IRCC Approves Manitoba’s request to extend work permits for some PNP candidates
Marc Miller Canada’s Immigration Minister has approved a request by the government of Manitoba to extend temporary resident status for some nominees identified in the province's Provincial Nominee Program (PNP).
Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) Updates ,All the nominees have work permits that will be set to expire in 2024 and are those who are mainly Post Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) holders. Those individuals currently have applications in the pool for the Manitoba Skilled Worker Program, an immigration pathway aimed at filling key job vacancies within the province.
temporary workers means that 6,700 may continue the process while working ,and the province continues to process their PNP application. The province expects that “eligible foreign nationals will receive an official nomination from Manitoba and eventually become permanent residents” within two years.
the Immigration, refugee & citizenship Canada. guidlines says it is open to working with other Canadian provinces & territories to help in more temporary residents into permanent residents to address national labour market needs.
More information may be available following a meeting of the Federation of Ministers Responsible for Immigration (FMRI) on May 10.
Manitoba’s PNP
The province introduced the program in 1998, Manitoba became the first province in Canada to start a program called the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP). This program was created to bring in new people who might usually move to big cities like Toronto or Vancouver. Manitoba wanted to attract them to come and live in their province instead.
The idea of the Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) worked really well in Manitoba. It helped share the good things that come from immigration across the province. After seeing this success, all other provinces and territories in Canada, except for Quebec & Nunavut, decided to do the same thing. They wanted to bring in more people to help their communities grow too.
Data also shows that 10,000 people in Manitoba transitioned from worker status to permanent residents in 2023.
In January & March this year, the province issued 1,560 Expressions of Interest to Skilled Worker candidates leading to 1,478 approvals.
IRCC data shows that in 2022, 20% of all permanent resident admissions came through the PNP. Additionally, the Immigration Levels Plan (Canada’s admissions targets for permanent residents each year) plans to welcome 110,000 new permanent residents by the end of 2024, and 120,000 per year in both 2025 and 2026.
Changes to temporary resident levels
This is unique in Canada’s immigration space & aligns with a previously announced priority for the year and in years to come. On March 21st this year, Minister Miller announced an intention to pursue more domestic draws to help transition temporary residents to permanent residents.
In another way, IRCC plans to work with newcomers already in Canada to help them become permanent residents, rather than increasing the previously uncapped number of temporary residents who arrive in Canada each year. In 2023 Canada had a temporary resident population exceeding 2.5 million people, or 6.2% of the total population.
In 2023, 157,000 people transitioned from temporary residents to permanent residents.
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