Program delivery update – November 12, 2015
This section contains policy, procedures and guidance used by IRCC staff. It is posted on the department’s website as a courtesy to stakeholders.
Functional guidance on the Provincial Nominee Program now modernized (including updates related to Express Entry)
Summary
The information that was contained in the following manual chapter can now be found in the permanent residence program delivery instructions (PDIs):
- OP 7b, Provincial nominees
The following operational bulletins (OBs) have been incorporated into the new PDIs and should no longer be used as the current source of guidance:
- OB 251, Examination of Members of the Provincial Nominee Class at Ports of Entry and CIC Inland Offices
- OB 499, Determining the Ability of Provincial Nominees to Economically Establish in Canada
In addition, a new section on inadmissibility for financial reasons has been added.
Updated instructions
- Processing Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) applications received through Express Entry
- Applications received on or after January 1, 2015, for permanent residence programs subject to Express Entry: Completeness check
- Express Entry: Assessing an electronic application on section A11.2
- Provincial Nominees
- Economic classes: Procedures at the Centralized Intake Office – Paper-based (non-Express Entry) applications
- Processing Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) applications: Putting the application into process