 720. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has only been […]

The Express Entry Year-End Report 2020 was released on December 13, though in previous years it has been published in the summer. It shows us who got to immigrate to Canada through Express Entry, and how the pandemic affected Canada’s main immigration application system. For starters, although Canada issued a record number of invitations to […]

Canada’s Provincial Nominee Programs (PNP) issued nearly 3,000 invitations to apply for provincial nomination during the month of November.

Canada invited 613 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence on November 24. All invited candidates had previously received nominations through a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). The automatic 600 points that come with the nomination drove the minimum cut-off score to 737. Without the nomination, the lowest-scoring candidate would have had 137 points. This […]

Nova Scotia has a Provincial Nominee Program stream that allows individuals who do not have a job offer to immigrate to the province.

The level of activity in Canada's provincial nominee programs provides a good reminder that PNPs occupy a key position in Canada's immigration process.

While working at a law firm in Calgary, Sean Fraser noticed that much of his graduating class now lived in the same city as he—4,800 km away from where they grew up. In fact, he and all five of his sisters had also left Merigomish, Nova Scotia. Although he loved his job as a lawyer, […]

On October 27, Ontario invited 1,406 Express Entry candidates with a professional background in tech. Ontario invited Express Entry candidates who may be eligible for Ontario’s Express Entry Human Capital Priorities Stream. They needed to have a profile in the Express Entry system with a Comprehensive Ranking System score between 455 and 467. In addition, candidates need one […]

Canada invited 888 Express Entry candidates to apply for permanent residence on October 27. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) invited candidates who had scores of at least 744. All invited candidates had received an automatic 600 points because they had a provincial nomination from a Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). Without the nomination, the lowest-scoring […]

If your goal is to get Canadian permanent residence, you have a number of options depending on your individual circumstances, and your settlement goals. For starters, you will want to decide if you are going to Canada as an economic-class immigrant or family class. If you do not have close family in Canada, then you might […]