Biggest PNP draw ever by Prince Edward Island

 Canada’s Prince Edward Island recently released the details of 2 of its Provincial Nominee Program [PNP] draws held in August 2020. PEI PNP issued 8 invitations to Labour Impact and Express Entry candidates on August 11. In the biggest PEI PNP draw to be held ever, 305 invitations were issued to candidates in all streams – Business Impact, Labour Impact, and Express Entry – on August 20, 2020.

Of the total 305 issued, while 28 went to Business Impact candidates, 277 invitations were for candidates under the Express Entry and Labour Impact categories. The PEI PNP usually does not give a breakdown of how many invitations were issued in each of the individual categories of Express Entry and Labour Impact. The “minimum point threshold for Business Invitations” in the August 20 draw was 112. No minimum Expression of Interest [EOI] score was given for the other 2 categories. As per the PEI PNP, invitations issued in August 2020 consisted of “all Express Entry and those Labour Expression of Interest profiles submitted up to June 2020 that stated they are living and working in PEI”.

PEI PNP Categories
[1] Express Entry	Aligned with the federal government of Canada’s Express Entry system that manages the 3 main economic programs of – Federal Skilled Worker Program [FSWP], Federal Skilled Trades Program [FSTP], and Canadian Experience Class [CEC].
[2] Labour Impact	For foreign nationals that have a valid job offer in the province. There are 3 streams under the category –§  Skilled Worker§  Critical Worker§  International Graduate
[3] Business Impact	The Work Permit Stream, the only pathway under this category, allows individuals to come to PEI on a work permit and operate a business in the province for at least 1 year before being nominated for Canadian permanent residency.

Expression of Interest [EOI] draws by the PEI PNP in 2020 so far

Sl. No.	Invitation Date	Invitations sent to Business Impact Category	Invitations sent to Express Entry and Labour Impact categories
1	January 16, 2020	13	110
2	February 20, 2020	10	143
3	March 23, 2020	-	5
4	April 27, 2020	-	10
5	May 15, 2020	-	14
6	May 29, 2020	-	19
7	June 10, 2020	-	9
8	June 18, 2020	-	10
9	June 23, 2020	20	71
10	July 10, 2020	-	8
11	July 16, 2020	29	158
12	July 31, 2020	-	8
13	August 11, 2020	-	8
14	August 20, 2020	28	277

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