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The PNP continues to spread the benefits of immigration across Canada. (File photo: Sasan Hezarkhani/Unsplash)
Canada’s provinces continued to be actively involved in strengthening Canada’s immigration system in 2020.
Over the past year, and despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, Canada’s Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) have kept the number of provincial nominees constant and continued adding new immigration streams to meet their most pressing and specific needs.
The PNP is an immigration program jointly administered by the federal, provincial and territorial governments. It offers Canadian provinces and territories the opportunity to create their own immigration streams to better meet their labour market needs and economic development objectives. The PNP also aims to spread the benefits of economic immigration more equitably across Canada.
Canada’s provinces continued to be actively involved in strengthening Canada’s immigration system in 2020.
Over the past year, and despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, Canada’s Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) have kept the number of provincial nominees constant and continued adding new immigration streams to meet their most pressing and specific needs.
The PNP is an immigration program jointly administered by the federal, provincial and territorial governments. It offers Canadian provinces and territories the opportunity to create their own immigration streams to better meet their labour market needs and economic development objectives. The PNP also aims to spread the benefits of economic immigration more equitably across Canada.
Skilled Workers in Manitoba 157 LAAs with a score of at least 461;
Skilled Workers Overseas 13 LAAs with a score of at least 718; and
International Education Stream 18 LAAs, no EOI score requirement.
Out of the 188 LAAs issued, 13 went to Express Entry candidates. The MPNP says they will refuse any of these candidates who do not have a valid Express Entry ID, a job seeker validation code, and verifiable experience in an occupation on Manitoba’s In-demand Occupations list.
The MPNP only considered Skilled Worker Overseas candidates in this draw if they were directly invited under a strategic recruitment initiative.
If candidates scored higher than the minimum ranking, but did not receive an LAA, it could be because:
their third-party language test did not have a valid test number;
their language test is no longer valid; or
the candidate was invited under a strategic recruitment initiative, but they did not send a valid invitation number.
The MPNP said that candidates who are in one of these scenarios can update their EOI profile with the correct information in order to be considered for the next draw.
Candidates who are working in a regulated occupation have been invited in this draw. The MPNP says that they may refuse candidates who are not actually working in a regulated occupation, or who do not provide proof of having completed all licensing steps to be employed in Manitoba. Those who are in this situation have the option to decline their LAA.