You may have come across the letter ‘PNP’ while researching immigration to Canada. It’s an initialization worth knowing because it’s a system that can boost your chances at success when applying for permanent residency.
Here’s what it stands for, and what it could mean for your immigration journey into Canada.
In late 2020 and early 2021, the Canadian government closed off Express Entry invitations for the Canadian Experience Class (CEC), Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) and Federal Skilled Trade (FST) immigration programs. Since then, those channels have remained dormant, allowing the IRCC to deal with the COVID-induced backlog of immigration applications.
Until now.
It’s no secret that there’s a significant skills gap in Canada. An issue that was already looming large in Maclean’s 2014 Guide to Jobs in Canada has only been exacerbated since then. The Globe and Mail note that while the unemployment rate inflated as a result of COVID, job vacancies at the end of 2021 reached record highs. As they put it, “skills-based hiring is on the rise.”
It’s not realistic to expect that you’ll have all the skills you require in one country, despite the fact that Canada has many incredibly talented citizens and permanent residents.
The demand for hiring foreign workers in Canada was growing even before the pandemic – the number of work permits issued to non-Canadians increased by 80,000 between 2018 and 2019.
There’s a genuine need for talent from outside the country. Thankfully, the government understand that, and make it possible to hire foreign workers in a few different ways. That doesn’t mean they make it easy, though.
Here’s where to begin if you are in need of hiring foreign workers in Canada…
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