Provincial Nominee Program
To apply for permanent residence under the Provincial Nominee Program, applicants must be nominated by a Canadian province or territory. If you choose to immigrate to Canada as a provincial nominee, you must first apply to the province where you wish to settle and complete its provincial nomination process. The province will consider your application based on its immigration needs and your genuine intention to settle there.
The applicants who are nominated under the PNP programs have the skills, education and work experience needed to make an immediate economic contribution to the province/territory that nominates them.
After having been nominated, the applicant must make a separate application to Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) for permanent residence, via Express Entry or non-Express Entry streams. The applications are then assessed for criminality / background check and medically inadmissibility at the federal level.
FOR INFORMATION REGARDING THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS BY PROVINCE OR TERRITORY:
- British Columbia
- Alberta
- Saskatchewan
- Manitoba
- Ontario
- Newfoundland & Labrador
- New Brunswick
- Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.)
- Nova Scotia
- Yukon Territory
- Northwest Territories
Important Immigration Court Decisions
