Identify the right pathway to relocate to Manitoba

by XIPHIAS IMMIGRATION migration executive

Canada is one country which invites as many skilled immigrants into the country as possible. It aims at inviting as many as a million economic immigrants into the country by 2022. Canada introduced as many as 70+ immigration programs. One of its programs, Canada Provincial Nomination program provides immigration opportunities for all those who intend to relocate to a particular province. This program was started in the 1990s and has successfully helped many people migrate to the province in question. The provinces get to choose the right personnel who will fit into the province. These provinces which choose the required immigrants in to their respective province provide nomination to the immigrants. Those immigrants who have secured the nomination, can then proceed to apply for permanent residency in Canada.

Before 2015, there was extreme struggle for the immigration authorities to clear applications and to choose the right profile that could suit the requirement of the provinces or the country on a whole. Hence Canada came up with a new system called the Express Entry system. This system requires that the aspirant applicant creates a profile in the Express Entry system and then submit his application into the system along with supporting documents. Canada skilled express entry system caters to most of the immigration programs in Canada.

As mentioned earlier, the provincial nominee program allows the provinces to have their own immigration program to invite the right personnel into their respective province. The provinces have the right to filter immigrants into the country either through their own immigration program or through the express entry system. Most PNP program are tied with Express entry system. Both the pathways, filter the profiles based on 5 factors –

1. Age

2. Education

3. Experience

4. Adaptability and

5. Language ability.

Each of these factors requires that the immigrant submit the documents supporting their claim in the application. Any document that can support the immigration program should be submitted along with the application.

Few of the provinces which are famous for their immigration programs are Ontario, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba. While there are in total 10 provinces participating in the PNP programs these 5 are most sought after.

Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program –

Manitoba is a simple and beautiful province which is rich both culturally and historically. It is rich economically too. Manitoba has many rivers and has huge tracts of agricultural land. Manitoba’s economy is defined by tourism industry, manufacturing industries and agriculture among others. Manitoba Nominee Program has introduced 3 pathways to invite suitable qualified professionals into the province.

i. Skilled Worker Stream

ii. International Education Stream

iii. Business Investor Stream

Skilled worker stream is for skilled professionals who intend to migrate to Manitoba. This stream is designed to cater to the needs of Manitoba employers. It is based on the local labour market. A person who gets chosen through this program gets a nomination from the province with help of which he goes ahead and submits his application for permanent residency with IRCC, Canada. There are two pathways that has been introduced under the Skilled worker stream viz., Skilled workers in Manitoba and Skilled workers overseas pathway. Through the skilled workers in Manitoba pathway, immigrants need to submit their applications into their portal for further filtration.

Manitoba’s business investor stream has two pathways which include Entrepreneur pathway and Farm investment pathway. Both of these pathways ensure that the investor obtains Canada investor visa Manitoba. Both these pathways require that the investor invests a minimum of CAD $150,000 to CAD $300,000 in either a business in Manitoba or in the farm land in Manitoba. The investment amount varies depending on the location and purpose of investment.

It is important that any of these pathways are approached with guidance from the right immigration firm which is of international standing. Such immigration firms which are registered with the ICCRC are the best immigration firms to work with to ensure successful immigration into Canada.