Prince Edward Island issues 130 invitations in April 18 draw

Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2019 18:32:13 +0000

Prince Edward Island issued new invitations to Express Entry candidates and others in a draw held April 18.  Prince Edward Island, or PEI, holds monthly draws for immigration candidates who have submitted an Expression of Interest to its immigrant nominee program, the PEI PNP. A total of 130 invitations were issued to candidates in PEI’s […]

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PEI invites 150 immigration candidates to apply in new draw

Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2019 20:43:10 +0000

Prince Edward Island issued new invitations to immigration candidates in a draw held March 21.  Prince Edward Island, or PEI, holds monthly draws for immigration candidates who have submitted an Expression of Interest to its immigrant nominee program, the PEI PNP. PEI is one of 11 Canadian provinces and territories that take part in Canada’s […]

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New PEI draw more than doubles number of immigration candidates invited last month

Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 16:40:23 +0000

The province of Prince Edward Island has invited 199 economic immigration candidates to apply for a provincial nomination for permanent residence in a draw held February 21.   The invitations more than doubled the 91 issued in the province’s January draw. A total of 170 candidates in Prince Edward Island (PEI)’s Express Entry and Labour Impact categories […]

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PEI issues new invitations to Express Entry, Labour Impact and Business Work Permit candidates

Credit to Author: CIC News| Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2018 19:53:18 +0000

Prince Edward Island issued new invitations to apply for a provincial nomination to candidates in its Express Entry, Labour Impact and Business Impact immigration categories in a new draw held December 20.   A total of 65 invitations were issued to Express Entry and Labour Impact candidates and another nine were issued to candidates in the Business Impact: Work […]

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Express Entry PNPs use different approaches to selecting candidates — here are 3 from the past week


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 […]

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Four of Canada’s largest provincial immigration draws so far this year have happened in October


Four new 2018 records have been set in October for the most invitations issued so far this year through provincial immigration streams in Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, Ontario and British Columbia.  Many of the streams involved are linked to the federal Express Entry system, which manages the pool of candidates for Canada’s three main economic […]

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PEI sets new high for 2018 in latest invitation round


Prince Edward Island has issued 270 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination to immigration candidates in its Express Entry and Labour Impact Expression of Interest pools.  The October 18 Expression of Interest draw was by far the largest of 2018, eclipsing the previous 2018 high of 152 invitations issued through these two immigration categories […]

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Canada’s new, improved provincial pathways to immigration


Far from taking the summer off, Canada’s Express Entry-linked Provincial Nominee Programs spent the months of July, August and September innovating and issuing more than 3,000 invitations to apply for a provincial nomination for Canadian permanent residence.  The big news in the third quarter of 2018 included the largest invitation round so far this year […]

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PEI conducts new draw for Express Entry, Labour and Business candidates


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. The province’s Office of Immigration issued a total of 116 invitations to Express Entry and Labour Impact Category candidates and eight to candidates in its Business Impact Category. The minimum […]

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Canada increases 2018 Atlantic Immigration Pilot allotment


The Government of Canada is increasing the number of skilled immigrants and their family members who can obtain permanent residence through the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program this year by 500, bringing the 2018 allotment to 2,500. Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Ahmed Hussen, announced the increase Tuesday after a meeting with the premiers […]

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