Alberta launching two new immigration pathways Alberta has two new PNPs for international student graduates who want to start a business in the province International graduates from Alberta post-secondaries will have two new options to immigrate to Canada. By Shelby Thevenot
B.C. invites 100 candidates in new PNP draw The British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program invited candidates from 4 skilled worker immigration sub-categories and 2 entrepreneur program categories. British Columbia invited 100 total immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence on October 20. By Shelby Thevenot
P.E.I. issues record-breaking number of invitations in latest draw Prince Edward Island has now issued 1,583 invitations to Express Entry and Labour Impact candidates over the last 12 months. The province of Prince Edward Island has invited 345 economic immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination in a draw held September 17. By Alexandra Miekus
Ontario invites 21 entrepreneurs in new immigration draw The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program has now invited a total of 91 immigrant entrepreneurs this year. Ontario has issued 21 invitations to apply under the Entrepreneur Stream. By Shelby Thevenot
PEI holds largest PNP draw ever Prince Edward Island issued 305 invitations to Express Entry, Labour Impact, and Business Impact immigration candidates. Prince Edward Island has released details of two Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) draws in August. One of them was the biggest draw the program has ever seen. By Shelby Thevenot
Immigrant-owned businesses more likely to innovate The results of the Statistics Canada study were to be expected given that Canadian immigrants are more likely to have education in STEM fields than Canadian-born residents. Small and medium-sized businesses in Canada that are owned by immigrants are statistically more likely to implement a product or process innovation. By Shelby Thevenot
PEI holds February 2020 Expression of Interest draw Express Entry, Labour Impact, and Business Impact candidates were invited in PEI’s latest provincial nominee program draw Candidates in all three economic class immigration categories of the Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program (PEI PNP) are now one step closer to Canadian permanent residence. By Shelby Thevenot
B.C. holds provincial nominee program draw, changes eligibility requirements for entrepreneur category Entrepreneur immigration candidates are now subject to a language requirement, and will no longer have the option to include key staff British Columbia invited 284 immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence and made two important changes pertaining to immigrant entrepreneurs this week. By Shelby Thevenot
PEI conducts new draw for Express Entry, Labour and Business candidates September 20 draw brings an end to controversial entrepreneur streams Prince Edward Island has issued new invitations to apply for a provincial nomination to candidates in its Express Entry, Labour Impact and Business Impact categories. By Stephen Smith
