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PNP CANADA NOMINATIONS:  To increase the value of PNP Canada Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) updated the Express Entry ranking system in November 2016 importantly reducing the number of points awarded for arranged employment that includes a positive Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). As a result, Canada Express Entry applicants with LMIA-based employment offers lost up to 550 points on their Express Entry score. 

Provincial Nomination certificate from a Province Nomination Program in Canada  is now by far the most valuable option when applying for Express Entry with immigration to Canada. According to Canadian Express Entry figures, almost 50% of prospective immigrant applicant are now issued an Invitation to apply for permanent residency to Canada.  

PROVINCIAL NOMINEE PROGRAM (PNP) CANADA: The prospective applicant who wants to immigrate to Canada through  the Canada Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) has to be nominated by a Canadian province or territory. The province or territory will evaluate the application by checking the eligibility for pnp Canada immigration and find if the applicant are eligible to meet their requirements under economic or labour market needs to move to Canada.

Each applicant in order to become a provincial nominee, the applicants must show that they meet the set criteria. This will show that the applicant has the skills, education and work experience to be able to contribute to the local economy and society to live in Canada.

Each province and territory in Canada except Quebec, has their own Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) which nominates a prospective applicant to settle in the province through the Canada immigration program. Each Provincial Nominee Program Canada has its own norms, rules, as well as province specific "streams" which are individual immigration programs aiming accurately to demographics of skilled workers, students, and business professionals to qualify under PNP. Each province and territory to attract prospective immigrants who have the exact skills, work experience, and knowledge required to meet the local labor market needs of their distinct economy.

The information provided helps the applicant to understand about living in more than one region of the country, our knowledgeable immigration professional can help you regulate which province(s) will be most likely to nominate you under their PNP given the applicants education, skill set, and past work experience. The fastest and easiest way to apply for a PNP nomination is through the Canada Express Entry system EOI.

Bilimoria & Associate will be happy to assess  your eligibility and see if you will qualify without Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) OR with PNP to Canada. 

For more information on the PNP Program or how to apply for PNP Canada, please visit the province specific immigration pages find below. 

The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) is for applicants who:

• Have the skills, education and work experience to contribute to the economy of a specific province or territory
• Wishes to live in that province, and also
• Want to become Permanent Resident of Canada

To qualify each province and territory has its own “streams” (immigration programs target certain groups) and the applicants should meet the requirements. For example, in a program stream, provinces and territories may target perspective applicants qualify  business applicants skilled workers, semi-skilled workers.

ONLINE CANADA PNP PROCESS: Express Entry process allows the applicant to apply online Express Entry in two ways to apply for province nomination:

• You contact the province or territory and apply for a nomination under an Express Entry stream.
• If the province or territory agrees to nominate you, you create an Express Entry profile (or update your profile if you already have one) and show you have been nominated.

OR

• You create an Express Entry profile and show the provinces and territories you’re interested in.
• If a province or territory sends you a “notification of interest” to your account, you contact them directly.
• You apply to their Express Entry stream and If you are nominated, the province will offer Express Entry profile  through your account, and you accept it electronically.

In both cases an applicant must meet the following: 

• The applicant must meet the eligibility requirements of the province or territory. The applicant must submit an Express Entry profile and show that you meet the minimum criteria for Express Entry, including being eligible for one of the immigration programs it covers.
• The applicant then invited to apply, to submit an electronic application to IRCC.

The criteria by province and territory vary and can change without notice, therefore changes of notification sometimes are of advantage based on the complexity of the application.

PAPER-BASED PROCESS FOR PROVINCE NOMINATION: The Express Entry process allows the applicant to apply through paper-based process.  This is the paper-based application process for the Provincial Nominee Program and the applicant must apply in 2 stages:

STAGE 1:  An applicant must decide where they wish to live in Canada and apply to that province or territory for a nomination. They will review your application based on: their immigration needs and if you really plan to live there

STAGE 2:  An applicant must nominate his application a province or territory and must apply to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for permanent residence. IRCC will assess the application based on Canadian immigration law.

PROVINCE NOMINATION LINKS:  The applicant can choose a province or territory and to be nominated by a province or territory, the applicant  must follow the instructions on the province website and contact the province. Enclosed the province nomination links below for your reference.

• ALBERTA
• BRITISH COLUMBIA
• MANITOBA
• NEW BRUNSWICK
• NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
• NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
• NOVA SCOTIA
• ONTARIO
• PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
• SASKATCHEWAN
• YUKON

PROCESSED FOR EXPRESS ENTRY FOR PROVINCE NOMINATION (PNP):  When an application is created for Canada Express Entry profile, the applicant must indicate which provinces or territories they are interested in immigrating  by selection the province. Relatively than inactively waiting for one of these provinces to send you a "notification of interest", it is possible to directly apply for a nomination under a specific stream. Aiming the optimal PNP streams  through Express Entry can meaningfully increase the applicant chances of being accepted to apply for Canada permanent residency.

Receiving an improved nomination certificate from a Canada PNP will give the applicant enough points under the Express Entry Comprehensive Ranking System that the applicant will very likely receive an Invitation to Apply (ITA) during the next draw.

CHOOSING RIGHT CONSULTANT: This is one of the many reasons why interested applicants often opt the services of a Canada immigration Consultant, Attorney, Lawyer, Consultant when entering the Express Entry pool. A knowledgeable legal professional will be able to assess the applicant’s skills, education, and experience to the suitable Canadian PNP stream. This will even factor in the province's target number of nominations for each category when identifying which ones offer you the best opportunity for success.

Our Canadian immigration Attorney, Lawyer/ Professional has wide experience helping the applicant obtain permanent residency in Canada, and can help the applicant from every country in the world optimize their Express Entry profile to exploit the applicant chances of being accepted.

MAKING AN APPLICATION UNDER EXPRESS ENTRY AND CANADIAN  NOMINATION PROGRAM : There are two current methods of applying for a Canada Express Entry that an applicant can process his application under Provincial Nominee Program.

• The first way is for a prospective immigrant applicant to contact a Canada Nominee Program directly and apply for a nomination under the province's Express Entry stream. If the applicant is successfully nominated by the Canada PNP, the applicant can then create an Express Entry profile and accept the nomination electronically through their MyCIC account.
• The second method is to start by creating an Express Entry profile that shows which provinces and territories the potential immigrant would like to work and live in. If you receive a notification of interest from one of these provinces, you can then apply under their Express Entry stream, and if successful you can then accept the nomination through your MyCIC account.

Canadian Permanent Residence application for an applicant and the family members are processed suggestively faster when submitted through Express Entry. An applicant to be processed faster on a permanent residence visa application to Canada, if all documents are in order, can be approved by IRCC within six to  months or more or less for a family application to be processed. Under Canada Express Entry.

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We invite you to contact us to assist you and guide you on how an applicant can process or be eligible to apply under Canada Employer Sponsored Visa to work in Canada.

We will be happy to assess and check to see if you meet the requirements to qualify  under the Provincial Nominee Program.  Please complete the Assessment form for us to make an initial assessment on your data.

You can write to us to assess your eligibility at:  neville@bilimoriaassociate.com (or) contact us +91 44 28239229  / 28227222  /  28227127 / 43508191 between Monday – Saturday - 10.30 am to 5.30 pm (Lunch break: 1.30 pm - 2.30 pm) to guide you and assist you in your visa application to Canada.

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