A lot of immigrants aim for Nova Scotia as their destination for immigration. Recently, this Canadian province is taking in a lot of newcomers.
Nova Scotia stands on the east coast of Canada. It is among the Maritime provinces. Nova Scotia consists of landscapes, seashores, and scenic beauty around.
Nova Scotia highly depends upon natural resources especially in the department in the fishery. Even today, this is these occupations are relevant although with the growing population and changing times the economy of Nova Scotia has become diversified. Occupations like technology, tourism, trade industry employees charge from the ships that pass through the ports of Halifax that is the capital city of the province of Nova Scotia.
for the last couple of years, immigration is one of the main falls back of Nova Scotia. The province is facing a demographic crisis as a majority of the population is old and the birth rate compared to it is relatively low. Although the province is coping with the crisis well by attracting potential immigrants in the province and balancing the population effectively in the past few years. Last recorded in July the population of the province went as high as 992,055. The Nova Scotia government accepted that the increase in the population growth has been contributed highly by the immigrants who come to Nova Scotia to settle.
There was a poll held among the Atlantic Canadians that produced a result that supported that the Nova Scotians greatly favor immigration that is more than the national average too.
The process of immigrating to Nova Scotia?
Canada has a lot of pathways to immigrate to Canada, among them are PNP and Express Entry.
Both of these pathways have a separate eligibility criterion. To be allowed in an Express Entry one has to have a high CRS score (Comprehensive Ranking System) that is analyzed on the basis of education, age, and language understanding. If you are a candidate who wants to get into the Express Entry System you necessarily do not need to have a job offer however, having a job offer from a valid employer in the province a=can significantly uplift your score by CRS 600 points and make you eligible to apply for Permanent residency status in Canada with a guaranteed Invitation.
As for the PNP is concerned, they have a huge network of streams specifically designed for skilled professionals and experienced practitioners. The history of the PNP dates back to the 1990s that aimed to balance out the population of the immigrants that landed in the country. all immigrants get an equal chance in all opportunities. Through PNP the provinces and territories of Canada will introduce streams of various categories and attraction the immigration population that is required by the particular province.
The federal government of the provinces sets its own set of requirements and rules that is needed to deploy quota by the central government to each province.
To ensure that you will be selected through a PNP, you will have to meet the eligibility criteria. Once you meet all the requirements you have a higher chance to settle in Canada as a Permanent resident.
Any Canadian province that has one PNP as an enhanced nomination stream is linked to the center’s federal Express Entry System. Among them is the NSNP, also called the Nova Scotia Nominee Program.
Immigration to Nova Scotia doesn’t require a Job Offer
PNP of the provinces of Alberta, Ontario, and even Saskatchewan do not require a job offer to enter an Express Entry.
Similarly, Nova Scotia also caters to candidates who don’t have a job offer. The province has a variety of pathways for immigration for separate sections of the potential candidates. Nova Scotia Labour Market Priorities (NLMP) Stream is one of them. This stream is for candidates who wish to settle in Nova Scotia but do not have an employment offer as of yet.
The eligibility criteria of this stream are:
- The candidate needs to mention in their Express Entry profile about their intent to settle in Nova Scotia
- Must possess a valid Express Entry profile digits
- Should have a Letter of Interest granted by the province of Nova Scotia
- Should meet all criteria at the time of receiving the Letter of Interest by the province
- Have valid document and paperwork of the professional experience
- Must provide proof of the current immigration status of where the candidate belongs.
- Meet the eligibility criteria in any one of the economic streams under the Express Entry System
- Should be financially potent for maintaining family’s welfare.
The process to apply for an NSNP application
The first and foremost step of being selected in the Province’s Labor Market Priorities Stream is to cross off everything that is required in the eligibility criteria list.
Following this, you are expected to create an Express Entry profile in the online portal. Building an Express Entry profile is highly beneficial as it affirms that Nova Scotia will now be able to choose you from the pool offering you an invitation, you shall also be liable to receive an ITA (Invitation to Apply) for a Permanent Residency status in Canada by the immigration department of Canada, IRCC.
Being in the Express Entry Pool a Letter of Interest will be offered to you by Nova Scotia Immigration Office that will send you an invitation to apply for a provincial nomination in the same province. With good fortune, if you receive this invitation, you will be assured to get an ITA. Make sure that the duration of you submitting the application is around 60 days or two months.
Once everything is approved and the process runs smoothly you will be granted a certificate of Provincial Nomination that shall be needed to be uploaded in the Express Entry System. It takes 30 days that is one month after the submission for processing.
The nomination by a province of Nova Scotia will add 600 CRS to your original scored points. It will boost up your average score instantly thus making you one of the top scorers. Invitation to Apply for a Canadian PR status is granted to the highest scorers in the following draw of Express Entry
Take note that the nomination certificate has an expiration date of six months. It starts at the moment of its being issued. You should make sure that you positively apply for a PR at the immigration department of Immigration (Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada) during this time frame.
