Applying for EE, any benefit to picking a specific province?

[TheMaze]

I'm applying for EE without any nominations (at this point). I'm currently job hunting and looking at a few cities (likely Vancouver, or Toronto, small chance of Montreal) which are all in different provinces. Where I end up will likely just depend on where I get a good job offer first.

The application tells you to pick the most likely province, but I would say that there's a 50/50 split in likelihood between BC and ON, which brings me to my question. Is there any benefit to putting a specific province in that box?

 

[ellia]

I don't think so. I think it would only matter if you select Quebec, as they have their own rules.
Also, if you plan to go through a PNP for, say, Manitoba, but you've chosen Ontario in the application, the Manitoba PNP officers will have access to that information and you'll have trouble proving to them you don't want to go to Ontario anymore.
Or at least that's what I've heard.

 

[TheMaze]

Which actually brings me to another question - what happens if I apply (and get accepted) under a PNP, but don't end up living in that province for whatever reason. Do I have to re-apply without the nomination? Does everyone just shrug their shoulders?

 

[ellia]

You mean, you get accepted through a PNP, land in that province, and then move to another one?
Well, after you land, you're a PR, and have the right to move freely within the country and to live wherever you want. As of now they don't have any legal instruments to make you stay in the province you've got your nomination from, that's why the less popular provinces like Manitoba and the Maritimes are so careful in selecting candidates for their PNPs.
So that's a matter of impressing a PNP officer and your conscience, I guess?
I've read about people landing in a province, trying to find a job/settle there for some time to make sure they did their best to respect the province they landed in, and then moving to another one if they can't - you do have to eat, after all.

I don't know what happens if you get a PR under a PNP and then try to land in another province, though.
The only piece of information I have is about Quebec: you can't land in Quebec without a Quebec PNP (you can move there after landing elsewhere though). But I'm not sure how old that information is.

 

[Am11]

I'm applying for EE without any nominations (at this point). I'm currently job hunting and looking at a few cities (likely Vancouver, or Toronto, small chance of Montreal) which are all in different provinces. Where I end up will likely just depend on where I get a good job offer first.

The application tells you to pick the most likely province, but I would say that there's a 50/50 split in likelihood between BC and ON, which brings me to my question. Is there any benefit to putting a specific province in that box?

No there is no extra gain of selecting the Province unless PNP is planned by you or issued to you,
And there is no specific requirement of selecting it , therefore you can select any of BC/ON , you can inform CIC later if it changes,
Staying in province after getting nominated is important to prove your strong ties to the province however , you may leave the province after getting your PR but not all of them such as Province of PEI or New Brunswick( not which one, but one of those two I guess), you have to sign a agreement or something in which you have to make a promise of staying atleast 3 years in that province. Check the website of provinces to make sure. Hope that helps...Good luck with EE
Any further info needed feel free to ask anytime and I will try to answer as soon as possible to the best of my knowledge!!!
Regards.