PNP (Provincial Nominee Program)

The Provincial nomination offers a genuine and valuable route to Canadian permanent residence. This program basically allows Canadian provinces and territories to nominate individuals who wish to immigrate to Canada and who are interested in settling in a particular province.

Each Canadian province and territory has its own unique Provincial Nominee Program. Each PNP has at least one immigration stream that is aligned with the federal Express Entry immigration selection system. These streams are designed by the provinces to help them meet their different immigration goals, so the eligibility criteria and application procedures vary. However, PNPs are known to be popular option as they can be the fastest pathway to Canadian Permanent Residence.

These programs are considered to be “nominee” programs as, all the decisions regarding Canadian permanent residence must be approved at the national level by the federal government, so Canada’s provinces cannot approve permanent resident status on their own but can provide with a nomination of the profile.

A successful application to a Province Nominee Program will be nominated by the province to submit an application for permanent residence to the federal government. This says that securing a provincial nomination is always step one in a two-part process. First, an interested immigrant is approved at the provincial level and then they must apply to the federal level.