Newfoundland & Labrador Immigration Target for 2022 set to surpass soon
The provincial government stated in 2017, regarding welcoming 50 per cent extra immigrants, for each year till 2022. The basis was the 2015 immigration rate which allowed 1,122 Permanent Residents in Canada. Thus the target was 600 additional immigrants for meeting the target.
Bernard Davis, Skills and Labor Minister, Newfoundland and Labrador happily says that 1,700 was, a lofty goal then but the measures in Newfoundland & Labrador Immigration have created an impact and by the end of the present fiscal the goal will be surpassed substantially.
Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program Helps in Better Performance
The increase in the number of applications is the result of a long term immigration strategy of the Province with the participation of the Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program of the federal government. It was a tough position to begin but these are the fruits of sound investments. Owing to the surplus applications there will be a backlog in processing the applications.
The government will take all the measures for maintaining its integrity and ensure that people get proper support. The province has five trained Immigration Program Development Officers. It will also accommodate the arrival of immigrants, and revise its five-year strategy for addressing the challenges. The strategy indicates improving immigrant retention will be a top priority. Statistics Canada reported that 51 percent of immigrants in Newfoundland and Labrador continued staying in the province between 2011 and 2016.
Newfoundland & Labrador Immigration
The retention rate is a focus and immigrants, will get the necessary support. The Province needs immigration to meet the challenge of a declining population, standing at 525,000 people. In case of absence of immigrants, the work-age population will decrease in the Province by 10 percent by 2025. Also immigration is a major contributing factor to achieve growth. The causes of worry are more deaths in comparison to births and a high rate of outward interprovincial migration.
About Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador province joined the Canada Confederation in 1949. Its Major industries are mining, oil exploration, and tourism.
Newfoundland & Labrador immigration – major Pathways
The Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program has six immigration categories for the applicants.
Newfoundland and Labrador Express Entry Skilled Worker:
This category has a link with the federal Express Entry and requires a job offer.
Skilled Worker Category:
This category caters to Immigrants having a job offer in Newfoundland and Labrador, or to the persons who already work in the province using the work permit.
International Graduate Category:
Recent graduates having a Post-Graduate Work Permit qualify in this category. They must be presently employed or possess the job offer.
International Entrepreneur Category:
This category caters to overseas nationals intending to purchase a business, or establish, and co-manage, it in the province. The Category will accept Expressions of Interest from Aug. 9 to Aug. 15, 2019.
International Graduate Entrepreneur Category: International graduates studying in Newfoundland and Labrador, intending to start a business in the province gain acceptance in this category.
Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program: Newfoundland and Labrador is participating among the Atlantic Provinces in this program that has a link with the federal government. It allows overseas nationals to work in jobs that local persons cannot fill.
Express Entry
The Federal System of Express Entry allows IRCC for selecting immigrants skilled workers in the country.
Canada. It holds regular draws, and invites candidates who get a top Comprehensive Ranking System score to seek permanent residency. The applicants having the provincial nomination obtain 600 CRS effectively helping to get the permanent residency.
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