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165438+1October 4th "Studying in Canada: A Detailed Explanation of the Canadian Nomination Program (PNP)" reported in liuxue86.com. Provincial Nominee Plan (PNP Plan for short): According to the immigration cooperation agreement signed between the Federal Immigration Department of Canada and the provincial government, the provincial government has the right to select talents who meet the requirements of the province according to the needs of the province, and the Immigration Department issues immigrant visas for these talents to settle in the province.

According to the different basic requirements, Canada's nominated immigration projects can also be divided into two categories: commercial and technical. Once nominated by the province and passed the health and safety inspection of the Immigration Bureau of the Canadian federal government, the applicant's whole family can obtain a permanent residence visa in Canada. According to Canadian experts, at present, the processing time of Canadian nominated immigrants is basically around 12 months. Compared with the long and painful waiting period of federal immigrants, Canada's nominated immigration program has considerable advantages.

Canada's nominated immigration program is characterized in that the provincial government is responsible for immigration qualification examination, while the federal immigration department is only responsible for reviewing the applicant's health and safety background and issuing immigration visas.

Because the provincial government is responsible for reviewing immigration qualifications, the progress is relatively fast. It usually takes only 1-6 months to complete the preliminary examination and interview, and issue a provincial nomination certificate. Then, the applicant needs to submit the nomination certificate together with the immigration application form to the federal visa office, which takes about 6- 12 months to process the background check and physical examination before issuing the immigration visa. According to Canadian experts, it takes about one and a half years to apply for immigration according to the provincial nomination plan, and it takes 4-5 years to wait for the interview of federal business immigration applicants, which is really much faster.

So far, the provinces that have signed PNP agreements with the Federal Immigration Department are: British Columbia; Manitoba; Prince Edward Island; Saskatchewan; Newfoundland; Nova Scotia; New Brunswick and so on. Because the status quo of the above provinces is different, the standards for absorbing immigrants formulated by the provinces are also different and there are many types.

Why do you want to set up a provincial nominated immigration project?

Canada promotes provincial nominated immigrants in order to adjust the balance of settlement distribution after new immigrants arrive in Canada. For a long time, Canadian immigrants have mostly chosen three major cities: Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. In order to guide new immigrants to choose provinces and regions outside the above three major cities from the legal and policy levels, the Canadian federal government allows provincial governments to choose the rights of immigrants they need according to their respective economic and cultural conditions.

The original intention of the federal government to set up the provincial nomination plan is to promote the local economic development of each province, which does not conflict with the original immigration projects (such as investment immigration projects). At present, the investment mode of Canadian investment immigrants is "passive investment" (that is, investing through funds without participating in management); Therefore, the federal government strongly supports the Canadian nominated immigrants project with active investment and encourages Canadian nominated immigrants to actively participate in local business management activities.

Division of labor between Canadian federal government and provincial government;

All applicants applying for Canada's nominated immigration program must meet the immigration requirements stipulated by the provincial government. Only with the approval of the provincial government will the federal government process Canada's application for nominating immigrant applicants. Among them, asset requirements, enterprise management experience, investment amount and investment projects are all decided by the provincial government. According to the immigration regulation OP7(b), when the provincial government approves the nomination, the federal government has the right to refuse to approve the applicant only under the following three circumstances, except for the procedures of background security investigation and physical examination:

A. The immigration officer has reason to believe that the immigration applicant nominated by Canada Province is not prepared to report and live in the applying province after obtaining a permanent residence visa;

B Canada's nomination of immigrant applicants will not contribute to the local economy (if there is no capital investment);

C The immigration projects selected by the applicants nominated by Canada are all in the form of passive investment (such as funds and non-commercial houses).

In addition, an unconditional permanent residence visa should be issued.

Choice of residence:

The housing problem is a matter of great concern to most applicants for Canadian nominated projects. Although the provincial nomination plan projects have different degrees of residence obligations for Canadian nominated immigrant applicants, I hope and encourage Canadian nominated immigrant applicants to start their own businesses in the local area. However, the Canadian Charter clearly stipulates that citizens or permanent residents living in Canada have the right to freely choose any province in Canada as their place of residence.

Applicants who have successfully immigrated through the Canadian nomination scheme and landed in designated provinces should try their best to live, work or do business in the local area and try their best to integrate into the local community life. If applicants nominated by Canada still feel uncomfortable with the local living environment after their efforts, they have the right to choose their place of residence again. The Canadian Charter clearly stipulates that there is no time limit in this respect.