Provincial Nominee Program document checklist
Quick answer
A Provincial Nominee Program application has two stages with two sets of documents. The province assesses nomination on its own criteria — occupation, work experience, language, and usually a connection to the province. The federal permanent residence application that follows a nomination needs police certificates, a medical examination and the standard supporting evidence.
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Generally required
- Valid passportBiographical pages, and every page containing a stamp or visa.
- Digital photo meeting IRCC specifications
- Proof of current immigration statusWhere you are living outside your country of citizenship.
Program-specific
- Language test results meeting the stream's minimum
- Educational credential assessment
- Employment reference letters for claimed experience
- Evidence of connection to the provinceJob offer, work history, study in the province, or family there, depending on the stream.
- Provincial job offer documents, where the stream is employer-driven
- Settlement funds evidence where the stream requires it
- Nomination certificateCarried into the federal permanent residence stage.
Situation-dependent
- Spouse's identity, language and education documents
- Birth certificates for dependent children
- Canadian status and employment records
- Business plan and net-worth verification for entrepreneur streams
- Police certificates from each country of residence since age 18
- Occupational licence or registration in the province
May be requested
- Interview with the province
- Proof of intention to reside in the nominating province
- Additional employer compliance documentation
Where applications most often go wrong
- • Preparing federal documents before checking the province's own list
- • Applying to a stream that does not match the NOC of your actual duties
- • Assuming a nomination transfers to a different province
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