Manitoba’s PNP has provisions for almost all international skilled workers, including farmers. The program under the MPNP for young farmers facilitates farmers from overseas to explore Manitoba’s business-friendly atmosphere, thereby starting a far or purchasing one. This program lets the Canadian province to hire eligible people engaged in farm businesses from across the globe. The people nominated by the province must have the intention, as well as the capability to establish themselves and purchase a farm or invest into existing farm businesses in Manitoba.

The successful nominees of this program for young farmers find it easier to obtain the permanent residence status in Canada because they are provided with a certificate stating that they are nominated by the provincial program. This certificate helps in quicker processing of the applications for PR in Canada.

This category is specially designed to facilitate experienced young farmers from across the globe to establish farm businesses in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It is mandatory of applicants that they visit the province for a minimum of seven days before filing their petitions for the category. To qualify under the program, applicants must meet the following requirements:

• They must have a minimum personal wealth of 150,000 Canadian Dollars.
• They must make a minimum equity investment of 150,000 Canadian Dollars in Manitoba;
• They must have 3 years of experience, in least of owning farm(s) managing farm(s).
• The age of the principle applicant must not exceed 40 years.

For more information, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!

In order to take up farm business in Manitoba, its provincial nominee program requires foreign skilled worker to make eligible business investments. Besides, there are farm business activities requirements that the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program expects international foreign workers who intend to invest in the province’s farm industry to meet. Let’s have a look at them.

Investment

• The applicants must invest minimum of 150,000 Canadian Dollars from their personal wealth in Manitoba. The investment should be substantial in nature.
• Applicants who are making investment into an existing Manitoba farm business, then they must have a stake of minimum 33.33 percent in the business. Else, they should make an equity investment of 1 million Canadian Dollars, in least.
• Investments into properties like motor vehicles, which would be used for personal commuting are not considered as part of the business investment in Manitoba.
• Investments into farm businesses whose primary purpose is to deliver passive investment income are not eligible for this category.

Business Activities

• A farm business should be operating and doing regular business activities in the province of Manitoba.
• Nominee applicants must be taking active participation in the ongoing management of the farm business, residing inside the province of Manitoba.
• The farm business must be lawful and that should be practical as per the economic environment of Manitoba.
• Nominee applicants must possess skills and other resources and skills required by the farm business.
• Nominee applicants must conduct value-added services in the farm business in Manitoba. And completely abstract activities are not eligible for this program.

For more information, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!

International Student stream falls under the Priority Assessment Stream of the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. Under this category, international students can immigrate to Manitoba and apply for permanent residence status in Canada. Graduates from a Manitoba post-secondary educational institute who have a regular employment offer from a Manitoba employer, which is related to what they have studied are eligible to apply for the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. Below are few of the requirements for the students:

• The applicants applying under the category for overseas students must be the graduates from a Manitoba post-secondary program.
• An open work permit for the post graduates in Manitoba has to be applied for with the Canadian High Commission.
• Applicants are also required to continue working with an employer in Manitoba for six months at the least, at the time of filing the application.
• They must have a permanent and regular job offer from their employers with whom they have been working for last six months or more.

As far as the post-graduate open work permit is concerned, prospective applicants of the International Students Stream of the MPNP can apply for the same with the CIC. A maximum of ninety days is given after the completion of their academic program to apply for this work permit. For your information, graduates in Canada from other Canadian provinces can also be eligible for the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program. However, international students who have obtained a post-secondary degree in any Canadian province cannot apply for the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program under the International Student stream. They have the option to apply under the Employer Direct Stream. These students must meet the following requirements:

• Graduates from any Canadian province, other than Manitoba must have been working with a local employer in Manitoba for a minimum period of six months with an open work permit.
• They must have a Manitoba connection, maybe a family member who has been living in the province.

For more information about the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!

As we all know the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program is an effort by the Manitoba’s provincial government’s that allows international skilled workers to enter the province and settle there. In a way it helps local employers in Manitoba to hire the skills that they need to fill up job positions when they find the local Canadian workers lack the required skills.

The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program also makes it easier for foreign nationals to obtain the permanent residence status in Canada. This program allows individuals to settle themselves in Manitoba under a number of streams. There are streams for international students, family members and individuals who have already been working temporarily in Manitoba. Different streams, as a matter of fact, require applicants to meet different requirements.

In order to be eligible to apply for the Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program, individuals must produce the proof of their lawful status in the nation where they are residing/living at the time of filing MPNP applications. Even if they are in Canada as visitors, students or temporary workers, they must produce their immigration status. Individuals who await a refugee claim hearing or if they have been refused such a claim are not eligible to apply for the program.

The Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program also requires applicants to produce the evidence of their financial assets. In other words, all MPNP applicants must sufficient funds to support themselves in Canada. Usually, the MPNP allows an individual to apply who has a fund of minimum 10,000 dollars (Canadian dollar), and 2,000 dollars (Canadian dollar) for each dependant accompanying him/her to Manitoba.

The British Columbia has set requirements for its employers who wish to participate in the Provincial Nominee Program in order to nominate eligible foreign nationals to fill up the job positions. Private Sector employers and public/non-profit employers require to fulfill different prerequisites before applying to sponsor foreign skills. Let us have a look at them:

Following are the requirements a private sector British Columbia employer has to meet before supporting nominee application with BC PNP:

• The employer must be a limited liability partnership in the province of British Columbia.
• The employer must be permanently established in British Columbia.
• It is required that employer has been in operation in the province for a minimum of twelve months. However, for the Entry-Level and Semi-Skilled Pilot Project, the duration of operation must be 2 years.
• The employer is required to have at least 5 permanent/regular employees in British Columbia at the time of filing nominee application with the BC PNP.
• The business run by the applicant employer must be financially stable. It is also required to have a reputation of a good workplace.
• If the nominee applicant on behalf of whom the employer is filing application with the BC PNP, the former should have an ownership stake less than 10 percent in the latter’s business. For your information, those foreign nationals who hold more than 10 percent stake in an employer’s business are not eligible for Provincial Nominee Program of British Columbia.

Applications get rejected under certain circumstances, including:

• If the employer is associated with the production, distribution, or sale of pornographic products, and other such services.

When it comes to public sector, as well as non-profit organizations, the British Columbia PNP accepts petitions from the following types of employers. As far as the basic requirement is concerned, every employer should be permanently established in British Columbia.

• Organizations or agencies dealing with provincial/regional health care.
• Public institutions providing post-secondary education.
• Private Career Training Institutions Agency of BC recognized private non-profit institutions providing post-secondary education.
• Federal or provincial government-support institutions that deal with research in the fields of natural/applied sciences, as well as health sciences, engineering and information technology.

Besides, above there are few other employers/organizations eligible for the British Columbia PNP. For more information, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!

Overseas entrepreneurs are eligible to immigrate to any city in British Columbia under any of the categories of the BC PNP’s Business Immigration. The Business Immigration has three categories-

1. Business Skills;
2. Regional Business; and
3. Strategic Projects.

Following are the requirements set by the Provincial Nominee Program of British Columbia for the applicants who wish to apply for immigration under the Regional Business:

• An applicant must invest personally a minimum amount of $200,000 (Canadian dollar) in order to set up the qualified business anywhere in British Columbia, but outside of the Metropolitan areas of Vancouver and Abbotsford.
• The applicant must own one-third of the business’ equity.
• The applicant must possess minimum net worth of $400,000 (Canadian dollar).
• The applicant must have plans to generate at least one new job for a Canadian citizen/PR.
• The applicant must possess the skills and necessary experience required to operate a commercially practicable business in British Columbia.
• The applicant must participate in the daily management of the business.
• The applicant must sign an agreement of performance with the Canadian province.
• The applicant must also come into agreement with the province for an agreement of deposit. However, this is applicable when an applicant wishes for immediate nomination to be PR in Canada.

It should also be kept in mind that applications can also be refused under certain circumstances, such as:

• If an applicant has an asylum claim in Canada that is still unresolved.
• If he/she is in Canada unlawfully.
• If he/she faces deportation order in Canada
• If he/she is being prohibited from entering Canada

To know more, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!

Nominee applicants in this category must meet the prerequisite for either a qualified degree or a diploma from a authorized Canadian institution before applying to the Provincial Nominee Program of British Columbia under the Strategic Occupations stream. In addition, international graduates must have an employment offer from am employer in British Columbia in hand, however, unlike the skill workers category, this category does not require applicants to have work experience. Below are some of the prerequisites considered by the BC PNP:

Requirements considered for degree students:

• An applicant must acquire a graduate or undergraduate degree from an authorized post-secondary Canadian educational institution. There are two conditions attached to this-
  • if the institution is located in BC- either it must have been set up under the provincial legislative act; or has gone through government assessment to determine the quality, thereby accredited under the Act of Degree Authorization;
  • if the institution is located in any other region/province other than British Columbia, then it must be accredited by that province to provide graduate or undergraduate degrees.

• The applicant must provide a reference from the institution from where he/she studied. He can be a teacher or anyone from the administration of the institution, whose contact details must be included in the applicant’s nominee application.

Requirements considered for diploma students:

• An applicant must obtain a diploma from a publicly owned post-secondary Canadian institution.
• The course of study must be longer than twelve months.
• In this case as well, the applicant must include the contact details of a teacher or an administrator of  the institution where he/she studied the diploma course.

To know more about this category of the BC PNP Strategic Occupations Stream, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!

The Strategic Occupations stream under the Provincial Nominee Program of British Columbia is for applicants who have a job offer from an employer in British Columbia employer. This stream of the BC PNP allows the participating employers of the province to look for and recruit overseas skilled workers in order to meet the employment requirements of the labor market. However, employers must satisfy the program that the vacancies that they have cannot be filled by the citizens/PR of Canada, but overseas skilled workers.

Those who want to apply under the BC Provincial Nominee Program Strategic Occupations Stream are required to have an employment offer in hand from an employer in British Columbia or they must possess masters/doctorate degree from a British Columbia post-secondary institution in either,

• Natural science
• Applied science or
• Health sciences

There are five categories in the Strategic Occupations Stream under which applications for provincial nomination are accepted. They are:

• Skilled Workers
• Designated Health Care Professionals
• International Graduates
• International Post Graduates Pilot Project
• Entry-level and Semi-skilled Pilot Project

Below are a few basic requirements of all the above mentioned categories:

• An applicant must have the intention to settle in British Columbia.
• An applicant must posses the abilities to be financially established in the province.
• If an applicant is applying from inside Canada or he/she has already been in Canada, the applicant must be a lawful immigrant in the country. The applicant must not be facing any deportation order.
• An applicant must not be having an active asylum claim.
• If an applicant is applying for the nomination from outside Canada, he/she must not be facing any order against entering Canada.

For more information about the BC PNP, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!

The Provincial Nominee Program in the Canadian province of British Columbia facilitates the province to nominate foreign immigrants in order to meet the employment requirements of the British Columbia economy and labor market. British Columbia employers are highly benefited by the program. There are two categories under which the province nominates foreign nationals to be in. They are:

• The Strategic Occupations Stream
• The Business Immigrants Stream

The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program is also a way for foreign nationals to obtain permanent residency in Canada. In other words, when an applicant is nominated by the provincial program, he also has the greater chances of obtaining Canadian permanent residency. The nominated applicant is eligible to file for permanent residency status with the Citizenship and Immigration Canada. It is said that the provincial program is a fast-tracked way of obtaining PR in Canada, compared to any other federal immigration program.

The BC PNP allows foreign skilled workers as well as international student to immigrate under its two different streams, thereby helping them in getting the permanent residency status in Canada. Thos who wish to migrate to British Columbia as a provincial nominee must satisfy the requirements set by the PNP authorities. You might have doubts about under which stream you could immigrate to the province. To know about this and more about the British Columbia PNP, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!

If you have been nominated by Ontario’s Provincial Nominee Program, Opportunities Ontario, be it under the General Category or the International Student Category, you must be wondering what would be your next step after receiving the nomination to be in Ontario. Let’s discuss a few things you should know after being nominated by the provincial nominee program.

Once you are a successful nominee of the Opportunities Ontario, you can file your application with the Citizenship and Immigration Canada to be a permanent resident in the country. However, you are eligible to apply for the same within six months of being nominated by the provincial program. You should know that the fact that being nominated by Opportunities Ontario you do not have legal status in Canada. Until you obtain the permanent resident status in the country, you must obtain authorization to stay and work in Canada.

While your application for PR is being processed by the CIC officials, you can apply for a temporary work permit. In this case as well, you would be required to approach the Citizenship and Immigration Canada, since the government agency is responsible for the issuance of the permit to stay in Canada and work for a temporary period of time. When you are issued with a temporary work permit you would be able to travel to Ontario to start working for your sponsor in the province.

For your information, individuals nominated by the Ontario Provincial nominee Program are not accountable for the Labor Market Opinion process. To know more about the whole process, contact an Immigration and Visa Consultant!