For those who do not know PNP stands for Provincial Nominee Program, as in Canadian Immigration. We had heard a rumour that they would change the law to allow International students to apply for PNP, and we had hoped it would come in soon so that we could apply, and thus avoid the International Student Fee.
But the changes that are afoot are not as we had hoped, and logical truly, as they want the International Students to pay up the fee before getting their PNP.
This is from the new Business Plan:
In 2006-2007 - We will continue to expand the program by implementing another stream – an international graduates’ category – which would allow international students, who have graduated from Nova Scotia post-secondary institutions and who have related employment, apply for permanent residency.
Priorities - The following are the priorities for NSOI in 2006–2007, as they relate to each core business area. Many of the following priorities are multi–year initiatives.
Attraction and Recruitment -Nova Scotia Nominee Program
The major actions to be taken in 2007-2008 include:
Negotiate a new Canada-Nova Scotia Agreement on Provincial Nominees with CIC, with an aim of removing the numeric limit on the nominations that can be issued each year.
Make operational an International Graduates’ category aimed at international students, who have graduated from Nova Scotia post-secondary institutions and have related employment in the province.
According to this Jerry can apply for PNP once he is working in July 2008 approximately, as long as they have actioned this plan by then. This is what we had planned to do after he finished his course, but having this category brought in will make it a great deal quicker, and we can fast track to Permanent Residency.
This will be good news for Matt and AJ - Downshiftme too, as AJ is also studying with the NSCC (Nova Scotia Community College), so Huzzah! for all of us.
It warmer here in Port Hawkesbury today, and intermittently sunny, so a trip up to the lot is in order. We hope to start marking out the land, as long as the ground is not quite as frozen. Jerry bought some gardening tools yesterday, including a PickAxe which may come in useful. And of course a walk down to the other end to see our pond and take some photos along the way.
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Certainly a glimmer of hope but sadly still on the horizon at the moment.
We have an application in for permanent residence but the current wait time in London means we are not likely to hear further until January 2010 - so would certainly be nice if something provincially could be sorted out before that time.
As I have ranted on the podcast - it is a ridiculous amount of time for people to be expected to wait and will put off skilled potential immigrants and pee off those of us who are "trying before we buy" in the meantime.
Anyway - I better not "go off on one" again on this subject.
Enjoying hearing about your plot and loving the pictures. Glad you found Google sketch software useful.
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