At 600 points, a provincial nomination is the most valuable factor under Express Entry’s Comprehensive Ranking System.
Canada’s provinces employ a variety of approaches to selecting the Express Entry candidates they invite to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence, and the past week saw examples of three of them in action in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Ontario.
Express Entry candidates who receive a provincial nomination are awarded an additional 600 points toward their Express Entry ranking score, which makes a nomination the single most valuable factor and effectively guarantees an invitation to apply for Canadian permanent residence.
The different approaches used by Express Entry-linked provincial immigration pathways to select candidates in the past week were:
- First-come, first-served;
- Expression of Interest;
- Passive.
Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) allows participating provinces and territories to nominate a set number of economic immigration candidates for permanent residence each year.
Each province and territory with a PNP has at least one stream for candidates in the federal Express Entry system, which manages the pool of candidates for Canada’s three Federal High Skilled economic immigration programs — the Federal Skilled Worker Class, the Federal Skilled Trades Class and the Canadian Experience Class.
In 2017, more than 17,000 of the 109,497 Express Entry candidates who applied for Canadian permanent residence had a provincial nomination, an increase of more than 4,000 from 2016.
A provincial nomination can be invaluable to Express Entry candidates who are looking to boost their Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score, which is used to determine a candidate’s ranking in the Express Entry pool.
The three PNP streams that we saw in action this week are especially popular with Express Entry candidates because they do not require a Canadian job offer or a minimum CRS score in order to be eligible.
Source: CIC NEWS
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