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 These programs allow each province to nominate or select immigrants who will contribute to the particular labour and economic needs of that province. Each province is allowed to establish its own selection criterions and procedures to choose immigrants according to their ability to integrate and successfully settle in that province.
The provincial nominee programs are two kinds for independent (economic class) immigrants and for business class immigrants. An important condition for each of the programs is to have a Job Offer approved by the responsible HRDC. Since this is condition which can be achieved with a lot of difficulties, these programs are not very useful and operative. The exception is only the province of Quebec because this province actually permits to gather applicants without the preliminary requirement for assured job.
However, the situation for the business immigrants stands in a different way. If you have decided to invest more than 150 000 $ in the Canadian economy, then the provinces will issue you with pleasure a Certificate showing that you were chosen for an immigrant in the specific province as long as you invest the money in that province.
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.
Once must keep in mind that Citizenship and Immigration Canada has the final decision making authority on admissibility. The applicant must be admissible on the basis of security, criminal, and medical grounds.
At present the following provinces are participating in this program:
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