Immigration,
Refugees and Citizenship Canada [IRCC] has implemented a temporary solution to
give applicants more time to find new jobs.
Giving
PNP applicants who lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic a second
chance, paper-based PNP applications can be put on hold if a candidate no
longer has a legitimate job offer, as long as their applications were received
before March 18, 2020.
These
applications will be put on hold until March 17, 2021, or until a fresh
employment offer is received, as well as assurance from the province or
territory that they will continue to support the nomination. Whichever of these
two possibilities occurs first will be used.
The
nominating province or territory is responsible for informing the applicant
that their PNP application has been put on hold by IRCC.
Once
the province or territory has submitted a request for their application to be put
on hold, IRCC will contact the applicant via email with advice on how to
provide further paperwork.
The
applicant must make a request for the PNP application to be put on hold through
the province or territory that is sponsoring their nomination.
A
provincial nominee is expected to keep their employment offer throughout the
application process under normal circumstances. Another of IRCC's interim
measures aimed at reducing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canadian
immigration is the latest facilitative measure.
A
record 74,150 Invitations to Apply [ITAs] have been issued so far in 2020,
demonstrating Canada's commitment to accepting a high number of immigrants in
the following years. This is an increase over the amount of ITAs issued at the
same time last year.
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