This week, three provinces in Canada issued provincial nominations. Applicants were invited through specific PNP streams based on their professional skills, past work experience, and education. In addition, an immigration stream is a pathway to permanent residency, which can contain sub-streams and often targets a particular aspect of an applicant’s profile.
Every Provincial Nominee Program uses its own scoring system to rank candidates’ eligibility for immigration. Moreover, these scores should not be compared across different PNPs.
In addition, some PNP streams are ‘enhanced’, implying that they align with the federal government’s Express Entry system, which considers candidates in the federal immigration pool.
Also, applicants in the Express Entry pool who receive a nomination certificate from a PNP can earn an additional 600 CRS points, which almost guarantees them an ITA, i.e., an invitation to apply via Express Entry.
PNP Results: August 10 – August 16
Three provinces in Canada issued provincial nominations. Below are the results for the same!
1. Ontario
The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program held two draws this week through the Employer Job Offer: Foreign Worker Stream.
The first draw occurred on August 13, inviting around 420 candidates who had employment offers in a selected healthcare profession. In addition, according to the OINP scoring system, a minimum score of 50 was required.
On the same day, the OINP invited over 958 candidates who had job offers in other in-demand positions, & a minimum score of 54.
2. British Columbia
The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program held four targeted draws this week through the Skilled Worker as well as International Graduate (including the Express Entry British Columbia option) stream. Moreover, candidates with skills in in-demand positions were invited across five different sectors of the economy.
In total, a minimum of 135 candidates were invited via these draws, with varying cut-off scores for each targeted draw. These were as follows:
- Childcare: 35 applicants with a minimum score of 87
- Construction: 27 applicants with a minimum score of 89
- Healthcare: 27 applicants with a minimum score of 99
- Tech: 45 applicants with a minimum score of 120
- Veterinary: Less than five applicants with a minimum score of 80
3. Manitoba
Three provinces in Canada issued provincial nominations, out of which Manitoba was the last.
On August 15, the Manitoba PNP held two draws. The initial draw was held under the International Education Stream, and over 252 candidates who met the eligibility requirements were invited. These included applicants who had a master’s or doctoral degree from a Manitoba school in the past three years and met a Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) of at least 7. No cut-off score was announced for this particular draw.
On the same day, the MPNP held another draw under the Skilled Worker Overseas stream, inviting 40 candidates under a ‘strategic recruitment initiative’. In addition to fulfilling eligibility requirements, candidates required a minimum score of 703 under the MPNP scoring system.
Also, of the 292 applications that received an invitation to apply, 37 were issued to candidates who declared a valid Express Entry profile.
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