The past few days and weeks of September number of Canadian provinces make important announcements in relation to their Provincial Nominee Programs (PNPs) for immigration to Canada.
In addition to this week’s news that Saskatchewan has reopened its International Skilled Worker Occupations In-Demand sub-category, important news has also come from the provinces of Nova Scotia, Alberta and British Columbia.
Nova Scotia receives 300 new cap increase
The province of Nova Scotia, located on Canada’s east coast, became the first province to have its previous announced cap increase by 300 additional spaces allocated for its Express Entry streams, known as Nova Scotia Demand: Express Entry and Nova Scotia Experience: Express Entry.
Both of these Nova Scotia streams are aligned with the government of Canada’s Express Entry immigration selection system, which manages the selection of new skilled immigrants to Canada. The increase will allow Nova Scotia to nominate 1,350 immigrants under the Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP) in 2015, nearly double last year’s cap of 700.
Alberta: will not receive more applications until 2016
The Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program (AINP), Alberta’s PNP, will not be accepting new applications until January 27, 2016. This temporary pause is due to the AINP having been oversubscribed, with approximately 10,000 applications waiting to be assessed.
British Columbia: Temporary pause on applications to BCPNP Skills Immigration and Express Entry B.C.
The BCPNP has received more applications for these streams than it has nominations for 2015 and, as such, has placed a suspension on new applications until early 2016.
