What Provincial Skilled Worker immigration options are there?
A. There are PNP Skilled Worker programs in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Yukon. Each province has different criteria. All programs require the applicant to have a job offer from an employer from within the Province. The first step is to obtain provincial approval. The second step is to obtain federal approval. Federal approval consists basically of medical, police and security approval. The advantages of a PNP are two fold: PNP (e.g. BC PNP 6 months) is much faster processing than Federal (22-36 months); and PNP allows persons to qualify who would not qualify under the Federal program.
