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Prince Edward Island Nominee Program - Intermediate Experience Stream

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Explore the five recorded questions, answers and sources for this pathway.

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What type of worker, employment situation, occupation or professional activity is this pathway actually designed for?

This stream supports the recruitment of talent from outside Canada by a Prince Edward Island employer.

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    The Intermediate Experience Stream may be utilized for talent recruitment outside of Canada, if the Prince Edward Island Employer has received authorization from the Office of Immigration prior to issuing a job offer.

Does the applicant need a job offer, employer, sponsor, transfer relationship or other employer involvement? What is important about that employer relationship?

The Prince Edward Island employer must have obtained authorisation from the Office of Immigration before issuing the job offer.

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    The Intermediate Experience Stream may be utilized for talent recruitment outside of Canada, if the Prince Edward Island Employer has received authorization from the Office of Immigration prior to issuing a job offer.

What are the few decisive professional characteristics of the pathway: occupation, qualifications, experience, salary, skill level, shortage status, labour-market condition or equivalent?

An intermediate-skilled TEER category 4 position, held as a full-time, non-seasonal (permanent or at least two-year) job offer from a PEI employer; at least six months of full-time Canadian work experience gained on an LMIA-based work permit and relevant to the offered position; at minimum a secondary-school diploma; age 18 to 59; legal status in the country of residence; at least two years of full-time work experience or relevant education in the past five years; and a valid IRCC-approved language test at CLB/NCLC 4 or above, valid for two years.

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    have a full-time, non-seasonal (i.e. permanent or minimum of two years) job offer from a PEI employer in an intermediate-skilled position, defined by the Training, Education, Experience, and Responsibility classification system as [TEER category 4](https://noc.esdc.gc.ca/Structure/Matrix?GoCTemplateCulture=en-CA "(opens in a new window)"); - have a minimum of six months full‐time Canadian work experience that was gained while on a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) based work permit, and be relevant to the current position the individual is offered in PEI; - have successfully completed (at minimum) a secondary school diploma (high school); - be between the ages of 18 and 59; - have legal status in country of residence; - have a minimum two years of full‐time work experience or relevant education in the past five years; - provide a valid language test result from an IRCC-approved testing institution, with a minimum score of CLB/NCLC 4. Language tests are valid for 2 years after the date of the test result;

What work does the permission allow? Is the holder tied to an employer, occupation or sector? Can family accompany where clearly established?

A Work Permit Support Letter lets the applicant apply to the federal government for a work permit without an LMIA; the letters are issued at the discretion of PEI's Office of Immigration and are restricted to the employer that supported the nomination, and IRCC and the Canada Border Services Agency are the bodies that issue work permits. The official source does not state whether family may accompany the holder.

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Limits of the record
  • The capture does not state how long the resulting work permit is valid or on what terms it may be extended.
  • The capture does not state whether a spouse or dependants may accompany the holder or work; the only family reference on the page is the requirement to hold enough money to establish the applicant and family in PEI.
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    The Work Permit Support Letter allows you to apply for a work permit from the Federal Government without the need for an LMIA. Support letters are issued at the discretion of PEI’s Office of Immigration and are restricted to the employer that supported your Nomination. Please note IRCC and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) are responsible for issuing work permits.

How long is the permission normally granted for, how is it renewed, and what longer-term residence direction exists if officially stated?

After nomination the applicant is responsible for submitting an Application for Permanent Residency to IRCC together with the nomination certificate, and IRCC then assesses it for admissibility factors. The official source does not state a permit duration or renewal rule.

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Limits of the record
  • The capture sets no deadline for filing the permanent-residence application after nomination.
  • The capture does not state how long the work permit obtained with the support letter is granted for, nor how it is renewed; it says only that the applicant is responsible for maintaining legal status and should not rely on the Office to extend a work permit.
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    After you receive a nomination, you are responsible for submitting your Application for Permanent Residency to [Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada](https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/immigrate-canada/provincial-nominees.html "(opens in a new window)") (IRCC) along with your nomination certificate. IRCC will then assess your application for admissibility factors.

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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