Need clarity on Skilled EE PNP and Funds - Please suggest

[_Harry_]

I have been going through few of the PNP offering provinces like Alberta, British Columbia and can see that they have mentioned directly or indirectly that
Applicants having some sort of job offers from that province can apply for the skilled PNP program.

My 1st Question Is:
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If a person has a job offer, he/she already has 600 extra points making his/her application 1000+ pts out of total 1200.
Of course, provinces regularly tracking the EE applicants know this and will send the offer letter to the candidate having job offers from those provinces or will get ITA by CIC anyways.
SO IS PNP PROGRAM ONLY FOR SKILLED WORKED WITH JOB OFFERS?
Is there any PNP where skilled worker (NOT Tradesmen) can apply directly based on their skill set and work exp?
Also I have been seeing lot of OINP related threads in this forum. Any particular reason for that?


My 2st Question Is:
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What qualifies as the funds while filling the application?
Is there any online list of reference provided by CIC that can give info on this?
Funds can be of many types:
1. Current Bank balance
2. Fixed Deposits on my name
3. Life Insurance Done on my name
4. Properties on my Name
5. 4 Wheeler purchased & registered on my Name
and so on..

Can anyone please illuminate on this as well.

 

[istari]

Q1.
A job offer that qualifies for PNP does not have to be LMIA-supported like job offers that qualify for EE, so they are easier to obtain.

There are a few provinces that don't require a job offer. Ontario, and New Brunswick, for sure. Probably others, but these are the 2 I know of.

The 2 most popular provinces to live in (that work with EE) are BC and Ontario. Ontario has far easier PNP criteria, so naturally, OINP is very popular.


Q2.
As far as I know, there isn't a comprehensive list.
The funds must be liquid, so that you can gain almost instant access to them.

So things like real estate, and cars cannot be used as POF. Nor can any sort of life insurance policy.

 

[_Harry_]

Thank you so much for the reply.