Is there a chance the PNP might eventually get phased out, in favor of 100% EE ?

[ahmadka]

The introduction of the new Express Entry system seems to have upset the importance of prior programs a little (I know this personally because of what some of my friends are experiencing with this applications), and now I'm hearing some rumours that gradually even the Provincial Nomination program might get phased out, or have it's importance decreased.

A Provincial Nomination currently gives you 600 points when competing in Express Entry for Permanent Residence. Is there a chance that eventually CIC might, for example, reduce the number of points a Provincial Nomination gives you ? This might give more advantage to international applicants than international students who are graduates of Canadian universities, to level the playing field a little. It would make sense from CIC's point-of-view because they would like the best people, irrespective of where their education is from.

I'm wondering what's the possibility of the above happening in the coming few years.

 

[fistillarte]

Well, you also get filters for getting a provincial nomination. It's not like they give it away in the corner. So that argument doesn't make sense. In provincial nomination program they also try to get the best, is not first come first serve anymore.

And by the best (before some of the let-smake-a-fight-about-everything-users start another pointless argument) I refer to what they consider most beneficial for their province at the moment. Can be a rocket science, can be sweeper. It's up to them sadly, making a nomination a really hard thing to get these days

 

[ahmadka]

Really ? PN is no longer first-come-first serve ?!

Looking at the Ontario website, first-come-first-serve is exactly the kind of thing its suggesting implicitly ..

What is the point of a provincial nomination which you're 'eligible' to enter, but then they decide that you're 'ineligible' (in favor someone else) .. This makes the whole very non-transparent if its true ..

Also, I know that Provincial Nomination aren't probably easy to get, but still isn't it possible that the *number* of points you get for a PN will be decreased in the future, the decrease the head start that provincial nominees get over other applicants in the the general pool ?

 

[fistillarte]

Sorry, I must clarify. I'm talking about Alberta