The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) allows each province to select or nominate immigrants
The Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) allows each province to select or nominate immigrants who will contribute to the particular labor and economic needs of that particular province. Each province is allowed to establish its own selection criteria and procedures to choose immigrants according to their ability to integrate and successfully settle in that province. Like the Skilled Worker Immigration Program, applicants are selected based on a point system designed to target individuals who will fill the labor and economic needs of that province. Points are attributed on various grounds, such as education, work experience, age, etc. Each province sets the number of points to be attributed to each category.
Applicants must intend to reside in the province in which they apply. Once an applicant has been nominated under the program, the province of choice will issue the applicant a Provincial Nominee Certificate. The applicant is then required to apply for Canadian Permanent Residency at the nearest Canadian Embassy, High Commission, or Case Processing Centre. One must keep in mind that Citizenship and Immigration Canada has the final decision-making authority on admissibility. The applicant must be admissible based on security, criminal and medical grounds.