Use Nova Scotia Nominee Programme (NSNP) For Canada Immigration

   Are you interested in moving to Canada but have not received a positive response using the Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC)’s Skill Entry Programme? If yes, no need to lose heart! You can fruitfully use and migrate to your dream destination using the Nova Scotia Nominee Programme (NSNP).

   Using this specific programme, you can fast-track your Canada immigration application procedure even as you get the prized Permanent Residence (PR) status in the nation.

   Five categories are up-for-grabs under the NSNP and these are: the Nova Scotia Nominee Programme (NSNP)--Entrepreneur Stream, the Nova Scotia Nominee Programme (NSNP)--Skilled Worker Stream,  International Graduate Entrepreneur Stream, Nova Scotia Demand: Express Entry Stream, and Nova Scotia Experience: Express Entry Stream.

Since the first two are most commonly used, here these will be discussed.  

NOVA SCOTIA NOMINEE

Nova Scotia Nominee Programme (NSNP)--Entrepreneur Stream:

   If you have relevant experience in running a business--as either a business proprietor or senior business executive/manager--and are eager to live in the specific area, you are eligible. You will have to either launch a new organization /company or acquire an existing one. You will also have to assertively take part in the running & supervision of the same, on a daily basis.

   Post administering the firm/company for a time-frame of 1 year, you, as the entrepreneur, could be given nomination, for the much sought after standing of Permanent Resident. Important: application to the class is strictly by invitation. It means if you don’t have the invitation, you cannot use the programme.

Eligibility:

Now let’s discuss eligibility for the Nova Scotia Nominee Programme (NSNP)--Entrepreneur Stream.

   To begin with, you must be either 21 years of age or older. You must also state a wish to reside, on a permanent basis, in Nova Scotia whilst you hold and manage a Nova Scotia firm/organization. You must possess a net worth of not less than $600,000 CAD. You must be in a position to make an investment of not less than $150,000 CAD of your own firm to set-up a firm/organization in the province. You must show accumulation of the claimed net worth, via lawful methods, duly verified by NSOI chosen third party experts.

   You must possess a minimum of 3 years experience vigorously managing and holding a firm (not less than 1/3 rights) OR above 5 years experience in a higher-ranking business management responsibility. You must also   possess a total of not less than 5 on the CLB (5 in every constituent in speaking, listening, reading and writing in either of these languages, namely, English or French. You must conclude an online Expression of Interest (EoI). Last but not the least; you must obtain an Invitation to Apply (ITA) from the Nova Scotia Office of Immigration.

Nomination Procedure

There are essentially five key steps to the nomination procedure:

Step 1: Present an EOI

You will articulate your interest in managing a business and residing in the province, via concluding an Expression of Interest (EOI), in the form of a brief online study, providing the needed particulars.

Step 2: Invitation to Apply

The Nova Scotia Office of Immigration (NSOI) will notify you (if you get high points), and you will know that invite is being sent to you to present an approved application to the NSNP.

Step 3: Temporary Work Permit, Business Establishment

If you are successful to the NSOI, you will put your signature on a Business Performance Agreement with the NSOI, systematically detailing your plans to either start or get hold of a business in Nova Scotia.

Step 4: Request for Nomination

If you fulfill the terms & conditions of the Business Performance Agreement, you can afterwards present a petition to be given nomination for the PR standing by Nova Scotia.

Step 5: Apply for PR

After receiving nomination, you will submit an application to the CIC for the status of PR.

Charges

You will have to dole-out the required Government of Canada immigration charges when you present your file to the IRCC.

Nova Scotia Nominee Program (NSNP) Skilled Worker Stream

  The NSNP—Skilled Workers is fundamentally meant for qualified labor force, specialists or executives/managers who are armed with a full-time, permanent employment offer from a Nova Scotia based organization.

   The scheme is suitably molded to aid the job-providers/firms—which are incapable to appoint either the citizens or permanent residents of the nation--to fulfill their requirements related to workers.

The stream aids job-providers make use of overseas manpower and the freshly graduated global students whose know-how could be required in the region.

Eligibility:

   If you are interested, you must be armed with a full-time permanent employment offer from a Nova Scotia firm. You must also have 1 year of job experience connected with the job. You must be between 21 and 55 years old. You must be armed with a high school diploma. You must have the appropriate training, skills and/or official recognition for the given job.

   You must display language skills equal to Canadian Language Benchmark (CLB) Level 5, if you are a skilled employee. It is mandatory that semi-qualified and low-qualified workers possess the test results to illustrate they cater to the CLB 4 even in case their first language is either of two--English or French. Last but not the least; you must demonstrate satisfactory financial resources to productively settle in the region.

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